Mulla Nasruddin said, "I cannot read, but I can write."
The manager was surprised; this is a rare situation -- he could have never conceived of a man who cannot read but can write. He said, "Then write!" He gave him a paper and Mulla immediately started writing on it. He went fast -- one page, two pages, three pages.
The manager said, "Now you stop! You please read what you have written, because I cannot read."
Nasruddin said, "That I have told you before -- I can only write! I can't read."
The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha
Mulla Nasruddin had gone to see a play. A man was in such great love in the play, he was acting so romantically that Nasruddin said to his wife, "This man is a great actor."
The wife said, "And do you know? -- the woman he's acting with is really his wife in actual life."
Nasruddin said, "Then he is the greatest actor in the world!"
The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha
Mulla Nasruddin and one of his friends had been drinking all evening in a bar. The friend finally passed out and fell to the floor. The Mulla called a doctor who rushed him to a hospital.
When he came to, the doctor asked him, 'Do you see any pink elephants or little green men?'
'No,' groaned the patient.
'No snakes or alligators?' the doctor asked.
'No,' the drunk said.
'Then just sleep it off. You will be all right in the morning,' said the doctor.
But Mulla Nasruddin was worried.
'Look, doctor,' he said, 'that boy is in bad shape. He said he could not see any of them animals and you and I know the room is full of them.'
Dang Dang Doko Dang
A psychiatrist once asked his patient, Mulla Nasruddin, if the latter suffered from fantasies of self-importance.
'No,' replied the Mulla.'On the contrary, I think of myself as much less than I really am.'
Dang Dang Doko Dang
