More than twenty commandments. Numskull asked the number of commandments replies that there are twenty. He explains to another that he knows there must be more than twenty because the minister would not accept his answer

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More than twenty commandments. Numskull asked the number of commandments replies that there are twenty. He explains to another that he knows there must be more than twenty because the minister would not accept his answer.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd lack of logic. · Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions. · view the constellation · filed as J2213.5.1

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Filed under Twenty better than ten. A numskull is asked how many daily prayers (Moslem) there are. "Twenty." – "There are only four." – "I said that there are twenty; that is even better."

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