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you they are simply saying something about themselves, not about you. Unless you can remain cool with all kinds of misunderstandings being heaped upon you, you cannot be of any help to them; then you yourself will need help.
Two very hippie hippies were walking down a country lane.
One hippie turned to the other and asked, "Did you shit in your pants?"
"No," replied the other.
A little further down the lane the first hippie again asked the other, "Are you sure you haven't shit in your pants?"
"Quite sure," said the other.
Further on down the lane the first hippie said, "Come on, take down your pants and let me see."
When the other hippie had obliged, the first hippie exclaimed, "There, I told you so!"
"Oh," said the other, "I thought you meant today!"
People understand according to themselves.
Mulla Nasruddin was going to Italy, so I told him, "Nasruddin, learn a little bit of Italian."
He said, "I have done it. I have been taking lessons from Radha."
When he came back from Italy he was very angry. I said, "What is the matter?"
He said, "One day I went-a to a big town to a big-a hotel. In-a the morning, I go down to breakfast. I tell-a the waitress, 'I wanna two piss toast.'
"She bring-a me only one piss. I tell-a her, 'I wanna two piss.'
"She say, 'Go to the toilet.'
"I say, 'No, you no understand -- I wanna two piss on-a my plate.'
"She say, 'You better no piss on-a the plate, you sonavabitch!'
"Later I go out to eat at a big-a restaurant. The waitress bring-a me a spoon and knife, but no fock. I tell-a her, 'I wanna fock.'
"She say, 'Everyone wanna fock.'
"I tell-a her, 'You no understand -- I wanna fock on-a the table.'
"She say, 'You better no fock on-a the table, you sonavabitch!'
"So I go to my room in-a hotel and there is no shits on-a my bed. I call-a the manager and tell-a him, 'I wanna shit.'
"He tell me, 'Go to the toilet.'
"I say, 'You no understand -- I wanna shit on-a the bed.'
"He say, 'You better no shit on-a the bed, you sonavabitch!'
"I go to check out and the man
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