it is very nice...and funny...and thought provoking..."but it ain't 'philosophy'", he said firmly. "Folk Wisdom" is more like it

There goes the silly pedant, splitting hairs again. Please, don't anyone ask him about 'folk music' *grin*

Now, my father used to confound us boys when we were 7-8 with the question, "If you were carrying all the feathers you could carry, could you carry one more?"....similar theme, with no punch line.