- Mulla Nasrudin's family was upset because the girl he was planning to marry was an atheist.
"We'll not have you marrying an atheist," his mother said.
"What can I do? I love her," the young Nasrudin said.
"Well," said his mother, "if she loves you, she will do anything you
ask. You should talk religion to her. If you are persistent, you can
win her over."
Several weeks went by, then one morning at breakfast the young Mulla seemed absolutely brokenhearted.
"What's the matter?" his mother asked. "I thought you were making such
good progress in your talks about religion to your young girlfriend."
"THAT'S THE TROUBLE," said Nasrudin. I OVER DID IT. LAST NIGHT SHE TOLD
ME SHE WAS SO CONVINCED THAT SHE IS GOING TO STUDY TO BE A NUN."
- Mulla Nasrudin had just asked his newest girlfriend to marry him. But she seemed undecided.
"If I should say no to you" she said, "would you commit suicide?"
"THAT," said Nasrudin gallantly, "HAS BEEN MY USUAL PROCEDURE."
- A rich farmer had been trying desperately to marry off his daughters.
One day he met Mulla Nasrudin.
"I have several daughters," the farmer told the Mulla.
"I would like to see them comfortably fixed.
And I will say this, they won't go to their husbands without a little bit in the bank, either.
The youngest one is twenty-three and she will take Rupees 25,000 with
her. The next one is thirty-two, and she will take Rupees 50,000 with
her. Another is forty-three and she will take Rupees 75,000 with her."
"That's interesting," said Nasrudin. "I was just wondering if you have one about fifty years old."
- The
young lady had said she would marry him, and Mulla Nasrudin was holding
her tenderly. "I wonder what your folks will think," he said. "Do they
know that I write poetry?"
"Not yet, Honey," she said. "I
HAVE TOLD THEM ABOUT YOUR DRINKING AND GAMBLING, BUT I THOUGHT I'D
BETTER NOT TELL THEM EVERYTHING AT ONCE."
- Mulla Nasrudin finally spoke to his girlfriend's father about marrying his daughter.
"It's a mere formality, I know," said the Mulla, "but we thought you would be pleased if I asked."
"And where did you get the idea," her father asked, "that asking my consent to the marriage was a mere formality?"
"NATURALLY, FROM YOUR WIFE, SIR," said Nasrudin.
- The
young lady's hopes had been high for two years while Mulla Nasrudin
remained silent on the question of marriage. Then one evening he said
to her, "I had a most unusual dream last night. I dreamed that I asked
to marry you. I wonder what that means."
"THAT MEANS," said his girlfriend, "THAT YOU HAVE MORE SENSE ASLEEP THAN YOU HAVE AWAKE."
- Mulla
Nasrudin had been calling on his girlfriend for over a year. One
evening the girl's father stopped him as he was leaving and asked,
"Look here, young man, you have been seeing my daughter for a year now,
and I would like to know whether your intentions are honorable or
dishonorable?"
Nasrudin's face lit up. "DO YOU MEAN TO SAY, SIR," he said, "THAT I HAVE A CHOICE?"
- Mulla
Nasrudin's mother, worrying about her son's safety, said to him:
"Didn't I say you should not let that girl come over to your room last
night? You know how things like that worry me."
"But I didn't invite her to my room," said Nasrudin. "I went over to her room. NOW YOU CAN LET HER MOTHER DO THE WORRYING."
- A
college freshman was talking about girls with Mulla Nasrudin. "Which
would you advise me to do? Marry a sensible girl or a beautiful girl,
Mulla?" he asked.
"I don't think you will be able to marry either," said the Mulla.
"Why not?" asked the freshman.
"IT'S LOGICAL," said Nasrudin. "A BEAUTIFUL GIRL COULD DO BETTER AND A SENSIBLE! GIRL WOULD KNOW BETTER."
- A young lady went to old Mulla Nasrudin for advice. She said to the Mulla: "Should I marry a fellow who lies to me?"
"YES, UNLESS YOU WANT TO REMAIN UNMARRIED FOREVER," said Nasrudin.
- Mulla
Nasrudin's wife was in the hospital dying. Just before she passed away,
she said to her husband who was sitting by the bedside, "Darling, I
have only one regret as I pass on. I hate to leave you behind in all of
your loneliness. I just want you to know that if you should ever want
to remarry, you have my consent. Only, if you do, I wonder if you would
promise me something."
"Yes, Darling," said the Mulla.'what is it?"
"Would you promise not to let your new wife wear my old clothes and remind you of me?" she asked.
"WHY,CERTAINLY I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT," said Nasrudin. "I WOULDN'T
THINK OF DOING SUCH A THING. BESIDES, ALL OF YOUR SUITS ARE TOO SMALL
FOR FATIMA ANYWAY."
- Mulla Nasrudin was talking to a friend about his recently broken romance.
"Do you mean," asked the friend, "that at her request, you gave up
drinking, and smoking, and gambling, and dancing, and playing pool?"
"Yes, just because she insisted," said the Mulla.
"Then why didn't you marry her?" the fellow asked.
"WELL, AFTER ALL THAT REFORMING," said Nasrudin, "I DECIDED I COULD DO BETTER."
- Mulla
Nasrudin's young wife, recently returned from her honeymoon, was
complaining to her friend about her husband's drinking habits.
"If you knew he drank, why did you marry him?" her friend asked.
"I DID NOT KNOW HE DRANK," said Nasrudin's wife, "UNTIL ONE NIGHT HE CAME HOME SOBER."
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