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your father?"
"He's under the hay!" said Nasrudin.
23.
Mulla Nasrudin was getting ready to apply to a local department store for a job. A friend told him that it was the policy of the store to hire nobody but Catholic Christians, and that if he wanted a job there, he would have to lie about being a Catholic Christian.
Nasrudin applied for the job and the personnel man asked him the usual questions. Then he said to the Mulla, "And what church do you belong to?"
"I am a Catholic," said Nasrudin. "And all my family are Catholics. IN FACT, MY FATHER IS A PRIEST AND MY MOTHER IS A NUN, SIR."
24.
Mulla Nasrudin was applying for a job. "Does the company pay for my hospitalization?" he asked.
"No, you pay for it," the personnel director said. "We take it out of your salary each month."
"The last place I worked, they paid for it," said the Mulla.
"That's unusual," the personnel man said. "How much vacation did you get?"
"Six weeks," replied the Mulla.
"Did you get a bonus?" the personnel man asked.
"Yes," said the Mulla. "Not only that, they gave us an annual bonus, sent us a turkey on Thanksgiving, gave us the use of a company car and threw a big barbecue for us each year."
"Why did you leave?" asked the personnel director.
"THEY WENT BUSTED," said Nasrudin.
25.
Mulla Nasrudin got on a double-decker bus and climbed to the upper deck. A few minutes later, he staggered down the steps, muttering to himself.
"Is anything the matter?" asked the driver.
"IT AIN'T SAFE UP THERE," said Nasrudin. "NO DRIVER."
26.
Mulla Nasrudin and his wife were arguing.
"I was a fool when I married you," said the wife.
"I GUESS YOU WERE," replied Nasrudin, "BUT I WAS SO INFATUATED AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T NOTICE IT."
27.
The town's richest man had died. The next morning, another rich, and particularly miserly, old man said to Mulla Nasrudin, "I wonder how much he left."
Mulla Nasrudin laughed and said, "EVERY CENT OF IT, SIR."
28.
Mulla Nasrudin used to say: "Every man should have at least one wife, because
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