Mullah nasrud din jokes

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Cold Day
It was a cold winter day, and a heavily dressed man noticed Nasrudin outside wearing very little clothing.

"Mulla," the man said, "how is it that I am wearing all these clothes and still feel a little cold, while you are barely wearing anything, and seem unaffected by the weather?"

"Well," replied Nasrudin, "I don't have any more clothes, so I can't afford to feel cold. But you have plenty of clothes, and thus have the liberty to feel cold."

Are You Asleep?
Nasrudin was lying on his couch with his eyes closed. His brother-in-law went up to him and asked, "Are you asleep?" "Why do you ask?" Nasrudin replied. "I was wondering if you could loan me three hundred dollars," said the other. "Well," answered Nasrudin, "let's go back to you your fist question--'Am I asleep.' The answer is yes, I am--so leave me alone!"

The Missed Appointment
A philosopher made an appointment with Nasrudin to have a scholarly discussion. When the day came, the philosopher dropped by Nasrudin's house as planned. However, Nasrudin wasn't home. The philosopher angrily took his pencil out of his pocket, wrote "Asshole" on Nasrudin's door, and then left

Nasrudin finally came home later and saw this. He quickly realized that he had missed his appointment, and he darted off to the philosopher's house.

"Forgive my error," Nasrudin told the philosopher when he got there. "I totally forgot about our appointment today. But when I got home and saw that you had written your name on my door, I came here as fast as I could."

Sack of Vegetables
Nasrudin snuck into someone's garden and began putting vegetable in his sack. The owner saw him and shouted, "What are you doing in my garden?"

"The wind blew me here," Nasrudin confidently responded.

"Well then," said the other. "Can explain how those vegetables were pulled out from my garden?"

"Oh, that's simple," Nasrudin explained. "I had to grab them to stop myself from being thrown any further by the wind."

"Well," the man continued, "then tell me this--how did the vegetables get in your sack?"

"You know what," Nasrudin said, "I was just standing here and wondering that same thing myself!"

Man is Stuck in Tree
One day, a local man climbed up a rather tall tree.

Shortly thereafter, however, as he tried to make his way back down, he soon discovered that the trip down might not be as easy as the trip up. In fact, try as he might, he simply could not figure out a way to get down the tree without putting his body at great risk of falling to the ground.

He asked a few passers-by for help, but no one knew what to do.

A few local people gathered near him and tried to help, but he remained stuck.

Then Nasrudin walked by and devised a plan. He threw a rope up to the man and said, "Tie this around your waist."

The people nearby wondered about what Nasrudin was doing. They asked him his plan, but he calmly replied, "Just trust me--this works."

When the man had the rope tied around his waist, Nasrudin pulled on the rope. Upon his doing this, the man fell from the tree and hurt himself. The bystanders, horrified to see this happen, remarked, "What kind of a plan was that?"

"Well," Nasrudin replied, "I once saved someone's life doing the exact same thing."

"Are you sure," one man asked.

"Yes," Nasrudin replied. "The only thing I'm not sure about is whether I saved him from a well or from a tree."

Nasrudin Almost Falls into a Lake
One day, Nasrudin slipped and nearly fell into a lake, but was caught by a friend walking next to him.

From then on, every time Nasrudin encountered the friend, the latter was sure to bring up the incident and make a big deal about it.

After months passed and Nasrudin could take no more of this, he led the friend to the same lake, and, with clothes and shoes still on, deliberately jumped right into the water! As he lay in the water, he remarked to the friend, "Now I'm as wet as I would have been if you didn't save me that day…so for goodness sake, please stop reminding me about it!"

Man Searches for Joy
One day, Nasrudin began talking to a man from another town. The man lamented, "I am rich, but I am also sad and miserable. I have taken my money and gone traveling in search of joy-but alas, I have yet to find it."

As the man continued speaking, Nasrudin grabbed the man's bag and ran off with it. The man chased him, and Nasrudin soon ran out of the man's sight. He hid behind a tree, and put the bag in the open road for the man to see.

When the man caught up, he located the bag, and his facial expression immediately turned from distress to joy. As the man danced in celebration of finding his bag, Nasrudin thought to himself, "That's one way to bring joy to a sad man."

Cow Gets Stuck
One day, a cow drinking water from a container got its head stuck in the container's narrow passage.

The cow's owner and various passersby noticed what had happened, and some tried to prod the cow's head out--but alas, the cow remained stuck, much to the

Then Nasrudin walked by.

"What happened," Nasrudin asked.

"My cow's head is stuck in that container," replied the animal's owner, "and we don't know what we should do. Mulla, do you have any ideas?"

Nasrudin examined the cow and container, and then said, "Cut off the cow's head."

So the man followed Nasrudin's advice, causing the cow's head to drop into the container.

"What should I do now?" the man asked.

"Break the container," replied Nasrudin, "and take out the cow's head."

Meal or Preaching?
The local religious leader invited Nasrudin over for dinner one night.

Nasrudin, not having eaten much that day, was famished when he got there, and eger to eat as soon as possible.

After two hours, however, the religious leader had yet to offer Nasrudin any food, and instead spoke nonstop about a variety of religious topics.

As Nasrudin grew more annoyed with each passing minute, he finally interrupted the man and said, "May I ask you something?"

"What?" the religious leader answered, eager to hear some religious question that would prompt him to continue talking.

"I was just wondering," Nasrudin said, "did any of the people in your stories ever eat?"

Nasrudin is Beaten Up
Nasrudin decided to wear elaborate Arabic clothing one day. When he came home, his wife noticed that the clothing had been torn up to shreds.

"What happened to you?" his she asked. "Did you get beaten up?"

"Yes," Nasrudin replied.

"But why?" she inquired. "It's not like people beat up others for wearing an outfit like that."

"Well," Nasrudin said, "tell that to a group of Kurds who are looking for an Arab to beat up."

Did You Enjoy the Stew?
Nasrudin was invited to the royal palace for dinner one night. During the meal, the King asked Nasrudin if he enjoyed the stew.

"Yes," replied Nasrudin, "it was fantastic."

"Really?" said the King. "I thought it was pretty bad."

"Yes," said Nasrudin, "you're right--it was quite awful."

"Wait a minute," remarked the King. "You just said it was fantastic a few seconds ago."

"That's correct," explained Nasrudin, "but I live in and serve the town of the King, not the stew."

The Crowded Home
Nasrudin was talking to his neighbor one day, and the neighbor lamented, "I'm really having trouble fitting my family in our small house. It's me, my wife, my three kids, and my mother-in-law-all sharing the same cottage. Mulla Nasrudin, you are a wise man. Do you have any advice for me?"

"Yes," replied Nasrudin. "Do you have any chickens in your yard?

"I have ten," the man replied.

"Put them in the house," said Nasrudin.

"But Mulla," the man remarked, "our house is already cramped as it is."

"Just try it," replied Nasrudin.

The man, desperate to find a solution to his spacing woes, followed Nasrudin's advice, and paid him another visit the next day.

"Mulla," he said, "things are even worse now. With the chickens in the house, we are even more pressed for space."

"Now take that donkey of yours," replied Nasrudin, "and bring it in the house."

The man bemoaned and objected, but Nasrudin convinced him to do it.

The next day, the man, now looking more distressed than ever, came up to Nasrudin and said, "Now my home is even more crowded! Between my family, the chickens, and that donkey of mine, there is barely any room to move."

"Well then," said Nasrudin, "do you have any other animals in your yard?"

"Yes," the man replied, "we have a goat."

"OK," said the other. "Take the goat in your house too."

The man once again raised a fuss and seemed anything but eager to follow Nasrudin's advice, but Nasrudin once again convinced him to put yet another animal in the house.

The next day, the man, now full of _ and _ , came up to Nasrudin and exclaimed, "My family is really upset now. Everyone is at my throat complaining about the lack of space. Your plan is making us miserable."

"OK," Nasrudin replied, "now take all of the animals back outside."

So the man followed his advice, and the next day, he dropped by Nasrudin and remarked, "Mulla-your plan has worked like a charm. With all the animals out, my house is so spacious that none of us can help but being pleased and uncomplaining."
The Meeting
Nasrudin went to a wealthy man's home one day for a business appointment. As he walked towards the front door, he looked through a side window and saw the man eating soup.

Nasrudin continued to the front, and knocked on the door.

The man's son opened it.

"Hi," said Nasrudin. "I am here to see your father.

"Well," other replied, "my father went out and won't be back for many hours."

"OK," said Nasrudin, "but tell your father that the next time he leaves the house, he should remember not to leave his head near his home's window!"

Nasrudin Preaches
Nasrudin was scheduled to give a religious speech one day to an all-male audience, but had no particular topic in mind.

He thought of one, and began preaching:

"Gentleman," he said. "We must stop allowing our wives to wear make-up. It is inappropriate, indecent, impure, wicked, and by all means sinful. Any man who let's his wife wear make-up should be ashamed of himself!"

"But Mullah," said one of the men, "your wife always wears make-up!"

"Yes, that's true," Nasrudin remarked. "And it looks great on her, doesn't it?"

Pricing the Conqueror
One day, the town's new conqueror asked Nasrudin, "If I were a slave, how much would I cost?"

"Five hundred dollars," Nasrudin responded.

"What!" the conqueror shouted in great anger. "Just the clothes I'm wearing right now are worth five hundred dollars!"

"Yes," replied Nasrudin, "I factored the clothes into my price."

Complaints About Nasrudin's Wife
One day, the local people complained to Nasrudin, "Your wife is always walking here and there, going to all sorts of different places. 'Tis improper for a woman. For God's sake, Mulla, tell her that she should stop moving around so much."

"OK," reaplied Nasrudin. "If she ever comes to our house, I'll be sure to tell her."

Nasrudin Eats Dates
A man noticed Nasrudin eating dates with their seeds.

"Why are you eating the seeds" the man asked.

"Because," explained Nasrudin, "the merchant who sold them to me included the weight of the seeds."

Across the River
Nasrudin was standing near a river. A man on the other side shouted to him, "Hey! How can I get across the river?"

"You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.

Your Eyes Are Very Red
Nasrudin, suffering from some eye irritation, went to see a doctor.

The doctor took a look at him and said, "Your eyes are very red."

"Do they also ache?" asked Nasrudin.

Three Times Two
While Nasrudin was staying in another town, a local man asked him what three times two was.

"Four," Nasrudin replied.

"You are wrong," the man said. "The answer is six."

"Actually," explained Nasrudin, "I am not wrong. We use different type of math where I am from."

Nasrudin Gets Engaged
Nasrudin, having just got engaged to a new woman in town, went to his fiancée's home to meet his future mother-in-law.

"Tell me," she said, "are you sure that this is the first time you are getting married?"

"Yes," Nasrudin replied, "I swear on my four kids that I have never been married before."

Nasrudin Offers Friend Strawberries
Nasrudin had a friend over at his house.

"Have some of these strawberries," Nasrudin said.

"Thank you," replied the friend, "but I have already eaten five of them."

"I usually don't count," Nasrudin replied, "but you actually ate ten."

Wrestling Dreams
One day, Nasrudin went to the local doctor and told him, "Every night for the past month and a half, I have dreamt I *dreams in which I have wrestling matches with donkeys."

The doctor gave Nasrudin an herb and said, "Eat this, and your dreams will go away."

"Can I start taking them tomorrow?" Nasrudin asked.

"Why?" the doctor inquired.

"Because I'm scheduled to wrestle in the championship match tonight," Nasrudin replied.

The Thief
One night, a thief broke into Nasrudin's house and began putting items in a sack. Nasrudin then joined him and added a few items.

The thief was so bewildered that he turned to Nasrudin and asked, "What in the world are you doing?"

"Well," Nasrudin replied, "I thought we were moving, so I began helping you pack."

Get Me a Pencil and Piece of Paper
One night, Nasrudin awoke and exclaimed to his wife, "Wife! Please get up! I have just been divinely inspired! Get me a pencil and piece of paper at once!"

His wife lit a candle, fetched the pencil and paper, and handed it to Nasrudin.

Nasrudin wrote rapidly, and was about to put out the candle and go back to sleep when his wife exclaimed, "Wait. Please read me what you wrote.

Nasrudin picked up the paper and read, "Wherever you go, there you are."

The Guest
Nasrudin heard a knock at his door one night. He opened the door, and the man standing there said, "Mullah, can you help a brother out and provided me with some shelter for the night. I am God's nephew."

"Oh, is that so?" asked Nasrudin.

"It surely is," the man replied.

"Well then," remarked Nasrudin, "for an exalted guest such as yourself, I must offer only the most exalted place to spend the night."

Nasrudin stepped outside and closed his door, and then turned to the man and said, "Follow me."

The man curiously followed Nasrudin.

Hundreds of meters later, they reached the local Mosque.

Nasrudin turned to the man and said, "And what better place could I offer you to stay the night than here at your own uncle's house!"

The Pot
Nasrudin borrowed a pot from his friend. The next day, he gave the friend back the pot, plus another smaller pot.

The friend looked at the small pot, and said, "What's that?"

"Your pot gave birth while I had it," said Nasrudin, "so I am giving you its child."

The friend, happy to receive the bonus, did not ask another question.

A week later, Nasrudin once again borrowed the original pot from the friend. After a week passed, the friend asked Nasrudin to return it.

"I can't," said Nasrudin.

"Why not?" the friend asked.

"Well," Nasrudin answered, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news…but your pot has died."

"What?" the friend asked with skepticism. "A pot can't die!"

"Well, you believed it gave birth," said Nasrudin, "so is why is it that you can't believe it died?

The Hole
Nasrudin was digging outside, and his neighbor asked him, "What are you working on?"

"Well," Nasrudin replied, "There's a lot of excess dirt on the road, so I'm digging a hole to bury it in."

"But what are you going to do with the dirt that you 're digging out of this new hole?" said the neighbor.

"Hey," Nasrudin replied, "I can't attend to every single detail."

The Weight Lifting Contest
One day, as Nasrudin and sonme other locals chatted at the town square, a bragging contest soon developed among the group.

One by one they spoke of amazing feats they accomplished, each tale seeming more outlandish than the last.

Finally, after hearing everyone else, Nasrudin stood up and took his turn. "A long time ago, all the strong men in town wanted to decide who was the strongest. There was this massive tipped-over pillar near the grocery store, and they decided to see if anyone could lift it. One by one, each of them tried, and one by one, each of them failed. Keep in mind that these were massive, muscular guys. Then I stepped up. I rubbed my hands together, and gripped the pillar as all the others watched."

"Yes, go on!" the others remarked. "And then what happened?"

"And then I found out I couldn't pick it up, either!" replied Nasrudin.
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I grew up hearing jokes of Mullah Naseerud Din.. My mom used to tell some of them... so Thank you very much for bringing up some memories

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The Strength Test
Nasrudin and some others were in the town square one day, and the topic of conversation turned to how they changed since they were younger. Some of them talked about how they were wiser, and some talked about how they were weaker. Nasrudin spoke up and said, "Not only am I wiser than I used to be, I'm as strong as I was in my youth."

"Are you sure?" One of them asked.

"Yes. I've tested it," Nasrudin replied.

"How did you test it?" they asked.

"Well there is this big rock outside my house. I couldn't lift it when I was young, and I still can't lift it now."

Nasrudin's Discovery
Nasrudin was hanging a painting in his room. As he hammered the nail, he accidentally hit too hard, and made a big hole in his wall. He looked through it and saw goats on the other side, but did not realize that he was looking into his neighbor's yard.

Nasrudin immediately ran to his wife and exclaimed, "Wife! You are not going to believe this! Guess what!"

"What?" she replied.

"I was hanging a painting in my room, and…you're not going to believe this!" Nasrudin exclaimed.

"What!" his wife asked curiously.

"My hammer went through the wall, and…this is really incredible," Nasrudin said.

"What?" his wife replied, now totally full of anticipation.

"I accidentally discovered another universe right in my room--a universe of goats!".

Nasrudin's Cherry Logic
Nasrudin loaded a barrel of cherries on his donkey, and went off to the bazaar to sell them. On his way, a group of about a dozen children noticed him, and were elated to see all the cherries he was carrying. They began dancing and singing in anticipation of eating cherries.

"Mulla," they said, "please give us some."

Now, Nasrudin was in a dilemma. On one hand, he adored children and did not want to disappoint them; but on the other hand, he loved profits and did not want to sacrifice them either.

After thinking the matter over, he took six cherries out of the barrel and gave them to the children.

"Can we have more?" the children asked.

"Listen," Nasrudin replied, "these cherries all taste the same. What difference does it make if each of you eats half a cherry, or each of you eats fifty?"

The Town Gossip
The Town Gossip: "Nasrudin, I just saw some men delivering a huge tub of stew."

Nasrudin: "What's it to me?"

The Town Gossip: "They were taking it to your house."

Nasrudin: "What's it to you?"

Nasrudin's Vinegar Principle
Friend: "Nasrudin, I heard that you have a barrel of thirty year old vinegar. Is it true?"

Nasrudin: "Yes."

Friend: "Can I have some?"

Nasrudin: "No."

Friend: "Why not?"

Nasrudin: "Well, it's just the principal of the matter."

Friend: "What do you mean? What principle?"

Nasrudin: "The principle that if I had given some vinegar to everyone who asked me for some, I would not have any thirty year old vinegar."

The Lost Ring
A man noticed Nasrudin intently inspecting the ground outside his door.

"Mulla," he said, "what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a ring I dropped," Nasrudin replied.

"Oh," the man replied as he also began searching. "Well where exactly were you standing when you dropped it?"

"In my bedroom," Nasrudin replied, "not more than a foot in front of my bed."

"Your bedroom?!" the man aasked. "Then why are you searching for it out here near your doorway.

"Because," Nasrudin explained, "there is much more light out here."

Nasrudin the Proud Parent
Nasrudin and a friend were watching Nasrudin's children.

.The friend asked Nasrudin's young son, "What is a dilettante?"

The son replied, "That is an herb used for seasoning."

A delighted Nasrudin turned to his friend and said, "Did you hear that? What a fine boy I have. Just like his father. He made up an answer all by himself!"

Early Bird Gets the Worm?
Friend: "Nasrudin, you should get up early in the mornings."

Nasrudin: "Why?"

"Well, as they say, 'the early bird gets the worm.'"

"Well, I still don't know if getting up early has any merit to me. After all, I am not hunting for worms."

"I thought you might say that. But listen to this. A few days ago, I woke up at sunrise and went for a walk, and on my way, I came across a gold ring lying right on the ground!"

"Well how do you know it wasn't lost the night before that?

"I'm sure it wasn't. I was on the same road the night before and did not see it."

"Well, then, that shows that it isn't always so great to get up early."

"Why is that?"

"Because the person who lost that gold must have gotten up earlier than you did!"

The Stranger's Request
One day, Nasrudin was repairing his roof, and was interrupted by a stranger knocking on his door.

"What do you want?" Nasrudin shouted down to him from the roof.

"Come down so I can tell you," the stranger replied.

Nasrudin angrily climbed down the ladder.

"Well!" Nasrudin snapped at the stranger, "What's so important?"

"Can you spare some money for this poor old man?" asked the stranger.

Nasrudin started climbing up the ladder. He turned to the old man and, "Follow me up to the roof."

The latter did, and when they both reached the roof, Nasrudin turned to him again and said, "No, you can't have any money. Now get off my roof!"

What in the World Were You Smuggling?
Nasrudin the smuggler was leading a donkey that had bundles of straw on its back. An experienced border inspector spotted Nasrudin coming to his border.

"Halt," the inspector said. "What is your business here?"

"I am an honest smuggler!" replied Nasrudin.

"Oh, really?" said the inspector. "Well, let me search those straw bundles. If I find something in them, you are required to pay a border fee!"

"Do as you wish," Nasrudin replied, "but you will not find anything in those bundles."

The inspector intensively searched and took apart the bundles, but could not find a single thing in them. He turned to Nasrudin and said, "I suppose you have managed to get one by me today. You may pass the border."

Nasrudin crossed the border with his donkey while the annoyed inspector looked on. And then the very next day, Nasrudin once again came to the border with a straw-carrying donkey. The inspector saw Nasrudin coming and thought, "I'll get him for sure this time."

He checked the bundles of straw again, and then searched through the Nasrudin's clothing, and even went through the donkey's harness. But once again he came up empty handed and had to let Nasrudin pass.

This same pattern continued every day for several years, and every day Nasrudin wore more and more extravagant clothing and jewelry that indicated he was getting wealthier. Eventually, the inspector retired from his longtime job, but even in retirement he still wondered about the man with the straw-carrying donkey.

"I should have checked that donkey's mouth more extensively," he thought to himself. "Or maybe he hid something in the donkey's rectum."

Then one day he spotted Nasrudin's face in a crowd. "Hey," the inspector said, "I know you! You are that man who came to my border everyday for all those years with a donkey carrying straw. Please, sir, I must talk to you."

Nasrudin came towards him and the inspector continued talking. "My friend, I always wondered what you were smuggling past my border everyday. Just between you and me, you must tell me. I must know. What in the world were you smuggling for all those years? I must know!"

Nasrudin simply replied, "donkeys."

The Mayor's Poems
The village mayor wrote a poem and read it to Nasrudin.

"Did you like the poem?" he asked.

"No, not really," Nasrudin replied, "it wasn't very good."

The mayor was enraged, and he sentenced Nasrudin to three days in jail. The next week, the mayor called Nasrudin in his office to read him another poem he had written. When the mayor finished reading, he turned to Nasrudin and asked, "Well, what do you think of this one?"

Nasrudin did not say anything, and immediately began walking away. The mayor inquired, "Just where do you think you're going?'

"To jail!" Nasrudin replied.

I grew up hearing jokes of Mullah Naseerud Din.. My mom used to tell some of them... so Thank you very much for bringing up some memories

Please do not create too many threads on the same topic as we have a sticky thread for jokes... such threads are usually merged or deleted... please try to create more serious threads or stick with 1 thread for jokes

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Too Hot, Too Cold
Nasrudin was listening to a group of people in the midst of a scholarly discussion. One sage remarked, "People are so unreasonable-they complain of cold in the winter, and of heat in the summer. Is there nothing that can satisfy people?"

"Well," replied Nasrudin, what about fall and spring?"

Location
A man noticed Nasrudin digging a hole, and asked him about it.

The reply was, "I buried something in this field last month, and I've been trying to find it all morning."

"Well," said the other, "did you have some kind of marking system for it."

Nasrudin said, "Of course I did! When I was burying it, there was a cloud directly over it that cast a shadow--but now I can't find that cloud, either!"

The Donkey Seller
Nasrudin brought his donkey to sell at the bazaar.

The donkey, however, would not cooperate, and bit every single person who tried to inspect it.

A nearby seller noticed all of this, and said, "Do you really expect to sell a donkey that behaves like that?"

"No," Nasrudin replied, "not really. I just brought him here so other people would experience what I have to put up with every day!"

Did You Hear the News?
Some of Nasrudin's acquaintances wanted to get Nasrudin to kill his biggest goat and invite them for a meal.

One day they told him, "Did you hear the news?"

"No, what is it?" Nasrudin replied.

"The world is coming to an end tomorrow!" the friend said.

Upon hearing this, Nasrudin invited all of them to dinner that night to eat the goat. They came to his house and ate it--but upon finishing it, they discovered that Nasrudin had taken all of their coats and used them to kindle his fire.

They began protesting with anger, but Nasrudin interrupted them and remarked, "Don't you remember that the world is coming to an end tomorrow? What difference does it make if you have your coats or not?"


Larger Steak
A traveling scholar treated Nasrudin to a meal at a local restaurant.

The scholar ordered two lamb steaks--and several minutes later, after the waiter brought back a platter containing one medium sized steak and one larger one, Nasrudin immediately took the larger steak and put in on his plate.

The scholar looked at him with total disbelief. "What you did violates virtually every moral, ethical, etiquette, and religious principle there is," the scholar began explaining. He continued with a long lecture.

When he finally finished talking, Nasrudin asked, "Well, may I ask what you would have done if you were in my situation?"

"Yes," the scholar replied. "I would have taken the smaller steak for myself."

Nasrudin placed the smaller steak on the scholar's plate and said, "OK, fine--here you go!"

Avoiding Criticism
Nasrudin and his son were traveling with their donkey. Nasrudin preferred to walk while his son rode the donkey. But then they passed a group of bystanders, and one scoffed, "Look--that selfish boy is riding on a donkey while his poor old father is forced to walk alongside. That is so disrespectful. What a horrible and spoiled child!"

Nasrudin and his son felt embarrassed, so they switched spots--this time Nasrudin rode the donkey while his son walked. Soon they passed another group of people. "Oh, that's detestable!" one of them exclaimed. "That poor young boy has to walk while his abusive father rides the donkey! That horrible man should be ashamed of himself for the way he's treating his son. What a heartless parent!"

Nasrudin was upset to hear this. He wanted to avoid anybody else's scorn, so he decided to have both himself and his son ride the donkey at the same time. As they both rode, they passed another group of people. "That man and his son are so cruel," one bystander said. "Just look at how they are forcing that poor donkey to bear the weight if two people. They should be put in jail for their despicable act. What scoundrels!"

Nasrudin heard this and told his son, "I guess the only way we can avoid the derisive comments of others is to both walk."

"I suppose you are right," the son replied.

So they got off the donkey and continued on foot. But as they passed another group of people, they heard them laughing. "Ha, ha, ha," the group jeered. "Look at those two fools. They are so stupid that both of them are walking under this scorching hot sun and neither of them is riding the donkey! What morons!"

It Was Just My Clothes
Nasrudin's wife heard a loud noise in the next room. She went to inspect it, and saw her husband sitting on the floor.

"What was that?" she cried.

"It was just my clothes," replied Nasrudin. "They fell down."

"But how could your clothes make such a loud noise?" she asked.

"Because I was in them," replied Nasrudin.

A Good Time to Eat
Man: "Nasrudin, when is a good time to eat?"

Nasrudin: "Well, for the rich, anytime, and for the poor, anytime they find food."

A Great Home?
Nasrudin was inspecting a house he wanted to buy. The home's next-door neighbor noticed, walked over, and began telling him how great of a house it was.

When he finished talking, Nasrudin remarked, "Well, what you're saying might be true, but there is one drawback to living here that you neglected to tell me about."

"What's that?"

"A nosey neighbor!"

Tiger Powder
Nasrudin was busy sprinkling crumbs on the ground around his house. A neighbor saw him and asked, "Nasrudin, what are you doing?"

"I want to keep tigers away," he replied.

'But there aren't any tigers within a fifty kilometer radius from here," the neighbor retorted.

"Yes," said Nasrudin, "thanks to my powder."

Question with a Question
Man: "Mulla, why do you always answer a question with another question?"

Nasrudin: "Why shouldn't I?"

The Negotiator
Nasrudin dreamt that a man was giving him nine coins, but that he demanded ten. Suddenly, Nasrudin woke up, and looked at his hands and saw that they had no coins in them. He closed his eyes, opened his hand, and said, "OK--you win. I'll settle for nine."

Hospitable Nasrudin
One day, Nasrudin was boasting to a group of others about how tremendously hospitable he was. One of them, eager to make Nasrudin make due on his claim, said, "Well then, will you take us all to your home and treat us to a meal?"

Nasrudin agreed and led the group towards his house. Upon arriving there, he told them, "Wait out here so I can let my wife know what's going on."

He went in and told her--but she replied by saying, "We don't have any food. You must turn them away."

"I surely cannot do that!" Nasrudin replied with great alarm. "My reputation for hospitality is at stake here!"

"Fine," his wife said, "go hide upstairs, and if they start calling for you, I'll tell them you're not here."

So Nasrudin did as she said, and left his guests waiting outside.

After some time had passed, they grew impatient and began pounding on the door and calling for their host.

"Nasrudin! Nasrudin!" they shouted.

Nasrudin's wife opened the door and told them, "Nasrudin isn't here."

"That doesn't make any sense," one of them replied. "After all, we saw him go in, and we've been waiting here watching this door this whole time."

As Nasrudin listened to this from upstairs, he couldn't help but open his window and retort, "You don't know what you are talking about. I could have gone out the back door!"

The Palace Feast-Day
Nasrudin went to the palace for a feast-day--but when the servants noticed his ragged clothes, they paid him no attention and offered him no food.

And so, Nasrudin went back to his house, put on his most extravagant clothing, and returned to the palace, where this time he was treated like royalty, and had numerous dishes placed in front of him.

Nasrudin then proceeded to take handfuls of food and pour and rubbing them into his clothing--causing another guest to ask, "What in the world are you doing?"

"Oh, I am just feeding my clothing first," was the reply. "After all, they are what got me this food!"

The Turban is Mine
Nasrudin's old friend Eynolla came to visit him one day from a far away village.

"I want to introduce you to a few people," Nasrudin told Eynolla.

"OK," replied Eynolla, "but please lend me a turban, for I am not properly dressed."

So Nasrudin lent him the turban, and they went and visited one of Nasrudin's friends. "This is my friend Eynolla," Nasrudin said, "but the turban he's wearing is mine."

Deeply annoyed by the remark, Eynolla waited until they left the friend's house, and then said to Nasrudin, "Why did you comment about turban I am wearing being yours?! Don't do that during our next visit."

So they made their next visit, and this time Nasrudin said, "This is my friend Eynolla--and the turban he's wearing is his, not mine.

As they left, Eynolla once again expressed his annoyance, exclaiming, "Why did you go to such lengths to say that the turban was mine and not yours. Don't do it on our next visit."

So as they made the next visit, Nasrudin said, "This is my friend Eynolla…and I have nothing to say about whether the turban he is wearing is his or mine."

Cow-on-Cow Homicide
A neighbor ran into Judge Nasrudin's room and asked, "If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?"

"It depends," Nasrudin cautiously answered.

"Well," said the man, "your cow has killed mine!"

"Oh," answered Nasrudin. "Well, everyone knows that a cow can't think like a human. So obviously, a cow isn't responsible-and therefore, its owner isn't responsible either."

"Excuse me, Judge," the man interrupted, "I made a mistake. What I meant to say is that my cow has killed yours!"

Judge Nasrudin sat in contemplation for a few moments. "Now that I think about it more carefully," he announced, "this case is much more complex than I initially thought."

He turned to his assistant and said, "Please bring me that big blue book of laws on the shelf behind you…"

You're Right
Judge Nasrudin was listening to a case. After hearing the plaintiff present his side, Nasrudin remarked, "You're right."

Then, after the defendant had presented his case, Nasrudin again remarked, "Yes, you're right."

Nasrudin's wife had been listening to the case, and remarked, "that doesn't make any sense--how can both the defendant and palintiff be right?"

"You know what?" Nasrudin responded. "You're right, too!"

A Bird Saved My Life
Nasrudin was walking through the desert, and spotted a foreign holy man. Nasrudin went and introduced himself, and the holy man said, "I am a mystic devoted to the appreciation of all life forms--especially birds."

"Oh, wonderful," Nasrudin replied. "I am a Mulla, and I would like to stay with you for a while so we can share teachings. And guess what-a bird saved my life once!"

Delighted to hear this, the mystic agreed to share company with Nasrudin. As they shared their teachings, the mystic constantly asked to hear about how a bird saved Nasrudin's life--but each time Nasrudin refused to tell the story.

One day, after the mystic pleaded and pleaded to hear the story, Nasrudin finally agreed.

"OK, here is how the bird saved my life," Nasrudin began explaining while the myystic intently listened. "One day about six years ago, I had not eaten for a long time and was about to starve to death. Then I caught a bird and ate it."

The Donkey Experiment
Nasrudin began gradually reducing the amount of food he fed to his donkey each day, hoping to get it accustomed to less and less food. By day thirty, however, the much-emaciated donkey dropped dead.

"Darn it," Nasrudin lamented. "I was just a few days away from getting this donkey used to living on no food at all!"

Selling a Turban
Nasrudin went to the mayor's palace one day wearing a fancy turban.

"Wow!" said the mayor, "What a magnificent turban! I've never seen anything like it. How much will you sell it for?"

"A thousand dollars," Nasrudin calmly replied.

A local merchant turned to the mayor and remarked, "That price definitely exceeds the market value of comparable items."

"Your price sounds very expensive," the mayor remarked to Nasrudin.

"Well," he replied, "the price is based on how much I bought it for--and I paid a lot for it because I knew that there is only one mayor in the entire universe with taste exquisite enough to buy such a turban."

Upon hearing this compliment, the mayor immediately demanded that Nasrudin be paid full price for the turban.

Nasrudin then walked over to the merchant and said, "You might know the market values of turbans, but I know the market value of complimenting the mayor."

Efficiency?
Nasrudin was working for an employer who complained to him one day.

"You're doing everything to slowly," he said. "There's no reason for you to go to the bazaar three separate times to buy material--you surely can do it all at once."

Then several days later, the employer said to Nasrudin, "I'm sick--get a doctor."

Nasrudin came back with a doctor and two other people, causing his boss to ask, "Who are the other two people?

"Well," explained Nasrudin, "in order to save myself from making extra trips, I also brought the imam, in case we need to pray for your recovery; and the undertaker, in case you die!"

My Foot Hurts
An illiterate man asked Nasrudin to write a letter for him.

Nasrudin, however, refused, saying, "Unfortunately, I can't do it right now--my foot hurts too much."

"Your foot?" the man said. "What does that have to do with writing a letter?"

"Well," explained Nasrudin, "since nobody besides me can read my handwriting, I have to go wherever the letter goes so that I can read it to the recipient."

Guess What I Have in My Pocket?
Nasrudin's friend had an egg in his pocket. He went up to Nasrudin and said, "If you can guess what I have in my pocket, I'll treat you to breakfast. I'll give you three clues."

"OK," Nasrudin replied, "give me the clues."

The friend said, "It's yellow in the middle. The rest of it is white. And it's shaped like an egg."

Nasrudin replied, "Is it some kind of pastry?"

Can I Borrow Your Clothesline?
Neighbor: "Nasrudin, can I borrow your clothesline?"

Nasrudin: "I need it right now. I'm hanging flour on it."

"What? That is ridiculous. Whoever heard of someone hanging flour on a clothesline?"

"Only those who others don't want to lend it to!"

The Neighbor's Garden
Nasrudin spotted some ripe oranges in his neighbor's garden, and wanted to steal one.

He took his ladder up to the dividing wall, climbed to the top of it, and pulled the ladder over.

As he began climbing down to his neighbor's side, he suddenly heard the voice of his neighbor exclaiming, "What are you doing here!"

Nasrudin calmly replied, " I'm selling ladders."

The neighbor countered, "Does this look like the place for selling ladders?"

"Well now," Nasrudin said, "do you think that there's only one place to sell ladders?"

Nasrudin the Singer
One day, Nasrudin sang in a bathhouse, and was very pleased with the sound that was boosted tremendously by the bathhouse acoustics.

When Nasrudin left, he went to the village center and began singing--but the people looked at him in wonder, and one shouted out, "What are you doing? You're not the one to be singing; your voice is no good!"

"Oh yeah," Nasrudin, replied. "Just build a bathhouse here, and then you'll find out how great my voice is!"

Warriors Boast
Several of the town's warriors were boasting about a recent battle. On of them exclaimed, "In the midst of the battle, several knives had daggered me in my legs and arms, but I continued fighting, and took out five of their men!"

"Well," another warrior chimed in, "I had an axe go right into my leg, and several blades in my arms, yet I still continued fighting, and was able to overcome an ambush of over a dozen men. In fact, I ended up killing them all!"

"That's really not that impressive," replied Nasrudin. "Back in the day when I was in battle, a ten foot tall warrior sliced my head right off, but I picked it up, put it back on my shoulders, and kept on fighting as if nothing had happened!"

The Sun Versus the Moon
Man: "Nasrudin, what is more valuable to us--the sun or the moon?"

Nasrudin: "Well, the sun is out during the daytime when there is light. The moon, on the other hand, provides light during the night when it's dark. Thus, the moon is obviously much more valuable."

What's the Word For Baby Cow?
Nasrudin was visiting another town, and a man asked him, "What's the word for 'baby cow' in your village?"

Nasrudin couldn't remember the word, so he replied, "Where I'm from, we don't call a baby cow anything. We just wait until it grows up, and then we call it a cow!"

Laughing Turns to Crying
A man showed a compass to Nasrudin and asked him what it was. Nasrudin immediately began laughing. But just seconds later, he began crying.

The man noticed his bizarre behavior, and asked, "What was that? Why did you start laughing few seconds ago, and then all of a sudden start crying?"

"At first," Nasrudin responded, ""I laughed at you because you didn't know what that object was; but then I realized that I didn't know what it was either, so I cried."

Superstitious
The village mayor was very superstitious. One day, he was on a hunt and caught a glimpse of Nasrudin. He immediately shouted to his men, "Mullas are bad luck on a Tuesday. Tackle him and throw him out of here!"

They followed his request, and ended up having a successful hunt. The next day, the Mayor saw Nasrudin and said, "Sorry about yesterday. It's just that I thought you were bad luck."

"I'm bad luck!" Nasrudin replied. "You saw me yesterday, and ended up having a great hunt. I saw you, and ended up getting an ***-kicking!"

My Bag is Lost
One day, Nasrudin entered a village and viciously declared, "My bag is lost--and if you people don't find it, you'll find out what happened the last time my bag got lost!"

The villagers, quite terrified, frantically began searching for the bag. Minutes later, a man found it and and presented it to Nasrudin.

Out of curiosity, one of the searchers asked Nasrudin, "I was just wondering, what would you have done if we didn't find the bag?"

Nasrudin responded, "I would have bought a new bag!"

A Liter of Milk
Nasrudin brought a small container to the milkman and said, "Give me one liter of cow's milk."

The milkman looked at Nasrudin's container and said, "A liter of cow's milk won't fit into your container."

"OK--give me one liter of goat's milk."

The Punishment
Nasrudin told his son to go get some water from the well. Before the son left, he slapped him and shouted, "And make sure you don't break the jug!"

The boy began crying, and a bystander noticed this and said, "Why did you hit him? He hasn't done anything wrong."

"Well," Nasrudin replied, "better to hit him now than to hit him afterwards if he does end up breaking it. That would be too late."

The Bill
A visiting Emperor was in Restaurateur Nasrudin's town, and ate a meal of sheep meat in his restaurant. When the Emperor finished the meal, he asked Nasrudin how much to pay.

"Fifty dollars," Nasrudin confidently responded.

Surprised to hear such a high figure, the Emperor said, "Wow, that is very expensive. Are sheep rare in this part of town?"

"No, not really," Nasrudin replied. "What's really rare around here is visits of Emperors!"

Sharing a Meal
Nasrudin and a friend went to a restaurant to share a meal, but couldn't decide on whether to order fish or goat. After much argument, the friend won the debate-they agreed to order fish, and informed the waiter of their choice.

Just moments later, the friend noticed a man outside stealing his donkey, and ran out to try and catch him. Nasrudin immediately got up with a very concerned look on his face. Another man saw this, and asked him, "Are you going to go file a theft report?"

"No!" Nasrudin shouted back, "I am going to see if I can change our order before it is too late!"

Nasrudin Visits the Cemetery
Nasrudin was seated near a grave at the cemetery, grieving and lamenting, "Oh, why, why did he have to leave me so soon!"

A man noticed Nasrudin crying and wanted to comfort him. He said, "Is this your son's grave that you are crying over?"

Nasrudin replied, "No; this is the grave of my wife's first husband. He is the one who died, and left me the woman who has made my life so miserable!"

The Right Language
A man was caught in a river current and hanging on to some rocks in order to avoid being carried away.

Nasrudin and a friend noticed him, and the friend went up to him, extended his arm, and said, "Give me your hand so I can help you out."

The man, however, did not cooperate.

Nasrudin then asked the man what he did for a living.

"I collect taxes," the other replied.

"Then take my hand," Nasrudin said, upon which the man finally cooperated.

Nasrudin then turned to his friend and remarked, "Tax collectors speak the language of take, not the language of give."

Nasrudin Loses His Memory
Nasrudin: "Doctor, I can't seem to remember things."

Doctor: "When did that begin?"

Nasrudin: "When did what begin?"

(THE NEXT WEEK)

Doctor: Is your memory getting any better?"

Nasrudin: Yes-now I can usually manage to remember that I have forgotten something!"

Nasrudin's ID
As Nasrudin entered a foreign town, a border guard stopped him and said, "You must have some way of identifying yourself before we can let you in."

Nasrudin took out a pocket mirror, looked into it, and remarked, "Yes-that is Nasrudin."

Nasrudin's Vacation
Nasrudin was working for Nike, but did not show up to his job for a week.

When he came back, his boss asked him, "Where were you during the last week?"

Nasrudin replied, "Oh, I was just doing as I was instructed."

"What?" the boss replied.

"Well," Nasrudin explained, "I was going to ask you for a vacation last week, but then I remembered that our company motto was Just Do It."

"So?" the boss remarked.

"So I just did it."

The Conqueror Needs a Title
A new ruler just conquered Nasrudin's town. He saw Nasrudin and asked him, "Hey Mulla, come here and help me with something. I am trying to think up an honorary title for myself. I want it to have the word God in it, just like other conquerors such as 'From-God,' 'God's Warrior,' 'God's Soul,' and 'One-With-God.' Do you have any suggestions for me?"

"How about 'God-Forbid,'" Nasrudin replied.

Boasting Warriors
A group of soldiers were at the village square bragging about their accomplishments in a recent battle.

"We obliterated them," said one of the men. "We were invincible. I myself killed about a dozen of their best men."

"And I," added another, "caught an arrow that was headed towards me, threw it back at the shooter, and nailed him right in the heart!"

A third man chimed in, "I We are surely the greatest warriors this town has ever known!"

As they bragged and the villagers oowed and awed, Nasrudin stood up and proclaimed, "Well, back in my day, when I was in battle, I once took my sword and chopped off my enemy's arm!"

One of the warriors said, "If I were you, I would have cut off his head instead!"

Nasrudin replied, "Yes, I agree, but it would not have been possible at that time."

"Why not?" the warrior asked.

"Because someone had already chopped off his head before me!" Nasrudin replied.

The Tips
Nasrudin went into a bathhouse dressed in worn out clothing.

The bath attendant, taking him to be poor, didn't give him much care, only throwing him a towel. When Nasrudin was done bathing, however, he gave the attendant a big tip.

The next week, Nasrudin came to the bathhouse again-and this time, the attendant gave him the royal treatment, hoping for yet another jackpot tip.

This time, however, Nasrudin flung a mere dime his way, and gave him a nasty look to boot.

As the attendant stood there with a disappointed look on his face, Nasrudin turned and said to him, "This tip is for the services you gave me last week; the tip I gave you last week was for today's services."

The Slap
One day, Nasrudin was walking down the street to work, when out of nowhere, a man came up to him and slapped him right in the face!

A surprised Nasrudin looked at the man.

The man looked back and, quickly realizing that he had mistakenly slapped the wrong man, turned red with embarrassment and immediately offered an apology.

Nasrudin, however, took the man to court.

After explaining his case to the Judge, the Judge made his ruling:

"I hereby order the plaintiff to slap the defendant in the face."

Nasrudin, however, did not accept; and the Judge, about to lose his patience with Nasrudin, changed the verdict:

"I hereby order the defendant to pay the plaintiff twenty dollars."

Nasrudin accepted, but the man said that he had to go home to get the money and bring it back.

Half an hour later, however, the man had yet to return; and Nasrudin couldn't wait any longer.

He went up to the Judge, slapped him in the face, and said, "I am running late and must go, so please accept the twenty dollars on my behalf."

Peach Payment
Nasrudin had moved to a new town and was badly in need of money. Ge agreed to pick peaches off of a local man's orchard for fifty dollars a day.

However, after he completed a full day's work and went to collect his pay, the orchard owner told him he didn't have any money.

"But listen," he added. "Come back here tomorrow afternoon, and I'll let you eat as many peaches as you want."

Nasrudin, quite disappointed, reluctantly agreed; and the very next day, he arrived at the orchard precisely at noon.

Seconds later, he climbed a ladder to the top of a tree, grabbed a peach, and began eating it rapidly.

The orchard owner, quite puzzled by Nasrudin's behavior, couldn't help but ask him about it.

"Mulla, he said, "Why in the world did you choose to eat from the top of that tree? Wouldn't it be easier to just each the peaches on branches closer to the ground?"

"That will not do," Nasrudin replied.

"And why not," the man curiously asked.

"Well," replied Nasrudin, "haven't you ever heard the saying, 'If you are sweeping stairs, start from the top.'"

"What does that have to do with this?" the man asked.

"Simple," said Nasrudin. "Unless I am systematic and start from the top of each tree, how else will I be able to eat every peach in this orchard by the day's end?"

What Should I Do?
Nasrudin's friend was continuously worried and distressed over everything.

One day he went up to Nasrudin and said, "What should I do if I get up early in the morning, and it is so dark that I bump into something and injure myself?"

Nasrudin replied, "Get up later in the morning."

Reverse Burgleration
One night, Nasrudin's wife woke Nasrudin up and said, "Husband, there are burglars in the house."

"Are you certain?" Nasrudin replied.

"Yes," she replied. "They left bundles of other people's stolen possessions outside our door, and they are in our house right now taking our stuff."

"OK, I will handle this," Nasrudin said, as he got out of bed and began climbing out the window.

"Are you going to go contact the police?" his wife asked.

"No" Nasrudin said. "While the robbers are in our house stealing our junk, I am going to steal the bundles they left outside."

Meal Reverse Trickeration
Nasrudin and a few of his buddies went to one of their friend's homes one night for a dinner of chicken and rice.

As they ate, the friend, wanting to play a little joke at Nasrudin's expense, snuck the chicken bones from his meal into Nasrudin's plate. Then, when everyone finished eating, he remarked, "Nasrudin, you're a real pig! Look at all the bones in your plate-you must have eaten enough for two people!"

"If I am an overeater," Nasrudin quickly responded, "then what about you? Not only have you been eating like a starved man this entire time, you've apparently eaten every bone in your plate as well!"

Camel or Man?
Friend: "Nasrudin, which is wiser: camel or man?"

Nasrudin: "Camel."

"Why."

"Because a camel carries loads but does not ask for more, whereas man, even if he is overwhelmed by responsibility, often chooses to add more."

What Color is my Beard?
One day, a barber was trimming the mayor's beard at the village palace.

After he finished up, he remarked, "Your beard is starting to turn gray."

The mayor, enraged to hear this, ordered that the barber be put in jail for one year.

He then turned to a court attendant and asked, "Do you see any gray in my beard?"

"Almost none at all," the man replied.

"What do you mean 'almost'!" the mayor yelled. "Guards, take this man to jail-and keep him there for two years!"

He then turned to another attendant and asked the same question.

"Sir, your beard is exquisite, and is completely black," the man replied.

"You liar!" the mayor shouted. "Guards-give this man ten lashes on the back, and put him in jail for three years."

Finally, he turned to Nasrudin and said, "Mulla, what color is my beard?"

"You Excellency," Nasrudin replied, "I am color blind, and cannot answer that question."

Nasrudin's Loan Repayment
Nasrudin owed his cousin money, but avoided him for weeks. Finally, their paths crossed one day.

"I know you've been avoiding me," said the cousin, "but alas-we have finally run into each other. So how about the two hundred dollars you owe me?

Nasrudin, knowing his cousin to be extraordinarily lazy, replied, "Sure, just follow me back to my house two kilometers that way, and then I'll be happy to give it to you."

"Well," the cousin replied-"actually, I have to get going. Just leave me alone."

Nasrudin Tries to Steal a Peach
One day, as Nasrudin rode his donkey, he spotted a ripe peach hanging over the wall of someone's orchard.

He then positioned his donkey underneath it, stood up and grabbed a branch, and reached for the peach with his other hand.

As he did this, however, a noise startled his donkey and caused it to run off, leaving Nasrudin hanging from the tree.

Seconds later, the orchard spotted Nasrudin and yelled, "Thief!"

"What are you talking about? replied Nasrudin. "I am not stealing anything. Can't you tell by the way I'm hanging here that I have simply fallen off of my donkey?"

Tool Repairman
Nasrudin took his tools to a repair shop one day. When he went to pick them up the following day, the repairman said, "Unfortunately, they were stolen."

The next day he told his friend about this, and the friend said, "I bet the repairman stole your tools. Go back there and demand that he return them."

"I cannot do that," Nasrudin said. "I am avoiding him."

"Why?" the friend asked.

"Because I still owe him money for my tool repairs," replied Nasrudin.

The Mayor's Request
One day, the King called over Nasrudin and said to him, "Mulla, you claim to have mystical powers. Use your powers to catch fish for the starving people in our town."

"Your Highness," replied Nasrudin, "you've got me confused. I said I have powers. I never said I was a fisherman."

Nasrudin's Hurried Prayer
Nasrudin was in a rush one day, and quickly went to the Mosque for an evening prayer session. The religious leader saw his rushed prayer, and angrily said to him, "This is not right-you offering such hurried prayers. Start over again."

So Nasrudin complied, and when he finished, the religious leader said, "Now, don't you think that God appreciated this second round of prayers more than the hurried ones you did."

"Not really," Nasrudin replied. "Although the first ones were hurried, they were done for God. But the ones that you made me do were done for you."

The Mayor's Funeral
One morning, Nasrudin's wife said, "Husband, hurry up and get dressed. We are running late for the mayor's funeral."

"Why should I hurry to get to his funeral?" replied Nasrudin. "After all, he is definitely not going to go to the trouble of attending mine."

The Conqueror's Challenge
The town's new conqueror said to Nasrudin one day, "Hey Mulla, I have a challenge for you. Offend me in a way that your explanation will be a thousand times worse than the original offense."

The next day, Nasrudin came to the palace and kissed the conqueror right on the lips.

"What was that!" exclaimed the conqueror with great surprise.

"Oh," Nasrudin replied, "excuse me. I got you confused with your wife."

Three Months
Three months after Nasrudin married his new wife, she gave birth to a baby girl.

"Now, I'm no expert or anything," said Nasrudin, "and please don't take this the wrong way-but tell me this: Doesn't it take nine months for a woman to go from child conception to childbirth?"

"You men are all alike," she replied, "so ignorant of womanly matters. Tell me something: how long have I been married to you?"

"Three months," replied Nasrudin.

"And how long have you been married to me?" she asked.

"Three months," replied Nasrudin.

"And how long have I been pregnant?" she inquired.

"Three months," replied Nasrudin.

"So," she explained, "three plus three plus three equals nine. Are you satisfied now?"

"Yes," replied Nasrudin, "please forgive me for bringing up the matter."

Cursing Fine
After tripping on a rock while walking, Nasrudin angrily yelled out, "Son of a bitch!"

Unfortunately, a man who happened to be standing nearby thought the comment was directed towards him, and was so offended that he took Nasrudin to court, much to Nasrudin's annoyance.

When the judge heard the case, he ruled that Nasrudin should pay the man five dollars.

Nasrudin then handed the judge a ten dollar bill, and as the judge searched for change, Nasrudin asked, "So I take it the fine for cursing at someone is five dollars, right?"

"Right."

"OK then-keep the change you son of a bitch."

Nasrudin Steals Wheat
Nasrudin was at the local mill along with many others. As they waited for their turn, Nasrudin scooped wheat from other people's sacks into his own.

The miller noticed this and confronted Nasrudin.

"What are you doing?" he said.

"Don't mind me," replied Nasrudin, "I am just a half-wit. I do whatever comes to my head."

"Well then," the miller replied, "Then why hasn't it come to you head to put your wheat into other people sacks."

"Hey, I said I was a half-wit," replied Nasrudin. "I never said I was a complete idiot."

Debate
Nasrudin and some friends were at the town square. The friends, looking for any subject to discuss, began debating over the sex of the dove that brought the olive twig to Noah's Ark.

After listening to the debate, Nasrudin spoke up and said, "This is actually a very easy question to answer. The dove was male-I am sure about it."

"How can you be so sure?" the friends asked.

"Because," explained Nasrudin, "no female would be able to keep her mouth shut for such a long length of time!"

Train Ticket
Nasrudin was about to board a train, and the conductor asked him for his ticket.

Nasrudin began looking through his pants pockets, but he couldn't find it.

"One moment," he said. "I know I brought it."

He searched his bag, and still couldn't find it. He then searched the floor around him, and the missing ticket still eluded him. He even began looking in his socks, but alas, the money was not found.

As the conductor watched this, he asked, "Why don't you check that pocket on your shirt? That's usually where most people put their ticket."

"Oh, I can't look there," Nasrudin replied.

"Why not?" the conductor asked.

Nasrudin explained, "Because if I do and I find out it is not there, then I would have no hope at all of finding it!"

The Oven
Nasrudin was building an oven in his yard. When he finished, he showed it to the neighbors.

"The oven is good," said one of them, "however, it faces North. When it gets windy in the winter, the wind will blow out the fire."

Nasrudin then rebuilt the oven, this time making it face south. When he showed it to his friends, however, one of them said, "It's strong and solid-but it faces south. When wind blows from a certain direction, you won't be able to cook properly."

So Nasrudin rebuilt the oven facing east, and invited his friends back. They examined it, and one said, "Surely you must realize that during certain times of the year, wind will blow the smoke right towards your house!"

Frustrated, Nasrudin decided to build the oven again, but this time put wheels underneath it.

He invited his neighbors over and proudly showed it to them. They looked it over and seemed to approve. Then one of them said, "Nasrudin, congratulations on your new oven."

"Thank you," replied Nasrudin.

Then his friend said, "Might I ask you a favor and borrow that oven tonight. I just would like to use it to make a fine meal for my acquaintance that is coming over. I will return it to you tomorrow."

Nasrudin agreed, and the friend wheeled off the oven. That day, Nasrudin bought lots of meat preparing for a barbecue of his own.

His friend brought back the barbecue the next morning, and Nasrudin went off to work.

When he got, however, his wife told him, "That stupid idea of your-that

"What do you mean?" Nasrudin said.

She replied, "First your friend borrowed it, and we could not use it. And today, while I was buying the meat for our barbecue, some thieves came here and stole it from our yard!"

Nasrudin the Liar and Exaggerator
Mayor: "Nasrudin. You are known to be a liar and exaggerator. Tell me a lie without thinking, and I will reward you with fifty dollars."

Nasrudin: "Fifty dollars? You just promised me a hundred dollars!"

The Umbrella
As Nasrudin and a friend walked, it suddenly began raining hard.

The friend noticed that Nasrudin was carrying an umbrella, and said, "Open your umbrella to prevent us from getting soaked."

"No," said Nasrudin, "that won't do us much good. This umbrella is full of holes."

"So then why did you bring it?" the friend curiously asked.

"Well," explained Nasrudin, "I didn't really think it would rain today."

News Delivery
"Nasrudin," said the mayor, "Mrs. Shahrzad Rahman's husband died today. Go tell her, but try to break the news gently. She is a very frail lady."

Nasrudin went to her house and knocked on the door.

A frail lady answered.

"Does Miss Shahrzad the widow live here?" asked Nasrudin.

"My name is Shahrzad and I do live here," the lady replied. "But I am not a widow."

"Well," Nasrudin replied, "I'm willing to bet a hundred dollars that you are!"

Who is He?
Nasrudin talking to a cobbler who told the following riddle: "There is a person who is my father's son, but he is not my brother. Who is he?"

After a while, Nasrudin said, "I don't know. Who?"

"Me," the cobbler replied.

Greatly amused, Nasrudin went to a group of people the next day and told them the riddle.

He said to them, "There is a person who is my father's son, but he is not my brother. Who is he?"

After thinking for a while, they said, "Who?"

Nasrudin replied, "Believe it or not, he is the cobbler that works on Kalak Drive."

Your Cat is Dead
Nasrudin had a cousin who went to live far away, and left some of his possessions with Nasrudin.

One day, the cousin's cat died, and Nasrudin sent him a message that bluntly said: "Your cat is dead."

The cousin, very upset, sent a message back that said, "Where I live, we give people bad news more tactfully. Instead of just telling me flat out that my cat was dead, you should have let me know me little by little. You should have started off by saying, first told me, 'Your cat is acting strange,' then later said, 'your cat is jumping all over the place,' then still later told me, 'Your cat is missing,' and then finally broken the news and said, 'Your cat is dead.'

A month later, Nasrudin's cousin received a new letter from Nasrudin, which said: "Your mother is acting strange."

Nasrudin Dies
Nasrudin was very old and lying on his bed, about to die at any moment. He said to his wife, "Why are you dressed in black and looking so sorrowful? Go put on your finest clothes, fix up your hair, and smile!"

"Nasrudin," she tearfully responded, "how can you ask me to do such a thing? You are ill, and I am dressed like this out of respect for you."

"Yes," Nasrudin said, "and that's why I made my request. The Angel of Death will be here soon, and if he sees you all dressed up and beautiful, maybe he'll leave me and take you instead."

And after giving a little laugh, Nasrudin died.



Jokes ended friends . Ina lillahi wa Ina ilae hi raje oon.

 

[Sugarcane]

Haha... boring jokes

 

[Spring Onion]

webby I hate you. You have to issue some regulation otherwise I will be dead with colored jokes one day .

Well wisher Allah ka wasta hay sticky thread main post karo

 

[Well.wisher]

webby I hate you. You have to issue some regulation otherwise I will be dead with colored jokes one day .

Well wisher Allah ka wasta hay sticky thread main post karo

Mullah nasrudin deserves one whole different thread .

 

[Well.wisher]

@Zibago @Hell hound @war&peace @haviZsultan @saiyan0321 .. lateefay.

Haha... boring jokes

You look exactly like mullah nasrudin except your mostache.

 

[Zibago]

webby I hate you. You have to issue some regulation otherwise I will be dead with colored jokes one day .

Well wisher Allah ka wasta hay sticky thread main post karo

Babloo mummy sey go gaya naraz babloo mummy say ho gaya naraz kiyon kay babloo ka lunch box kha gaya faraz
@django @Moonlight @The Sandman @Hell hound

 

[livingdead]

reminds me of old hindi serial... raghuveer yadav was perfect for the role.

 

[Well.wisher]

Ek dafa Mulla Nasrudin sehri k liye doodh me jalebi daal k so gae . Subha uthay to na doodh tha na jalebiaan. BiBi se pocha to biwi ny kaha k wo to bili khaa gai .
Mullah nasrudin apny oopar chaadar daal k so gae or kaha phir roza bhi billi rakhy .

reminds me of old hindi serial... raghuveer yadav was perfect for the role.

Lol you're lucky . Thanks for sharing the beautiful video .
Mullah nasrudin tales existed before partition of pak and hind ?

 

[Indus Pakistan]

As a kid I read a book called 'The Tales of Nasseruddin Hodja' - the book followed the hilarious exploits of the Hodja who I think was supposed to be Persian or Turk. I really loved that book with it's funny anecdotes and beautiful illustrations. Today kids have internet and what have you but in those days books were the only way you got a 'window on the world'. My bedroom was stacked with books. Today reading books is still a hobby I enjoy although now I buy on Kindle.

One funny anecdote I remember Hodja and his friend are lying on green patch of grass relaxig under a giant Oak tree. The Hodja notices the huge tree has tiny acorn as fruit and say's "how strange that a giant tree grows tiny acorn but a small plant grows huge water mellons.". Just then a acorn breaks lose and comes hitting the Hodja on his head. The Hodja reacts with "Ahh that hurt" and then suddenly says "Blesed be Allah in his wisdom. If that Oak tree had water mellons growing on it I would be dead".

 

[livingdead]

Ek dafa Mulla Nasrudin sehri k liye doodh me jalebi daal k so gae . Subha uthay to na doodh tha na jalebiaan. BiBi se pocha to biwi ny kaha k wo to bili khaa gai .
Mullah nasrudin apny oopar chaadar daal k so gae or kaha phir roza bhi billi rakhy .


Lol you're lucky . Thanks for sharing the beautiful video .
Mullah nasrudin tales existed before partition of pak and hind ?

just googled it, seems its neither Indian nor pakistani origin.. came from persia or turkey.. may be other nationalities can shed more light on it.