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Filed under One absurdity rebukes another.

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Absurdity of entrusting military mission to bishop. Courtier rebukes king by asking that he be given an ecclesiastical postAbsurdity of trying to convert king to Hinduism – like making cow of donkey or black dog into white
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Borrower's absurditiesAdulteress's absurdity rebukedAbsurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.)Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstreamOne absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous

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