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that women make the best teachers," said one large and noisy woman. "Where would man be if it were not for women?"
"IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN EATING WATERMELON AND TAKING IT EASY," shouted Mulla Nasrudin from the back.
86.
Mulla Nasrudin said to a man sitting next to him in a bar, "one drink always makes me drunk."
"Really?" asked the stranger, "only one?"
"YES," said the Mulla. "AND IT'S USUALLY THE SIXTH."
87.
Mulla Nasrudin had just bought a dog and was bragging about his good points to a friend.
"He is not what you would call a pedigree dog," said the Mulla, "but no prowler could come near the house without him letting us know about it."
"What does he do?" asked the friend. "Bark and arouse the neighbourhood?"
"NO," said Nasrudin proudly,"HE CRAWLS UNDER THE BED."
88.
Mulla Nasrudin was weeping and complaining in a bar.
"I don't have anything to worry about," he said. "My wife takes care of my money. My mother-in-law tends to my business. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WORK."
89.
A friend gave a bottle of cheap liquor to Mulla Nasrudin as a birthday present. Later he asked the Mulla how it was.
"It was just exactly right," said the Mulla.
"What do you mean just right?" asked the friend.
"WELL," said Nasrudin, "IF IT HAD BEEN ANY BETTER YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN IT TO ME, IF IT HAD BEEN ANY WORSE, I COULDN'T HAVE DRUNK IT."
90.
Mulla Nasrudin was bragging to his friend about his family.
"When I go home at night," he said, "everything is ready for me, my slippers, my pipe, the easy chair in the corner with the light turned on, my book open at the same place I left it the night before -- and always plenty of hot water."
"I get all that stuff about the slippers and easy chair and book and the pipe," his friend said, "but what about the hot water, Mulla?"
"WELL," replied Nasrudin, "MY FAMILY LOVES ME. YOU DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE ME WASH DISHES IN COLD WATER, DO YOU?"
91.
Every chair in the doctor's waiting room was taken. Several people were standing. There was no word from the doctor. Finally, Mulla
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