A lady noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale(秤), sucking (往回吸,收腹)in his stomach.% ^7 Y9 s' f, Y0 a4 C6 q
" s" V- w% H) _* r- ?8 M$ @Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver(巧计,策略), she7 `4 C0 f7 _% ]1 N5 N; e
commented, "I don't think that's going to help."! j2 z T/ F& y; k# M( B5 X. V1 L
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"Sure it will." he said. "It's the only way I can see the numbers."