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said to Mulla Nasrudin. "What's the trouble?"
"Well," said the Mulla, "you remember my aunt who just died. I was the one who had her confined to the mental hospital for the last five years of her life.
When she died, she left me all her money. NOW I HAVE GOT TO PROVE THAT SHE WAS OF SOUND MIND WHEN SHE MADE HER WILL SIX WEEKS AGO."
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"My grandfather," bragged one fellow in the teahouse, 'lived to be ninety-nine and never used glasses."
"WELL," said Mulla Nasrudin, "LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DRINK FROM THE BOTTLE."
52.
It was after the intermission at the theater, and Mulla Nasrudin and his wife were returning to their seats.
"Did I step on your feet as I went out?" the Mulla asked a man at the end of the row.
"You certainly did," said the man awaiting an apology.
Mulla Nasrudin turned to his wife, "IT'S ALL RIGHT, DARLING," he said. "THIS IS OUR ROW."
53.
A patrolman was about to write a speeding ticket, when a woman in the back seat began shouting at Mulla Nasrudin, "There! I told you to watch out. But you kept right on. Getting out of line, not blowing your horn, passing stop streets, speeding, and everything else. Didn't I tell you, you'd get caught? Didn't I? Didn't I?"
"Who is that woman?" the patrolman asked.
"My wife," said the Mulla.
"DRIVE ON," the patrolman said. "YOU HAVE BEEN PUNISHED ENOUGH."
54.
Mulla Nasrudin was visiting the town dentist to get some advance prices on his work.
"The price for pulling a tooth is four dollars each," the dentist told him. "But in order to make it painless we will have to give gas and that will be three dollars extra."
"Oh, don't worry about giving gas," said the Mulla.
"That won't be necessary. We can save the three dollars."
"That's all right with me," said the dentist. "I have heard that you mountain people are strong and tough. All I can say is that you are a brave man."
"IT ISN'T ME THAT'S HAVING MY TOOTH PULLED," said Nasrudin. "IT'S MY WIFE."
55.
The professional money raiser called upon Mulla Nasrudin. "I am seeking contributions for a worthy
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