After being with her all evening， the man couldn't take another minute with his blind date.

和相亲对象呆了一晚上后，男人再也受不了了。

Earlier， he had secretly arranged to have a friend call him to the phone so he would have an excuse to leave.

他事先安排了个朋友给他打电话，这样他就能借故先离开了。

When he returned to the table， he lowered his eyes， put on a grim expression and said， "I have some bad news. My grandfather just died."

当他回到桌边，他垂下眼睛，装出一副阴沉的表情，说：“有个不幸的消息，我的祖父刚刚去世了。”

"Thank heavens，" his date replied. "If yours hadn't， mine would have had to!"

“谢天谢地！”他的约会对象说，“如果你的祖父不死，我的祖父就得死了！”