Waiting in the graveyard for the thief. He must eventually come here

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Waiting in the graveyard for the thief. He must eventually come here.

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 J2214.3.1

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general Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 243 No. 128.

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Filed under Waiting at the well for the thief. A thief has stolen a salted cheese. Since one always goes to the well after eating salted cheese, the thief will also come.

Filed beside it

Waiting for the thief to return for the bolster. After the cover is stolen, the numskulls conclude that the thief will certainly return for the bolster Waiting for the thieves to return for invoice of goods stolen

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