Anecdote about George Bernard Shaw - In a restaurant

Once George Bernard Shaw had dinner in a big restaurant.
While he was dining an orchestra played very loudly.

Shaw called a waiter and asked him: "Could you tell me if the orchestra would play something that a customer has requested?"
"But certainly Monsieur," the waiter replied. "What would you like the orchestra to play?"
"Well, could they play poker until I have finished my dinner?"


While visiting a restaurant one evening, George Bernard Shaw and a friend found their conversation drowned by a noisy orchestra.

"Could you play something if I asked you to?" Shaw called to the leader.
"But certainly Monsieur," the man replied.
"Well would you either play poker or dominoes - whichever you like - until I have finished my dinner?"

Одна́жды Бе́рнард Шо́у обе́дал в большо́м рестора́не. Во вре́мя обе́да о́чень гро́мко игра́л орке́стр. Бе́рнард Шо́у подозва́л официа́нта и спроси́л его́:
– Скажи́те, пожа́луйста, орке́стр мо́жет сыгра́ть по зака́зу посети́теля?
– Коне́чно, сэр, – отве́тил официа́нт. – А что вы хоти́те, что́бы орке́стр сыгра́л?
– Попроси́те их сыгра́ть в по́кер, пока́ я обе́даю.