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Nasrudin brought home two kilos of beef one day and told his wife, “Please use this to make kabob tonight.”

While Nasrudin was out, however, his wife used the meat to make a lunch for herself and her friends.

Hours later, Nasrudin returned, and asked whether the kabob was ready.

“I’m sorry,” she replied, but the cat ate it all while I was doing chores.”

Nasrudin grabbed the cat and put it on the scale.

“This cat weighs two kilos,” he remarked. “So if this is the cat, then where is the beef? And if this is the beef, then where is the cat?”