这则笑话的韵意在于上司对自己婚姻的比喻，婚姻是一个mixture，而糟糕的婚姻是mud。

After his marriage broke up, my manager became very philosophical.

"I guess it was in our stars," he sighed.

"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Her astrological sign is the one for earth. Mine is the one for water. Together we made mud."