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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fool_(stock_character)/99gGzpwF">Fool (stock character)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fools_of_Chelm/xN6WfJ2B">Fools of Chelm</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jester/rP4E24kH">Jester</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lightbulb_joke/xCvDnrFX">Lightbulb joke</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Molbo_story/tHQtedWB">Molbo story</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Polish_joke/aaFlYb6b">Polish joke</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wise_Men_of_Gotham/Vz2wXDSl">Wise Men of Gotham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Guru_Paramartha/KwbXTV2c">Guru Paramartha</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Eggerz, Solveig (Summer 1996). <a href="http://www.acjna.org/acjna/articles_detail.aspx?id=72">"Stock Figures in Jewish Folklore: Universal Yet Uniquely Jewish"</a>. <i>Issues</i>. <a href="/facts/American_Council_for_Judaism/Uv7wj50l">American Council for Judaism</a>. Retrieved 30 November 2011.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm">The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.presscom.co.uk/gotham.html">The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.staggernation.com/jmj/">Joe Miller's Jests (1739)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Clouston, W. A. (1888). The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies. London: Elliot Stock. <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm" target="_blank">http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Clouston, W. A. (1888). The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies. London: Elliot Stock. <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm" target="_blank">http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Joe Miller's Jests". <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40127/40127-h/40127-h.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40127/40127-h/40127-h.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Worstall, Tim. "Forbes". Forbes. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/01/03/it-would-have-to-be-the-irish-newspapers-trying-something-insanely-stupid-like-charging-for-links-to-websites/" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/01/03/it-would-have-to-be-the-irish-newspapers-trying-something-insanely-stupid-like-charging-for-links-to-websites/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Cantwell, Billy. "Irish Echo". <a href="http://www.irishecho.com.au/2011/07/17/comment-time-for-the-stupid-irish-joke-to-be-laid-to-rest/11036" target="_blank">http://www.irishecho.com.au/2011/07/17/comment-time-for-the-stupid-irish-joke-to-be-laid-to-rest/11036</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Clouston, W. A. (1888). The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies. London: Elliot Stock. <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm" target="_blank">http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Halliwell, James Orchard (1840). The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham. London: John Russell Smith. <a href="http://www.presscom.co.uk/gotham.html" target="_blank">http://www.presscom.co.uk/gotham.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Clouston, W. A. (1888). The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies. London: Elliot Stock. <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm" target="_blank">http://sacred-texts.com/etc/bon/index.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Marcus, Ezra; Bromwich, Jonah Engel (7 July 2020). "A Short History of 'Simp'". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/style/simp-history-slang.amp.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/style/simp-history-slang.amp.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>