Apparently word got around in Vienna that I had a stomach ache and severe swelling of the esophagus, so some people thought: how can this be turned into an inflammation of the intestines and the anal canal! A Turkish taxi driver wrote: Hi, do you have anything in stock about white snow that we discussed in the taxi? The Persian to Turk: You will only find the term white snow in my poetry and poetry books, nothing else! I never understand why the Turks insist that Mullah Nasredin was Turkish, that always fascinates me.