Process of Elimination
Once, Nasruddin went to the donkey bazaar and browsed among the donkeys available for purchase.
“Are you, fine sir, in the market for a donkey?” asked Musa, the camel and donkey seller, taking his sleeve and leading the Mullah toward his flock.
Nasruddin nodded yes. “How about one or more of these remarkably handsome and rugged beasts?”
“Not so fast,” countered Nasruddin, “First, show me the worst donkeys you have so we can get those out of the way.”
“Okay,” replied Musa, as he motioned to their right, “those are the worst, over here.”
“And which are the donkeys of average quality and price?” continued Nasruddin.
Musa pointed and said, “These are the average ones, in the middle.”
“Thank you very much,” said Nasruddin, as he gestured toward several on the left. “I’ll take the rest.”
Excerpted from The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, Jests, and Donkey Tales of the Beloved Persian Folk Hero
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When the lame, the small, the inferior, and even the average are eliminated, only the best donkeys remain.
