One day, a very learned man, while travelling in a poor country, decided to go across big river, so he asked one of the village people who owned a small boat, if he would take him, to this request the boatman agreed.
As they started, the sun became obscured by dark clouds, and as the river was large, the gentleman realised that the crossing would take some time. So he started a conversation with the boatman.
“Did you know that the sun is approximately 93,000,000miles away, and yet it has provided heat and light, throughout the universe since time immemorial, baring that, if it was to shift, even a fraction of an inch out of its orbit, there would be total devastation?”
The boatman replied; “My dear sir, I am just a simple man who has had no education, there is no way I could know such information”
“Then” said the gentleman “You are 25% fool”.
Some time passed, and as they were coming to the ½ way mark, the thunder began to rumble.
“Did you know notice the lightening, just before the rumbling sound”. The gentleman asked. He continued. “Do you know how that phenomenon occurs”
“No sir” replied the boatman.
“Its occurrence is due to the expansion of rapidly heated air,” the gentleman exclaimed, “ You are 50% fool.
About ¾ of the way the weather completely changed. It became dark and started to rain heavily and started filling up the little boat with water clearly making it difficult for the boatman. But the foolish gentleman insisted in questioning.
“Do you know how we get rain”,
“No sir,” was the reply.”
“ The sun evaporates water from the sea, this gets stored in the clouds which then travel by be wind power, then when they become full, it lets all the water go, over the land. That’s how we get rain.”
“You are 75% fool.” Said the gentleman, now feeling very smug.
The gentleman was suddenly interrupted from his basqueing by a loud cry from the boatman, “Oh no! I have lost my oar and now the water is about capsize the boat, we have no alternative but to swim the remainder of the way, luckily for us it is not very far.”
“But I can’t swim,” cried the gentleman now seeing his own imminent death.
“Then my dear sir, you are 100% fool” said the boatman.
Dear FFJ Readers, please give a fitting moral to this story, in the comments below!
Respect others knowledge and show yourself has the least knowledge, it is the key to learn.
Never Underestimate the knowledge of other just by looking. A looking fool may have more knowledge than an intelligent one…
No mortal knows every thing. Therefore, everybody should be respected cos he may know what many others, no matter what they know, dont know.
hahahah
very amazing
The gentleman is busy, arrogant and proud of his knowledge that led to his final fate
People who are educated must be humble,and also, and more importantly, practical.
The one who thinks others FOOL is a biggest Fool himself.
Rightly said.
Don’t try to prove others how much you know instead try to learn from others because there is a whole lot you still don’t know.
Rightly said Ismaeel.
“Tell those who claim knowledge, you knew something but missed so many things”
Translated from a arabic poem
So True.
U may know alot yet at the sight of some other u are an ignorant person. Repect people as they are.
“Don’t Be Over Smart”
the wisdom is to learn something from every thing so i think the educated man is not wise enugh to underestimate the boatman. I think he has to learn from him not to teach him information very advanced to uneducated man.
one may have knowledge for either literacy or skill…but they can’t have both. Even if they do, they always will have someone with more than what they do.
story to be rememberd throught life(experiance is always greater than knowledge)
Not to Boast Oneself and make others a fool or make fun of someone who has less knowledge. Allah is All knowing and will Humiliate the Boaster in His own ways.
Everyone is a fool somewhere in life.
HE IS 100% DEAD!
thanks.
never boast urself, never compare ur gr8ness in one field with the man who may b a master of his own field. God is the only THE GREAT
Only knowledge does not work unless it is supported by relevent skills.
To estimate, do not underestimate……….
To estimate, do not underestimate……….
U r right, too much ppl shod bhave this way.
good story, people shouldn’t make fun of others just for fun
Life is a symphony where everyone plays his own part of the symphony. So we should never underestimate the role of others no matter what instruments are under our control.
Common sense that is not common should have told him that it was not wise to tout your knowledge arrogantly before others because it does not hold the answer to all the problems one might come across in life.
Thanks, Sara!
Thanks!
Never underestimate the knowledge of others, because they might have what you don’t have.
Congrats! Your moral is chosen as the Best!!
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It doesn’t matter how GOD created the universe….what does really matter is how to deal with it
THANKS M../SARA THIS STORY IS NICE AND YOU NOW THAT THERE IS SO MANY THINGS IN YOUR LIFE NO WAY TO LEARN IT BUT THIS NOT MEAN THAT WITH OUT
IT YOU ARE 1% FOOOOL AND ALSO NOT MEAN THAT YOU DIDNT WANT IT IN YOUR LIFE….
ALSO THE MAEN THING IS AVEREY BODY HAVING AGOOD KNOWLLAGE OF SOME THING IN HIS LIFE THAT IS WHAY DONT THINK ABOUT FOOL. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BERFECT…………..
Empty vessels make more noise!! Lol!!
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.
Luck decides who’s fool. 😛
Each time has its own knowledge , using knowledge in the wrong situation is top of stupidity
the story had many structural and grammar mistakes…
The one who wrote it is 150% fool… lol
Other than that, I saw the ending coming XD
ITS NICE STORY SARA
AND I THINK ITS MOREL WILL BE
EVERY PERSON IS RICH IN GOD’S EYE
Dont Be Smart
Very inspiring story indeed. You can interpret this story into this way also, knowing so much but not knowing the basic. Knowing ‘much about the creators but nothing about the creator’. Audit of everything of our business but failed to audit our life. Failed to know the purpose of our existence. Universe is serving me I to serve whom?. These are the very conveniently forgotten questions but with great degrees, PhD and what not! Woe to such life sara.
Words of wisdom Nazeer!
The gentle man thinks he know everything. But the local boat man have survival skill more than the other “educated”” man.
The gentle man thinks he know everything. But the local boat man have survival skill more than the other “educated”” man.
moral is bookworm and bookish knowledge does not decide if a man is too intelligent and versatile……..one having practical knowledge and knows how to tackle about every adverse situation in life is truly the smart person ….now we know who was the fool out of the two….
Good Moral!!
Barking dog never bites…
An expert is the one who knows one thing more than others on the ground.
Knowledge is only relative to what you need to know. Everything else is just window dressing.
Knowledge is only relative to what you need to know. Everything else is just window dressing.
DO learn swimmin coz it can happen with you…..lolx
simple skills are necessary for survival
knowledge is always good,but don’t accuse others who don’t know your knowledge that they are fool;because-for sure-they know some knowledge in other fields.No limits for the knowledge & every one learn something new everyday.
Irrelevant knowledge is useless …!!!
Irrelevant knowledge is useless …!!!
All knowledge is not beneficial. We need gain the correct type of knowledge which will be useful for us.
Knowledge lies in the mind,not in degrees