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A SENSIBLE! GIRL WOULD KNOW BETTER."
122.
"What are you doing hiding under the bed?" asked Mulla Nasrudin's wife.
"It's all lightening and thunder," said the Mulla. "And I don't want to get struck by lightening.
"Oh, that's silly," said his wife. "If lightening is going to strike you, it will strike you no matter where you are."
"THAT'S ALL RIGHT," said Nasrudin. "BUT, IF IT IS GOING TO STRIKE ME, I JUST WANT TO BE HARD TO FIND."
123.
Mulla Nasrudin and one of his friends were sitting under the bridge listening to the holiday traffic passing overhead. "I hate holidays," said the friend.
"YES, " said Nasrudin, "IT MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT COMMON WHEN NOBODY AIN'T WORKING. "
124.
"This book," said the salesman, "will do half your work."
"FINE," said Mulla Nasrudin. "I WILL TAKE TWO OF THEM."
125.
Mulla Nasrudin used to say:
"IF YOU WANT YOUR WIFE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, WHISPER IT TO ANOTHER WOMAN IN A LOW VOICE."
126.
New neighbours had moved in and had been under observation for several days.
"They seem like a most devoted couple," said Mulla Nasrudin's wife to her husband. "Every time he leaves for work she comes out on the porch and he hugs and kisses her. Why don't you do that?"
"ME?" said Nasrudin. "I SHOULD SAY NOT. I HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN INTRODUCED TO HER YET."
127.
A policeman stopped drunk Mulla Nasrudin and said to him, "Do you know who I am?"
"I CAN'T SAY THAT I DO," said Nasrudin, "BUT IF YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE YOU LIVE, I WILL HELP YOU HOME."
128.
The young man had kissed his girlfriend, Mulla Nasrudin's daughter, goodnight about a dozen times. They just could not seem to say goodnight. Finally he said, "Love is wonderful. Darling, do we really have to say goodnight?"
Mulla Nasrudin's voice came from deep within the house, "CERTAINLY NOT. STICK AROUND ANOTHER HALF HOUR AND YOU CAN SAY GOOD MORNING."
129.
The two burglars worked as a team. One stayed outside as a lookout, while the other robbed the house. One night, when the inside man returned, his buddy
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