Manuscripts ~ Wisdom of Folly

Friends from Italy kindly shared these scans of jokes handwritten by Osho for Ma Yoga Mukta and published in Wisdom of Folly in 1971: they are 111, 112, 113, 116, 118, 123.

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	Wisdom of Folly
	A preacher was being entertained at dinner and the other guests were praising his sermon. One of them turned to Mulla Nasrudin, who was at the talk, but has remained silent, and asked, "Mulla, what did you think of the sermon?" "OH, IT WAS ALL RIGHT," said Nasrudin, "ONLY HE PASSED UP THREE REAL GOOD PLACES WHERE HE COULD HAVE STOPPED."
	Mulla Nasrudin's wife complained bitterly to the Mulla. "I am absolutely ashamed of the way we live. Mother pays our rent. My aunt buys our clothes. My sister sends us money for food. I don't like to complain, but I am ashamed that we cannot do better than that." "YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED," said Nasrudin. "YOU HAVE GOT TWO UNCLES THAT DON'T SEND US A DIME."
	A man in the upstairs apartment yelled to Mulla Nasrudin downstairs, "If you don't stop playing that clarinet, I will go crazy." "TOO LATE NOW," said Nasrudin. "I STOPPED AN HOUR AGO, SIR."
	A vacuum cleaner salesman rang the doorbell of Mulla Nasrudin's house and was admitted by a woman, who immediately left the room. After saying to the Mulla who was in the room, the salesman said, "Was that your wife, Sir, who let me in?" "CERTAINLY. DO YOU THINK I WOULD HIRE A MAID AS HOMELY AS THAT?" asked Nasrudin.
	"Everybody has something to be thankful for," the minister said to Mulla Nasrudin, who was sitting in his office telling a tale of woe. "Look at the man across the street from you who just lost his wife in an automobile accident." "YES," said Nasrudin, "BUT EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THAT LUCKY, SIR."
	Mulla Nasrudin and one of his friend were sitting under the bridge listening to the holiday traffic passing overhead. "I hate holidays," said the friend. "YES," said Nasrudin, "IT MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT COMMON WHEN NOBODY AIN'T WORKING."

See also

Wisdom of Folly ~ 01