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Nasruddin delivers a khutbah (sermon)

Once, the people of The City invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a khutba. When he
got on the minbar (pulpit), he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he
asked "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO",
so he announced "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what
I will be talking about" and he left.

The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time when
he asked the same question, the people replied "YES" So Mullah Nasruddin
said, "Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any
more of your time" and he left.

Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once
again invited the Mullah to speak the following week. Once again he asked the same
question - "Do you know what I am going to say?" Now the people were prepared
and so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied "NO".
So Mullah Nasruddin said "The half who know what I am going to say, tell it
to the other half" and he left!