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Short Story: The Mullah Nasruddin nearly choked to death on his coffee.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 30 Oct 20

The Mullah's father-in-law was standing at the garage door, as the Mullah was taking him to the doctors, to checkup on his corns. He was helping to lower the heavy door, holding onto the underside of it, and which...

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Short Story: When being helpful is not really being helpful at all!

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 1 Oct 20

[b]The Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law had moved in with the Mullah, and his wife, due to the death of his own wife, and because they thought that he would fare better under their roof, as he was already an old, and rather feeble...

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Short story: Annoying habits of other people can be particularly annoying to us too

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 28 Sep 20

The Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law had an annoying habit, of getting a new teaspoon, every time that he made himself a cup of coffee. Abdullah, the father-in-law, had his own cup, which he always used, so at least, he...

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Short Story: Washing dishes, by not washing them. A tale about Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 27 Sep 20

The Mullah's father-in-law had been told off by the Mullah's wife for wasting water, and dishwashing detergent, whenever he washed his own plates and cutlery. He would let the water run continuously without stopping, even...

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Short story: The Mullah Nasruddin's wife burns his morning toast, accidentally, not purposefully, this time

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 21 Sep 20

The Mullah's wife, being the daughter of the eccentric old father-in-law, who was now living with the Mullah, and his wife, in their house, had more than a few of his traits in her too. The Mullah used to refer to them as...

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Short Story: Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law's sweet tooth was not as sweet as the Mullah to his wife, on this day.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 16 Sep 20

The Mullah's father-in-law liked to suck on boiled lollies, but he used the special medicated throat and cold prevention lozenges, the same as you would lollies. He ate 4 or 5 of these a day, and being careless, and...

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Short story: The most wanted, and the most talked about man, in Hortu Village.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 16 Sep 20

Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law, Abdullah, had been staying with the Mullah, and his wife, Fatima, for the best part of a year now. The way that the Mullah was handling this situation, was a great subject of the idle talk...

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Short story: Meal time at Mullah Nasruddin's house

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 7 Sep 20

Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law was now living permanently with the Mullah, and his wife. The Mullah used to enjoy his meals, especially the dinner one, which his wife, and her cousin, who lived next door, but who the...

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Short story: Mullah Nasruddin got upset with his father-in-law's pursuit of useless tasks.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 6 Sep 20

Mullah Nasruddin's father-in-law had moved in with the Mullah and his wife, more-or-less permanently now. He had been living with them for over 6 months now, and he would be hard to move on now. He was already a fixture...

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Short Story: John found it very difficult to love the irascible old man, that he was now "forced" to live with.

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 6 Aug 20

John had his father-in-law staying with them for an extended period of 12 months. John was not a talker, or a very social person, and his wife went off to work every day, leaving him, retired now, at home to deal with her...

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Humour: short story: Personality types: the creeper

emptychair @innertalks (23744) • Australia 23 May 20

John's parents had long died, and now it was time for his wife to invite her father for a visit. He arrived from overseas, and his stay was to be for 6 months. [b]John, a very private person, wondered how he would cope...

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Family and the Beast

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 21 Jun 10

OH how I hate Holidays when it comes to my hubby's family. This year when my husband called his father for Father's day he was blasted about how he doesn't have a job yet (he lost his about 2 months ago and has been steadily...

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Do you consider this a bad omen to our future?

TRWilliams02 @TRWilliams02 (349) • United States 11 May 09

So here is the situation... I am planning what is said to be one of the happiest days of my life, the day I marry my best friend. For starters, I have learned that you shouldn't take on the stress of planning your own wedding but...

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Men which role u like most why, father, son, father in law, friend, son in law?

saisudhamani @saisudhamani (250) • India 5 Jun 07

Men which role u like most why, father, son, father in law, friend, son in law

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