Only One Right Side Up
When Nasruddin was on his deathbed, Fatima asked him, “How would you like to be buried, Nasruddin?”
“You may inter the body with the head downward,” said the Mullah.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” said Fatima. “Why in the world would you want us to bury you upside down?”
“At the end of the world, it is well-known, everything will be turned topsy-turvy. Then, I’ll be the only one who is right side up!”
Excerpted from The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, Jests, and Donkey Tales of the Beloved Persian Folk Hero
Your Daily Nasruddin
This story illustrates explain the psychological mindset of the Rapturists, who were sorely disappointed when they realized that the Apocalypse failed — and how very upside down they already are.
As my friend, the artist George Clarke, said: “*If* there is a Heaven, we all get to go. No one will be left out.”
Right Side Up
Only One Right Side Up
Excerpted from The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, Jests, and Donkey Tales of the Beloved Persian Folk Hero
Your Daily Nasruddin
This story illustrates explain the psychological mindset of the Rapturists, who were sorely disappointed when they realized that the Apocalypse failed — and how very upside down they already are.
As my friend, the artist George Clarke, said: “*If* there is a Heaven, we all get to go. No one will be left out.”