Numskull thinks his prayers have stopped milk boiling over. Actually his wife has added cold water

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Numskull thinks his prayers have stopped milk boiling over. Actually his wife has added cold water.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · Physical phenomena misunderstood. · view the constellation · filed as J1813.2.1

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Boiling milk thought to be overflowing. Simpleton lets it run over.

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