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The question itself is direct enough but his reply is a dissertation on some other subject. This reminds me of a Tamil proverb about the bazaar shopkeeper who is asked for salt, but fails to admit he has not got it in stock, and instead replies that he has got lentils!

-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 4 : Abstract Thought > # 78