Re: appointment

[Mohammad Maljoo <mmaljoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting! The original version of this joke dates back to the thirteenth
century: it?s a famous poem by Jalal-u-ddin Mohammad Balkhi nicknamed Rumi
or Mowlavi (1207-1273), who is the mystical poet and intellectual of 13th
Century


M. M.



<<>A merchant in Baghdad sent his servant to the market. The servant
> returned, trembling and frightened. The servant told the merchant, "I
> was jostled in the market, turned around, and saw Death.
>
> "Death made a threatening gesture, and I fled in terror. May I please
> borrow your horse? I can leave Baghdad and ride to Samarra, where
> Death will not find me."
>
> The master lent his horse to the servant, who rode away, to Samarra.
>
> Later the merchant went to the market, and saw Death in the crowd.
> "Why did you threaten my servant?" He asked.
>
> Death replied,"I did not threaten your servant. It was merely that I
> was surprised to see him here in Baghdad, for I have an appointment
> with him tonight in Samarra.">>

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