Repartee concerning fatness — Mythoi

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Repartee concerning fatness.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning fatness. · view the constellation · filed as J1410

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The hay wagon and the gate. A parson arriving late at a city gate asks if he can get in. Guard sees that he is fat and in fun says that he doesn't know. The parson: "Why not; doesn't the hay wagon get in?"

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