<正> George and Jerome K.Jerome went to a hotelbeside a river to have a drink.They sat in a bar andbegan chatting to an old man who was smoking apipe. They told the old man that they were strangersin the neighborhood,and that they were going awaynext morning.They noticed an old glass case on thewall with a big trout in it.George asked the old manhow much he thought the trout weighed.He saidthat it was 18 pounds 6 ounces,and that he hadcaught it in the nearby river 16 years before.Andthen he went out.