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Filed under Absurd ignorance.

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All sins since the birth of Christ. A stupid man at confession says, "I confess myself guilty of all sins that I have committed since Christ's birth." "Are you so old?" "Yes, and I have a brother who is three years older than I."Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winterWash Bee Day. Woman misinterprets calendar notation "February 22, Wash. B'day." Washes their bee-hives
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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 flawsIgnorance of religious mattersPriests (schoolmasters) ignorant of LatinThe countryman in the great worldIgnorance 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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