Two sides of a river
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- | ''[[Two sides of a river]]'' is a [[joke]] by [[Middle-eastern philosopher]] [[Nasreddin]]. | + | ''[[Two sides of a river]]'' is a [[philosophical joke]] by Middle-eastern philosopher [[Nasreddin]]. |
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Nasrudin sat on a river bank<br> | Nasrudin sat on a river bank<br> | ||
when someone shouted to him<br> | when someone shouted to him<br> | ||
from the opposite side:<br> | from the opposite side:<br> | ||
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: "Hey! how do I get across?" | : "Hey! how do I get across?" | ||
: "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back. | : "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back. | ||
- | It is a joke/story of Nasredin. His typical humor of this sort is often corrupted into mere jokes, but some Nasrudin tales have a clear metaphysics built in, while others have devolved into little more than depictions of a crazy, dimwitted old man. | ||
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+ | It is a joke/story of Nasredin. His typical humor of this sort is often corrupted into mere jokes, but some Nasrudin tales have a clear metaphysics built in, while others have devolved into little more than depictions of a crazy, dimwitted [[old man]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*"[[De veerpont]]", a song by [[Drs. P]]. | *"[[De veerpont]]", a song by [[Drs. P]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Metaphysical joke]] | *[[Metaphysical joke]] | ||
+ | *[[Why did the chicken cross the road?]] | ||
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Two sides of a river is a philosophical joke by Middle-eastern philosopher Nasreddin.
Nasrudin sat on a river bank
when someone shouted to him
from the opposite side:
- "Hey! how do I get across?"
- "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.
It is a joke/story of Nasredin. His typical humor of this sort is often corrupted into mere jokes, but some Nasrudin tales have a clear metaphysics built in, while others have devolved into little more than depictions of a crazy, dimwitted old man.
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See also
- "De veerpont", a song by Drs. P.
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See also
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