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Many would say that this should be on the "Caf�" but as it is meant as a response to some of the forum threads (some of which are still on the on the front page and some have gone out since many days/weeks) I will post it here. Then it could always be interesting for some to make a WS of it.
It �s just a famous Arabian fable, which goes as follows:
Once upon the time a wise man called
"Dje´ha" lived in a small village. The village was ruled by a very
unfair judge. The wise man tried and tried to make the judge fair with the
people of the village and their affairs. But the judge never listened to his wise
advice. The wise man kept insisting again and again. So, the judge got tired
and fed up with that annoying man who was always trying to give him
lessons on how he should rule his village and people. Thus, he decided to
ban him from the village forever. He called him and ordered him firmly,
"At dawn tomorrow you leave the village and never come back again."
The next day Dje´ha, on his way out of the village, came under the judge´s
window when this later was contemplating the first lights of the day before the
early morning prayer. Dje´ha had his donkey and a pair of grindstones that
people used at the time for grinding meal. Dje´ha was having a big problem
while the judge was watching and laughing at him "What dump man!"
Every time Dje´ha loaded the pair of grindstones on the side carrier on the
donkey´s back the stones fell down on the floor with the carrier.After a moment
the judge becoming very angry and upset with Dje´ha´s stupidity shouted at him "You
stupid man! Why don´t you load each part of the grindstone on one of each of
the donkey´s side carriers so as to balance the scale." At that moment
Dje´ha looked up at him and said, "Venerable
Judge we said this, you said leave the village."
It�s a tiny, small one, come on... 
