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The name of the new tug boat

許多年前，我的船在東澳Gladstone因故障拖救進港，在港口中拖曳作業的拖船是最新式的全方位(omni-direction)操作的拖船。

拖船強而有力而且操縱靈活。而它的名字也取的很好，叫：”TOM TOUGH”。

當我在誇讚這艘拖船性能好的時候，當地澳洲領港跟我說，他們下個月還會有一艘拖船，同樣的SISTER SHIP會交船，加入服務。

So I asked：「What is the name of the new sister tug boat?」

The Australian Pilot said :「she is not yet named!」

And I said that I have a very good name for the new tug boat as a sister ship of ”TOM TOUGH”。

What is that? Asked the Pilot and expecting to know the answer by many Australian people surrounding,  

Then , I said: 「the best name should be : ”Mary Tough”。」

Everybody were bursting into laughing.