Day of the Month
Every month of Ramadan, Mullah Nasruddin had the habit of putting a pebble in an earthenware jug each morning to mark the days of fasting. Whenever he wanted to know what day of Ramadan it was, he would take the pebbles out and count them. However, one day his mischievous son saw his father's jug in the kitchen and put two handfuls of pebbles in it.
A few days later, a friend stopped by to chat with Mullah. After some conversing, the topic came to Ramadan.
`Mullah Nasruddin, do you know what day of Ramadan it is today?' asked the friend.
`Wait a minute,' Mullah Nasruddin said, `I have been marking them, I'll look it up and tell you, exactly.' Mullah Nasruddin went to the kitchen, took out all the pebbles from the jug and counted them. There were 149 pebbles. Mullah Nasruddin knew this couldn't be right.
When he came back to the sitting room, he told his friend that it was the 49th of Ramadan.
`Mulla ,' the friend was baffled, `it can't be the 49th of Ramadan. That's not possible!'
`My dear friend,' the Mullah smiled, `you better believe me, because if you'd rather believe the jug, then today it is the149th of Ramadan!'
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