मुल्ला नसरुद्दीन के किस्से व हास्य-रहस्य

CHAPTER 1. "Forty car lengths at 2 a. m.! Your eyesight is remarkable! How far can you see at night, anyway?" "I CAN'T EXACTLY SAY," said Nasrudin. "JUST HOW FAR AWAY IS THE MOON?" 174. Mulla Nasrudin's wife seeking a divorce charged that her husband "thinks only of horse racing. He talks horse racing: he sleeps horse racing and the racetrack is the only place he goes. It is horses, horses, horses all day long and most of the night. He does not even know the date of our wedding. "That's not true, Your Honour," cried Nasrudin. "WE WERE MARRIED THE DAY DARK STAR WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY." 175. There was a play in which an important courtroom scene included Mulla Nasrudin as a hurriedly recruited judge. All that he had to do was sit quietly until asked for his verdict and give it as instructed by the play's director. But Mulla Nasrudin was by no means apathetic, he became utterly absorbed in the drama being played before him. So absorbed, in fact, that instead of following instructions and saying "Guilty," the Mulla arose and firmly said, "NOT GUILTY." 176. Two graduates of the Harvard School of Business decided to start their own business and put into practice what they had learned in their studies. But they soon went into bankruptcy and Mulla Nasrudin took over their business. The two educated men felt sorry for the Mulla and taught him what they knew about economic theory. Some time later the two former proprietors called on their successor when they heard he was doing a booming business. "What's the secret of your success?" they asked Mulla Nasrudin. "T'ain't really no secret," said Nasrudin. "As you know, schooling and theory is not in my line. I just buy an article for 1andsellitfor2. ONE PER CENT PROFIT IS ENOUGH FOR ME." 177. Mulla Nasrudin's testimony in a shooting affair was unsatisfactory. When asked, "Did you see the shot fired?" the Mulla replied, "No, Sir, I only heard it." "Stand down," said the judge sharply. "Your testimony is of no value." Nasrudin turned around in the box to leave and when his back was turned to the judge he laughed loud and derisively. Irate at this exhibition of contempt, the judge called the Mulla back to the chair and demanded to know how he dared to laugh in the court. 202 (Jokes of Mulla Nasrudin) 45 Osho