After I took office as mayor of a small Kentucky city, an unfortunate incident precipitated¹ some hateful phone calls to my home. One night while I was conducting a city-council meeting, my wife answered the phone.

"Is this the home of Bert May, the mayor?" a woman's voice asked.

When my wife explained that I was at a meeting and would return her call if she left a name and number, the caller said. "That's confidential². This is his girlfriend. "My wife, knowing this was all a ruse³, calmly responded, "Lady, if you don't leave your name and number, he won't know which one to call back我上任为肯塔基州的一个小城的市长后，发生了一件不幸的事，从而招致了一些可恨的电话打到我家里。一天夜里，我还在主持市政会议，我妻子接到了一个电话。

“是伯特·麦因市长的家吗？”一个女人的声音问道。

我妻子向她解释说我还在开会，如果她留下姓名和电话号码的话，我会给她回话。通话人马上说：“这个保密。我是他的女朋友。”

我妻子知道这完全是欺诈。她镇静地回答说：“女士，如果你不留下姓名和号码的话，他就不会知道给哪一个回话。”