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Nasreddin Hodja is Turkey's (and perhaps all of Islam's) best-known trickster. His legendary wit and droll trickery were possibly based on the exploits and words of a historical imam. Nasreddin reputedly was born in 1208 in the village of Horto near Sivrihisar. In 1237 he moved to Aksehir, where he died in the Islamic year 683 (1284 or 1285). As many as 350 anecdotes have been attributed to the Hodja, as he most often is called. Hodja is a title meaning teacher or scholar.
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--THE ART OF CREATING HUMOR IN NASREDDIN HODJA ANECDOTES--

1.
The Hodja was thinking how nice it would be to have a bowl of soup with lots of mint.Just then, someone knocked at the door.Holding a bowl in his hands, the child of one of the Hodja's neighbors walked in and said:''My mama's sick,Can I have some soup?''When The Hodja herad this, he said:''My God, my neighbours can even smell my daydreams''
2.
A thief broke into the Hodja's house.The Hodja went to hide in a closet.The thief went through everything in the house,but couldn't find anything worth stealing.Finally,the thief opened the closet.Startled to see Hodja,he exclaimed:''Ah! What are you doing there?'',''Well,'' the Hodja replied,''I was sure you wouldn't be able to find anything worth stealing,and I was hidding out of shame''
3.
Children saw Hodja coming from the vineyard with 2 basketfuls of grapes on his donkey, gathered around him and asked him to give them some.
Hodja picked up a bunch of grapes, cut it up into pieces and gave each child a piece.
"You have so much, but you gave us so little," the children complained.
"There is no difference whether you have a basketful or a small piece. They all taste the same," Hodja remarked
4.
A neighbor came running to Nasreddin's house with the news that the Hodja's mother-in-law had been washing her laundry in the river when she fell into the water and drowned. "And we cannot find her body," he continued. "We searched everywhere downstream for her, but all to no avail."
"You should have searched upstream," replied the Hodja. "My mother-in-law is so contrary that she would never go with the flow."