富人和窮人的七個相似之處大綱

When I first started covering the very rich, a weAlth manager gave me this piece of advice: "The very rich are like the unemployed, except they don't have the edifying focus of trying to find a job."

在我剛開始報道超級富翁時，一名財富管理師給了我這樣一條建議：除了不急着找工作外，那些超級富翁和失業者沒什麼兩樣。

In his new e-book, "Rich Man Poor Man," the right-leaning comedian Adam Carolla takes the idea even further, making a case that the rich and poor have many things in common.

Everett Collection右翼人士 喜劇演員卡羅拉(Adam Carolla)在他的新電子書《富人與窮人》(Rich Man Poor Man)中將這一觀點作了進一步闡述，認爲富人和窮人在很多方面有着相似之處。

Of course, many will find Carolla's analogies between rich and poor highly offensive. Some are also a stretch (both rich and poor "use ladders with wheels," "wear eye patches," "keep liquor in a sack" and "use shovels on construction sites.")

當然，很多人會覺得卡羅拉對富人和窮人的類比非常無禮。其中一些還有點誇張，比如富人和窮人都“使用帶滑輪的梯子” “戴眼罩” “把酒裝入袋子裏”以及“在建築工地上使用鏟子”。

And Carolla is perhaps best known for calling the Occupiers "a bunch of (expletive) self-entitled monsters." He has been a strong supporter of the wealthy in the current class divide.

卡羅拉最有名的一個舉動可能是把佔領運動的抗議者稱作“一羣惡魔”。在目前的階層分化中，卡羅拉一直是富人的鼎力支持者。

But he's a comedian folks. So here are 7 amusing examples from the e-book:

但他也是一名喜劇演員，他的電子書寫得還是蠻有趣的，接下來就是他電子書中的七個有趣例子：

1 Outdoor Showers. Rich Guys Ladies always rinse off in the outdoor shower so "there's no chance of his wife finding a rogue hair on the shower floor when she gets back from rehab." Poor guys have no shower, so they use the neighbor's hose.

1 戶外淋浴。有錢人總在戶外淋浴中把自己沖洗乾淨，這樣，他從康復中心回來的妻子永遠都沒法在浴室地板上發現他胡作非爲留下的髮絲。窮人因爲沒有淋浴設施，所以只能使用鄰居家的水管。

2 No Wallet. Rich guys carry money clips and the poor just carry around crinkled dollar bills.

2 不帶錢包。有錢人用錢夾，窮人則揣着幾張皺巴巴的紙幣。

3 Spends the Day in Pajamas.

3 白天穿着睡衣。

4 They Row. Rich guys crew, poor guys row to find food.

4 他們都划船。有錢人蔘加賽艇運動，窮人划船則是爲了填飽肚子。

5 Always With Their Dogs. Socialites carry their mini-breeds, while the poor have to keep their canine friends tied to a shopping cart.

5 和狗形影不離。社會精英抱着他們的袖珍小狗，窮人則把狗拴在購物車上。

6 Spend Evenings in Front of a Roaring Fire.

6 在熊熊爐火旁度過他們的傍晚時光。

7 Spend Thanksgiving in a Soup Kitchen. The rich serve and the poor eat.

7 在施粥所過感恩節。有錢人發放食物，窮人吃。

What are some other ways the rich are like the poor?

富人和窮人還有其他什麼相似的地方嗎？