Painting Wonder

Mulla Nasrudin was chatting with his master who had taken up art.

"When I look at one of your paintings, Sir," he said, "all I can do is stand and wonder."

"Wonder how I do it?" asked the master.

"No," said Nasrudin. "Why you do it."

Law Of Compensation

Mulla Nasrudin's son, home from college, was talking to his father about the "Law of Compensation," which he had studied.

"If a person loses one eye," he explained, "the sight in the other becomes stronger. If he loses the hearing in one ear, the hearing in the other becomes more acute. If he loses one hand, he becomes more agile with the other."

"I guess that's right," said Nasrudin. "I have always noticed that when a man has one short leg the other is longer."

Borrow From Me

A well-known dead-beat caught Mulla Nasrudin on the street one day before the Mulla could duck.

"I am really in a jam and need money," he said to the Mulla," and I have not any idea where I am going to get some." "I am sure glad to hear that," said Nasrudin.

"I was afraid you might have the mistaken idea you could borrow some from me."

Unmarried Forever

A young lady went to old Mulla Nasrudin for advice.

She said to the Mulla: "Should I marry a fellow who lies to me?"

"Yes, unless you want to remain unmarried forever," said Nasrudin.

Who's The Boss?

"You ought to stand on your two feet and show your wife who is running things at your house," a big, bossy fellow said to his friend, Mulla Nasrudin.

"There is no need to," said Nasrudin, "She already knows."

Inventor On The Wall

Mulla Nasrudin, the landlord of a rather rundown rooming house, had led a prospective tenant to a third-floor room with badly spotted wall paper.

Nasrudin: "The last man who lived in this room was an inventor he invented some sort of explosive." Prospect: "Oh, these spots on the walls are chemicals?"

Nasrudin: "No, the inventor."

Play Anything You Like

Mulla Nasrudin kept begging the noted pianist to play. "Well, all right, since you insist," he said.

"What shall I play?" "Anything you like," said Nasrudin.

"It's only to annoy the neighbours."

Telling Not Asking

It seemed that every time Mulla Nasrudin met his lawyer, he had some added legal fees. It worried the Mulla to the point of ulcers.

Then one day, he met his lawyer in the post office and said, "Nice day, isn't it? And remember, I am telling you, not asking you."

Getting Used To It

Mulla Nasrudin was telling a friend his future through palmistry. He said, "You will be poor and unhappy and miserable until you are sixty."

"Then what?" asked the man hopefully. "By that time," said Nasrudin, "You will be used to it."

Which Girl Should I Marry

A college freshman was talking about girls with Mulla Nasrudin. "Which would you advise me to do? Marry a sensible girl or a beautiful girl, Mulla?" he asked.

"I don't think you will be able to marry either," said the Mulla. "Why not?" asked the freshman.

"It's logical," said Nasrudin. "A beautiful girl could do better and a sensible girl would know better."

No Whipping

"Why are you so down in the mouth, Mulla?" asked someone in the tavern. "Aw," said Mulla Nasrudin, "I just heard a guy call another fellow a liar.

And that fellow said that if he didn't apologize, he would whip him." "Well, why should that make you so sad?" asked the first.

"Because," said Nasrudin, "The guy apologized."

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Two Questions

Mulla Nasrudin opened a booth with a sign above it: Two Questions On Any Subject Answered For Only 100 Silver Coins.

A man who had two very urgent questions handed over his money, saying: A hundred silver coins is rather expensive for two questions, isn't it?

Yes, said Nasruddin, and the next question, please?

Not Everybody Can Be That Lucky

"Everybody has something to be thankful for," the minister said to Mulla Nasrudin, who was sitting in his office telling a tale of woe.

"Look at the man across the street from you who just lost his wife in an automobile accident."

"Yes," said Nasrudin, "but everybody can't be that lucky, sir."