T0322. Clothesline on the Floor

A neighbor asks to borrow Nasruddin's clothesline. "No," he says, "it's in use." "No, it's not" says the neighbor. "It's lying there on the floor." "That's what I use it for," Nasruddin says, "to lie on the floor."

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Notes: Compare the story about the clothesline for drying flour.