Mulla Nasrudin
went to see his lawyer about a divorce.
"What
grounds do you think you have for a divorce?" the lawyer asked.
"It is my
wife's manners," said the Mulla. "She has such bad table manners that
she is disgracing the whole family."
"That's
bad," the lawyer said. "How long have you been married?"
"Nine
years," said the Mulla.
"If you
have been able to put up with her table manners for nine years, I can't
understand why you want a divorce
now," the lawyer said.
"Well,"
said Nasrudin, "I did not know it before. I just bought a book on
etiquette this morning."
