"This is a
lesson in logic," said the old professor in the teahouse. "If the
show starts at nine and dinner is at six, and my son
has the measles, and my brother drives a Cadillac, how old am I?"
"You are
eighty-four," replied Mulla Nasrudin promptly.
"Right,"
said the professor. "Now tell the rest of the fellows here how you arrived
at the correct answer."
"It is
easy," said Nasrudin. "I have got an uncle who is forty-two, and he
is only half nuts. You must be eighty-four."
