The editor tried hard to read Mulla
Nasrudin's handwriting. "Mulla, this handwriting is so bad I can hardly
read it," he said.
"Why didn't you type out these
poems before you brought them in?"
"TYPE THEM!" cried Nasrudin.
"DO YOU THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT IF I COULD TYPE, I WOULD BE WASTING MY
TIME TRYING TO WRITE POETRY?"