The Wise Old Man
In a village in Okinawa, there was a
wise old man. One day there was an argument between two
of the village people. Finally, they agreed to have the wisest
man in the village decide who was right. As the first man
entered the house, he noticed the wise man's wife in the kitchen
cooking dinner. The man explained why he thought he was right
to the wise man. After he was done, the wise man, thought for
a moment and said "you are absolutely right, one hundred
percent right" and with that, the man left the house with
a smile on his face. The second man entered the house and told
his side of the story to the wise old man. The wise man
thought for a while and said "you are absolutely right, one
hundred percent right" and then the second man left the house
with a big smile on his face. The wise old man's wife had been
listening the whole time. She turned to her husband and said,
"you old fool, they both can't be one hundred percent
right" The old man thought for second and said "you
are absolutely right, one hundred percent right".
The moral, being right is sometimes in the eye of the beholder.
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