In the old days, men were permitted to have more than one wife. Mullah himself took a second wife who was younger than the first one. One evening he came home to find them quarreling about which of them Mullah loved more.
At first, Mullah told them he loved them both, but neither of them was satisfied with his answer. Then the older one asked, “Well, just suppose the three of us were in a boat, and it started to sink. Which of us would you try to save?” Mullah thought for a moment, and then said to his older wife, “My dear, you know how to swim, don’t you?”