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“What’s the use of talking to people who don’t know

what I’m going to talk about?” Nasruddin said and

walked away. When the people requested him to
continue, he returned and asked them the same

question.

“Do you know what I am going to speak

about?”

Now the audience wanted to appear

wise. So they yelled, “Yes! We know
what you are going to speak about.”

Nasruddin said, “What’s the use of

telling people something they
already know?” So saying

he walked away again.
The people begged

Nasruddin to give them

one last chance and
brought him back to make

the speech. Nasruddin asked
them the same question. Now the

people tried to be clever. Half of them said ‘yes’ and the other half said ‘no’.

“That’s good. Those of you who know what my speech is all about What tactic did Mullah

can tell the ones who don’t know,” said Nasruddin and quickly Nasruddin use to avoid
giving a speech?
walked out of the hall.

2. Mullah Nasruddin and his neighbour
One day, Nasruddin wanted to cook something. He needed a pot. So he went to his

neighbour and asked him for a pot. He promised to return it the next day. The next

day, he went back to return the pot. The neighbour looked at his pot and found a
smaller one inside it. He said, “There is another pot inside the one I gave you.” “Your

pot has given birth to a baby pot,” Nasruddin said. The neighbour was quite pleased

to hear this and accepted the two pots. The next morning, Nasruddin went to his

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