Fri 30 May 2008
1.
Mulla Nasrudin went to the psychiatrist and asked if the good doctor couldn’t split his personality.
â€ÂSplit your personality?†asked the doctor. â€ÂWhy in heaven’s name do you want me to do a thing like
that?â€Â
â€ÂBECAUSE,†said Nasrudin! â€ÂI AM SO LONESOME.â€Â
2.
During a religious meeting an attractive young widow leaned too far over the balcony and fell, but
her dress caught on a chandelier and held her impended in mid-air. The preacher, of course,
immediately noticed the woman’s predicament and called out to his congregation: â€ÂThe first person
who looks up there is in danger of being punished with blindness.â€Â
Mulla Nasrudin, who was in the congregation whispered to the man next to him, â€ÂI THINK I WILL
RISK ONE EYE.â€Â
3.
â€ÂWhat’s the idea of coming in here late every morning, Mulla?†asked the boss.
â€ÂIT’S YOUR FAULT, SIR,†said Mulla Nasrudin. â€ÂYOU HAVE TRAINED ME SO THOROUGHLY NOT
TO WATCH THE CLOCK IN THE OFFICE, NOW I AM IN THE HABIT OF NOT LOOKING AT IT AT
HOME.â€Â
4.
â€ÂWhat’s the idea,†asked the boss of his new employee, Mulla Nasrudin, â€Âof telling me you had five
years’ experience, when now I find you never had a job before?â€Â
â€ÂWELL,†said Nasrudin, â€ÂDIDN’T YOU ADVERTISE FOR A MAN WITH IMAGINATION?â€Â
5.
Applicants for a job on a dam had to take a written examination, the first question of which was,
â€ÂWhat does hydrodynamics mean?â€Â
Mulla Nasrudin, one of the applicants for the job, looked at this, then wrote against it: â€ÂIT MEANS I
DON’T GET JOB.â€Â
6.
The boss was asked to write a reference for Mulla Nasrudin whom he was dismissing after only one
week’s work. He would not lie, and he did not want to hurt the Mulla unnecessarily. So he wrote:
â€ÂTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: MULLA NASRUDIN WORKED FOR US FOR ONE WEEK, AND
WE ARE SATISFIED.â€Â
7.
A man who took his little girls to the amusement park noticed that Mulla Nasrudin kept riding the
merry-go-round all afternoon. Once when the merry-go-round stopped, the Mulla rushed off, took a
drink of water and headed back again. As he passed near the girls, their father said to him, â€ÂMulla,
you certainly do like to ride on the merry-go-round, don’t you?â€Â
â€ÂNO, I DON’T. RATHER I HATE IT ABSOLUTELY AND AM FEELING VERY SICK BECAUSE OF IT,â€Â
said Nasrudin. â€ÂBUT,
THE FELLOW WHO OWNS THIS THING OWES ME
80ANDTAKINGITOUTINTRADEISTHEONLYWAY IWILLEV ERCOLLECTFROMHIM.â€Â
8.
â€ÂI will bet anyone here that I can fire thirty shots at 200 yards and call each shot correctly without
waiting for the marker. Who will wager a ten spot on this?†challenged Mulla Nasrudin in the
teahouse.
â€ÂI will take you,†cried a stranger.
They went immediately to the target range, and the Mulla fired his first shot. â€ÂMISS,†he calmly and
promptly announced.
A second shot, â€ÂMISSED,†repeated the Mulla.
A third shot. â€ÂMISSED,†snapped the Mulla.
â€ÂHold on there!†said the stranger. â€ÂWhat are you trying to do? You are not even aiming at the target.
And, you have missed three targets already.â€Â
â€ÂSIR,†said Nasrudin, â€ÂI AM SHOOTING FOR THAT TEN SPOT OF YOURS, AND I AM CALLING
MY SHOT AS PROMISED.â€Â
9.
A rich widow had lost all her money in a business deal and was flat broke. She told her lover, Mulla
Nasrudin, about it and asked, â€ÂDear, in spite of the fact that I am not rich any more will you still love
me?â€Â
â€ÂCERTAINLY, HONEY,†said Nasrudin, â€ÂI WILL. LOVE YOU ALWAYS – EVEN THOUGH I WILL
PROBABLY NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.â€Â
10.
A patent medicine salesman at the fair was shouting his claims for his Rejuvenation Elixir. â€ÂIf you
don’t believe the label, just look at me,†he shouted. â€ÂI take it and I am 300 years old.â€Â
â€ÂIs he really that old?†asked a farmer of the salesman’s young assistant, Mulla Nasrudin.
â€ÂI REALLY DON’T KNOW,†said Nasrudin. â€ÂYOU SEE, I HAVE ONLY BEEN WITH HIM FOR 180
YEARS.â€Â