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a bit. Then he brought it out again and put it on the scales. "This one," he said, "will be S1.95."
"WONDERFUL," said Nasrudin. "I WILL TAKE BOTH OF THEM!"
119.
A highway patrolman pulled alongside Mulla Nasrudin's car and waved him to the side of the road.
"Sir your wife fell out of the car three miles back," he said.
"SO THAT'S IT," said the Mulla. "I THOUGHT I HAD GONE STONE DEAF."
120.
The young doctor seemed pleased after looking over his patient, Mulla Nasrudin.
"You are getting along just fine," he said. "Of course. your shoulder is still badly swollen, but that does not bother me in the least."
"I DON'T GUESS IT DOES," said Nasrudin. "IF YOUR SHOULDER WERE SWOLLEN, IT WOULDN'T BOTHER ME EITHER."
121.
Mulla Nasrudin had been placed in a mental hospital, for treatment. After a few weeks, a friend visited him. "How are you going on?" he asked.
"Oh, just fine," said the Mulla.
"That's good," his friend said. "Guess you will be coming back to your home soon?"
"WHAT!" said Nasrudin. "I SHOULD LEAVE A FINE COMFORTABLE HOUSE LIKE THIS WITH A SWIMMING POOL AND FREE MEALS TO COME TO MY OWN DIRTY HOUSE WITH A MAD WIFE TO LIVE WITH? YOU MUST THINK I AM CRAZY!"
122.
Mulla Nasrudin visiting a mental hospital stood chatting at great length to one man in particular. He asked all sorts of questions about how he was treated, and how long he had been there and what hobbies he was interested in.
As the Mulla left him and walked on with the attendant, he noticed he was grinning broadly. The Mulla asked what was amusing and the attendant told the visitor that he had been talking to the medical superintendent. Embarrassed, Nasrudin rushed back to make apologies. "I AM SORRY DOCTOR," he said. "I WILL NEVER GO BY APPEARANCES AGAIN."
123.
A famous surgeon had developed the technique of removing the brain from a person, examining it, and putting it back. One day, some friends brought him Mulla Nasrudin to be examined The surgeon operated on the Mulla and took his brain out. When the surgeon went to the laboratory to examine the brain, he discovered the
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