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J1903 Absurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinking
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- The water on the calf's back. When the calf will not drink, the peasant woman throws the water on its back · J1903.1 entry
- Numskull puts the milk back. When the customer refuses to take the milk he puts it back into the goat's mouth so that it will flow back into the udder · J1903.2 entry
- Fattening the pig. A farmer who wanted to fatten a pig fed it only twice a day. When told to feed it three times a day he says, "A working man must have more to eat than a pig." · J1903.3 entry
- How can an elephant eat, having tails at both ends? Decision: it lives on air · J1903.4 entry