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Dropping the Coin

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Mulla was walking past the mosque fountain when he saw a crazy man dunking a box of matches underwater, trying desperately to strike one. "What are you doing?" Mulla asked. "I dropped a silver coin in the fountain," the madman said. "It's too dark down there to see it, so I'm trying to light a match to find it." Mulla laughed mockingly. "You idiot! You can't light a match underwater!" The madman glared at him. "Oh yeah, Mr. Genius? Then how am I supposed to light up the bottom of the fountain?" Mulla confidently replied, "You strike the match out of the water first, and then you quickly plunge it to the bottom!"