मुल्ला नसरुद्दीन के किस्से व हास्य-रहस्य

CHAPTER 1. "Why don't you encourage him a little more? Some men have to be taught how to do their courting. He's a good catch." "Encourage him!" said the daughter, "he cannot take the most palpable hint. Why, only last night when I sat all alone on the sofa, he perched up in a chair as far away as he could get. I asked him if he didn't think it strange that a man's arm and a woman's waist seemed always to be the same length, and what do you think he did?" "Why, just what any sensible man would have done – tried it." "NO," said the daughter. "HE ASKED ME IF I COULD FIND A PIECE OF STRING SO WE COULD MEASURE AND SEE IF IT WAS SO." 23. "Did you know I am a hero?" said Mulla Nasrudin to his friends in the teahouse. "How come you're a hero?" asked someone. "Well, it was my girlfriend's birthday," said the Mulla, "and she said if I ever brought her a gift she would just drop dead in sheer joy. So, I DIDN'T BUY HER ANY AND SAVED HER LIFE." 24. Mulla Nasrudin finally spoke to his girlfriend's father about marrying his daughter. "It's a mere formality, I know," said the Mulla, "but we thought you would be pleased if I asked." "And where did you get the idea," her father asked, "that asking my consent to the marriage was a mere formality?" "NATURALLY, FROM YOUR WIFE, SIR," said Nasrudin. 25. Mulla Nasrudin, a party to a suit, was obliged to return home before the jury had brought in its verdict. When the case was decided in Nasrudin's favour, his lawyer wired him: "RIGHT AND JUSTICE WON." To which the Mulla replied immediately: "APPEAL AT ONCE." 26. Mulla Nasrudin had knocked down a woman pedes-trian, and the traffic cop on the corner began to bawl him out, yelling, "You must be blind!" 202 (Jokes of Mulla Nasrudin) 10 Osho