The blanket

It was after one a.m. on a very cold New Year’s morning. Outside Nasrudin’s bedroom window, two inebriated revellers were arguing loudly. Nasrudin’s wife shook the Mullah and told him to go outside and stop the noise. Half asleep, Nasrudin trudged downstairs, wrapping himself in his blanket to keep warm. Upon [...]

Leading by example

It was approaching the New Year when resolutions are made. Nasrudin’s fat curate promised his wife he would lose weight by giving up chocolate, a pleasure he adored. The curate pleaded with Nasrudin to help him keep his resolution. “Very well,” said the Mullah, “Come back on March 1st and I [...]

Feeling the cold

Nasrudin was walking down Oxford Street during the post Christmas sales on a particularly chilly, blustery, winter morning when he encountered a rich friend of his. “That is remarkable,” exclaimed the friend. “Here I am wrapped up in my finest, tailored coats and still this blasted weather chills me to the bone. [...]

A complete meal

Nasrudin was at a village banquet when he spotted a richly attired gentleman stuffing food in his pockets. Confronting the thief, the man exclaimed to Nasrudin, “It is for my wife. She was unable to come so I said I would bring her home some food.”
Without saying a word, Nasrudin opened the man’s pocket [...]