"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 brother drives a Cadillac, how
old am I?"
"You are eighty-four,"
replied MullaNasrudin promptly.
"Right," said the professor.
"Now tell the rest of the fellows here how you arrived at the correct
answer."
"IT'S EASY," said Nasrudin.
"I HAVE GOT AN UNCLE WHO IS FORTY-TWO AND HE IS ONLY HALF NUTS, SIR."