One day, Nasreddin Hodja walks over to Akşehir Lake with copper bucket in his hands and starts pouring spoonfuls of yoghurt into the lake. Seeing Hodja near the lake with a copper bucket full of yoghurt, the curious villgaers ask:
- "What"s up, Hodja? What on earth you up to?"
- "I"m turning the lake into yoghurt" replies Hodja.
- "Reverend Hodja, could a lake ever be fermented?" the villagers retort.
- "I do know it wouldn"t, but what if it does?" is the reply from Hodja