Man asks naked Indian if he is not cold. Indian asks if man's face is cold. Man replies that it is not. Indian replies: "Me all face!" — Mythoi

Motif

Man asks naked Indian if he is not cold. Indian asks if man's face is cold. Man replies that it is not. Indian replies: "Me all face!"

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Officiousness or foolish questions rebuked. · view the constellation · filed as J1309.1

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Officiousness or foolish questions rebuked – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

"How often do you kill your ducks?" Answer: "Only once." "Where did dirt go when canal was dug?" Disgusted father-in-law: "I have eaten half and your father half, to have such a fool son-in-law."

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