Manuscripts ~ Mulla Nasruddin 01

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		(slipcase writing) 202 Q21 MULLA NASRUDDIN Meet Mulla Nasruddin (left joke) Mulla Nasrudin used to say : EVERY MARRIED MAN SHOULD FORGET HIS MISTAKES, NO USE TWO PEOPLE REMEMBERING "THE SAME THING" (right joke) The architect was having a difficult time with Mulla Nasrudin, a prospective home-builder. "But can't you give some idea," he pleaded, "of the general type of house you want to build, Nasrudin?" "WELL --" replied the Mulla hesitantly, "all I know is: it must go with an antique doorknob my wife bought the other day."

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What do we have here?

The most specific reference suggests the manuscript is part of Meet Mulla Nasruddin, one of the early Joke books.

But the thing is: neitheir of the two jokes are part of that book. Which suggests that the more general tag "MULLA NASRUDDIN" applies. And that tag "202" suggests a link with that other book 202.

In fact, we were not able to find the left joke anywhere in the published texts.

The right joke is also not found in any of the joke-books, but is told by Osho, almost literally, in A Sudden Clash of Thunder, ch.3.