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the Mulla. "THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS ONE OF YOUR HAPPIEST DAYS."
43.
Mulla Nasrudin and his wife were gossiping about the recent wedding scandal.
"Just think," said the wife, "it was just as the bride was coming down the aisle that the groom suddenly turned and ran from the church and skipped town. I guess he lost his nerve."
"OH, I DON'T THINK SO," said the Mulla. "I FIGURE HE FOUND IT."
44.
"Daddy, Daddy," the girl cried. "Mummy has just fallen off the roof!"
"I KNOW, DEAR," said Mulla Nasrudin. "I SAW HER PASS THE WINDOW."
45.
The election was being challenged by the defeated candidate, Mulla Nasrudin.
"I know it was crooked," said the Mulla. "A FRIEND OF MINE VOTED FOR ME FIFTEEN TIMES IN THE THIRD PRECINCT AND I DIDN'T GET BUT FOUR VOTES THERE."
46.
The rival political candidates were scheduled to speak at the county fair on the same program. Mulla Nasrudin was chosen to introduce them. He arose and said, "I want to present to you a man who, above anyone, has the welfare of each and everyone of you at heart. More than anyone I know, he is devoted to our great and glorious nation."
Then he turned to the candidates and asked, "WHICH OF YOU FELLOWS WANTS TO TALK FIRST?"
47.
Mulla Nasrudin was complaining about the slowness of the bus to the driver.
After he couldn't stand the complaining any longer, the driver said, "If you don't like it, why don't you get out and walk?"
"I WOULD," said the Mulla, "BUT MY WIFE IS GOING TO MEET ME AND SHE DOESN'T EXPECT ME UNTIL THIS BUS GETS THERE."
48.
The new man in town told Mulla Nasrudin,
"I have come out here to make an honest living."
"WELL," said the Mulla, "THERE'S NOT MUCH COMPETITION."
49.
Mulla Nasrudin rushed into a bar and said breathlessly, "The usual, please, and hurry, I gotta catch my train."
The bartender set up five martinis in a row and the Mulla gulped the second, third and fourth, leaving the first and last drinks on the bar. Then he rushed out as rapidly as he had entered.
A bystander asked the bartender why the customer left the two
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