A pious¹（虔诚的） believer was very serious in his spiritual cultivation². He went to church every Sunday and never missed a ceremony or a baptism（洗礼）. One day, he went to see the doctor. The doctor checked his pulse and gave him a thorough medical checkup, zut failed to diagnose anything. "You don't seem to be ill," the doctor said.

 

"If I were not ill, then why would I be here consulting you?" he asked."Do you indulge in（沉溺于） unhealthy pleasures?" the doctor asked "No! I have three meals a day, at regular hours and in a fixed³ quantity; I don't take an extra grain."

 

"Then have you been drinking too much? You'd better stop drinking!""Of course not! I don't even drink a drop of alcohol; I drink only plain water.""Do you often work late? Do you know that working late is bad for your health?"

 

"Never! I turn in at half-past nine every night, and I get up at six in the morning. This is my daily routine, without the slightest exception."The doctor began to get confused. "Do you smoke or take drugs?"

 

"That is impossible! I get sick just seeing others smoke,let alone smoking tobacco myself!""Then do you indulge in carnal（肉体的） pleasure?" the doctor asked again.

 

"How can that be? I am still a bachelor, and I virtually do not know what a woman is." The doctor could not think of anything else, so he gave it a last try. "Do you have a headache?"

 

"Yes, you are right! I have a severe headache, and no medicine can relieve my pain." "But of course. The halo around your head is too tight!" the doctor said.

 

有一个宗教的信徒，他非常认真修行，每个星期天一定去教堂，任何的法会、洗礼会他都一定参加。有一次他去看医生，医生帮他把脉、检查身体每个地方，都找不到任何问题，然后医生就问他：“你好像没病啊？”信徒说：“没病的话，我来找你做什么呢？”

 

医生又问：“那你是不是吃喝玩乐太过度了？”他说：“不会啊，我每天三餐定时定量，多一粒米也不吃。”医生又问：“那你是不是喝酒太多了？酒最好不要喝啦！”他说：“哪里！我一滴也不喝，我只喝白开水而已。”

 

然后医生再问：“那你是不是常常熬夜？熬夜对身体不好，你知道吗？”他说：“哪里！我晚上九点半就睡觉了，早上六点就起床，每天这个样子，一点点都不差。”

 

医生已经开始混淆了，说：“那你是不是有抽烟、吸吗啡？”信徒说：“唉！那些根本不用谈，我看到人家抽烟已经讨厌了，何况自己抽！”医生继续问：“那是不是纵欲过度啊？”他说：“哪里！我还是单身汉，根本不知道女人是什么！”

 

医生没办法了，最后又问：“那你是不是会头痛？”那个病人说：“对、对、对！就是头痛，痛得厉害，吃什么药都不好。”医生说：“就是嘛！你头上的光圈太紧了！”

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