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the doorbell of Mulla Nasrudin's house and was admitted by a woman, who immediately left the room. After talking a bit to the Mulla who was in the room, the salesman said, "Was that your wife, Sir, who let me in?"
"CERTAINLY. DO YOU THINK I WOULD HIRE A MAID AS HOMELY AS THAT?" asked Nasrudin.
117.
The drunk Mulla Nasrudin approached the policeman on the corner and said, "Pardon me, Officer, but where am I?"
"You are on the corner of Main and Forth," the policeman said.
"NEVER MIND THE DETAILS," said Nasrudin. "WHAT TOWN AM I IN?"
118.
"Everybody has something to be thankful for," the minister said to Mulla Nasrudin, who was sitting in his office telling a tale of woe. "Look at the man across the street from you who just lost his wife in an automobile accident."
"YES," said Nasrudin, "BUT EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THAT LUCKY, SIR."
119.
"This is a lesson in logic," said the old professor in the teahouse. "If the show starts at nine and dinner is at six and my son has the measles, and brother drives a Cadillac, how old am I?"
"You are eighty-four," replied Mulla Nasrudin promptly.
"Right," said the professor. "Now tell the rest of the fellows here how you arrived at the correct answer."
"IT'S EASY," said Nasrudin. "I HAVE GOT AN UNCLE WHO IS FORTY-TWO AND HE IS ONLY HALF NUTS, SIR."
120.
Mulla Nasrudin's son, home from college, was talking to his father about the "Law of Compensation," which he had studied. "If a person loses one eye," he explained, "the sight in the other becomes stronger. If he loses the hearing in one ear, the hearing in the other becomes more acute. If he loses one hand, he becomes more agile with the other."
"I GUESS THAT'S RIGHT," said Nasrudin. "I HAVE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT WHEN A MAN HAS ONE SHORT LEG THE OTHER IS LONGER."
121.
A college freshman was talking about girls with Mulla Nasrudin. "Which would you advise me to do? Marry a sensible girl or a beautiful girl, Mulla?" he asked.
"I don't think you will be able to marry either," said the Mulla.
"Why not?" asked the freshman.
"IT'S LOGICAL," said Nasrudin.
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