Mulla Nasruddin was so discouraged with life that he decided to commit suicide. One evening he walked out to the country, a loaf of bread tucked under his arm. When he came to a train junction he lay down on the railroad tracks. A peasant passing by was amazed by the strange sight.
“What are you doing,” he asked, “lying on these tracks?”
Said the Mulla, “I am going to commit suicide.”
“What do you need the bread for?” asked the peasant.
“In this country,” said the Mulla, “by the time the train gets here, a man could starve to death.”