Short-sighted economy

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Short-sighted economy.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2199.4

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Filed under Absurd shortsightedness – miscellaneous.

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Numskull is glad to hurt his feet instead of his shoes

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Alarm sounded foolishly Persons build a wheelbarrow too large to come out of shed Nine men try to lift bull over the fence. One gets the idea of taking it through the gate. (Cf. J2171.6.)

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