Absurd shortsightedness – miscellaneous.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2199
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Filed under Other short-sighted acts.
4 finer motifs beneath it
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Short-sightedness in dressingShort-sighted use of fireCarrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.)Short-sightedness in rowingCarrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it downShort-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantagePorridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in anotherThe slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening beforeShort-sightedness in carpentryShort-sightedness in caring for live-stockShort-sighted fool loses his foodFoolish demands before deathShort-sightedness in dealing with childrenFool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is openNo room left for the feast. A peasant on the way to a feast drinks so much ditch-water that he has no room left for the feastBurning up the seal. Numskulls buy a charter from their lord. In celebration they get drunk and use the seal as a candle and forfeit their charter