Town of fools

A town of fools is the base of a number of joke cycles found in various cultures.

Jokes of these cycles poke fun at the stupidity of the inhabitants of a real or fictional populated place (village, town, region, etc.).

In English folklore the best known butt of jokes of this type are the Wise Men of Gotham.

A number of works of satire are set in a town of fools.

The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature includes the motif J1703: "Town (country) of fools".

Molbos helped a shepherd to chase away a stork from the grain field while preventing shepherd's big feet from trampling the field