One day, Nasruddin came home and said to Fatima, “My dear, why don’t you cook a nice pilaf. I feel very good today. Let’s have a nice evening.”
Fatima made a lovely pilaf for dinner, which they enjoyed greatly. After they cleaned up and were getting ready for bed, there was a knock at the door. Fatima answered it and discovered her neighbor, Setare, standing there, anxious to gossip about the news of the day.
“Our donkey had twins this morning,” shared Setare, walking right in. “But one of the little ones was born without a tail or ears. It seems so peculiar.” The women continued chatting for a while about this and that, and eventually the neighbor left.
When Fatima returned to bed, Nasruddin asked, “So what’s up with our neighbors, Setare and Hussein?”
Fatima replied, “Oh, don’t even ask. Their jenny-mule had twins this morning, but one of the little donkeys was born without a tail or ears. How weird.”
Hearing this, the Mullah became enraged, growling, “Oh, that’s just fucking lovely. Maybe twice a year, we decide to have a pleasant evening together — and then the neighbor’s donkey gives birth to twins, and it’s all ruined!”
“Mullah, calm down,” said Fatima, “it’s hardly of any consequence. Why should you get all bent out of shape about the neighbor’s deformed baby donkey?”
Nasruddin fumed, “Is it possible not to be upset about such a thing? Just think about this for a minute. Three years from now, the animal will be three years old. It’ll be taken by Hussein to the mountain to haul firewood, and one day the animal will likely get stuck in the mud of a swamp, and he won’t be able to move it. So naturally, Hussein’ll come to me to ask for help, and then since the donkey won’t have ears or a tail, there will be nothing at all to hold on to, to pull him out of the mud. What a horrid predicament we’ll no doubt find ourselves in then!”
Yes, sounds like common reasoning to me. And you wonder why I keep saying we’re all a bunch of nuts?
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Indeed!
LOLOLOL!!!!!
welcome to my world.
well.
it was.
not any more! now i let the donkey’s take care of themselves!
great post sean! snoopy hug xo
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Thank you Tammy. You must try and get a copy of http://www.amazon.in/Uncommon-Sense-Immortal-Mullah-Nasruddin/dp/1590211758?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=1590211758&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=6ac93e04-e2ad-9ac8-3a1c-000002d1f5c8
A nice allegory Ramana.
Keith.
Thank you Keith.
And there I was worrying about the national debt being 200% of GDP and having neither ears nor tails to pull on! But yes, I should forget about it or I will never have a nice evening!
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The solution really is to have pilaf every evening Looney!