There are ten horses; then when he is mounted there are only nine. Why?

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There are ten horses; then when he is mounted there are only nine. Why?

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Absurd inability to count. · view the constellation · filed as J2031.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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Italian NovellaRotunda.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 267 No. 261

Within the index

Filed under Counting wrong by not counting oneself. Numskulls conclude that one of their number is drowned.

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Numskulls count selves by sticking their noses in the sand. They then count the holes Culture hero throws coconuts to various islands, but forgets one he stands on: hence none now on that island

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