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Sir," said the boy. "It was going to strike ten, but I grabbed the gong and held it so it wouldn't disturb you."
"I WILL BE A SO-AND-SO," said Nasrudin. "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT IN MY YOUNGER DAYS?"
149.
Mulla Nasrudin was coming to after a serious operation. He was just conscious enough to feel the softness of the comfortable bed and the warmth of gentle hands on his forehead.
"Where am I?" he asked. "In Heaven?"
"NO," said his wife, "I AM STILL RIGHT HERE WITH YOU."
150.
A man was chatting to Mulla Nasrudin who was a rabid fisherman.
"I notice," he said, "that when you tell about the fish you caught you vary the size of it for different listeners."
"YES," replied Nasrudin, "I NEVER TELL A MAN MORE THAN I THINK HE WILL BELIEVE."
151.
Mulla Nasrudin was being selected as a juror in a murder trial. The attorney for the defense was challenging prospective jurors. He questioned Mulla Nasrudin, "Are you married or single?"
"Married for ten years," said the Mulla.
"Have you formed or expressed an opinion?" asked the attorney.
"NOT FOR TEN YEARS," replied Nasrudin.
152.
Mulla Nasrudin was visiting his psychiatrist. Among the many questions the doctor asked was: "Are you bothered by improper thoughts?"
"NOT AT ALL," said Nasrudin. "THE TRUTH IS I RATHER ENJOY THEM."
153.
"Why don't you stop picking on me?" said Mulla Nasrudin to his wife. "I am trying to do everything possible to make you happy."
"There's one thing you haven't done that my first husband did to make me happy," she said.
"What's that?" asked the Mulla.
"HE DROPPED DEAD," she said.
154.
The young daughter of Mulla Nasrudin heard a tapping on her window in the early hours of the morning. There on a ladder was her boyfriend. Their elopement was going according to plan.
"Are you all ready?" her boyfriend asked.
"Yes," whispered the girl, "but don't talk so loud, you might wake up my father."
"WAKE HIM UP?" her boyfriend asked. "WHO DO YOU THINK IS HOLDING THE LADDER?"
155.
"Why are you so down in the mouth,
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