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Filed under Absurd ignorance.

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Ignorant priest forces rolls of cloth instead of bread down a dying man's throatLiving crucifix chosen. Peasants take their old crucifix to an artist for a new one. The artist asks them whether they want a living or dead crucifix. Argument: living God takes less for upkeep and he can be killed laterNumskulls surprised at news that God has a sonNumskulls surprised to hear that God's son has diedStanding up for the friendless. Preacher in backwoods asks congregation members who are friends of Jesus to rise. No one rises. "What, are there no friends of Jesus in this house?" A cowboy rises to his feet: "Stranger, I don't know who this man Jesus is. I never heard of him before, but I'll stand up for any man who hasn't got any more friends than he has."Letting in the light. Backwoods preacher tells couple that they are living in darkness. The woman responds that she has been trying for years to get her husband to cut a window in the houseIgnorant people told religious holiday is coming the next day: camel appears and is feastedMen hide so that God will not see their sin
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Hero does not learn his name until after first adventureThe city person ignorant of the farmIgnorance of certain foodsWhy the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieksLayman's ignorance of medicineFool cannot tell his right hand in the darkFools and the unknown animalFoolish lover ignorant of mistress's flawsPriests (schoolmasters) ignorant of LatinThe countryman in the great worldIgnorance of datesIgnorance of marriage relationsAbsurd ignorance of sexIgnorance of readingThe archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.)Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles

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