LR- Monks Joke

[baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org]

That is _so_ wrong.  And very old, too.

- Glaen

Quoting Padraig Ruad <padraig_ruad at irishbard.com>:

> This was forwarded by Asa.  I thought it was pretty 
funny.
> 
> Padraig
> 
> 
> 
> A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned 
to help the other monks
> in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, 
however, that they are
> copying copies, and not the original books. So, the 
new monk goes to the
> head monk to ask him about this. He points out that 
if there was an error
> in the first copy, that error would be continued in 
all of the other
> copies. 
>  
> The head monk says, "We have been copying from the 
copies for centuries,
> but you make a good point, my son." 
> 
> So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the 
copies to check it against
> the original. Hours later nobody has seen him. So, 
one of the monks goes
> downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming 
from the back of the
> cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the 
original books
> crying. He asks what is wrong. 
>  
> The old monk says, "The word is celebrate!"  
>  
> FedricoKirk Wendel 
> Carreg Wen, CaidLompoc, CA. 
> 
> 
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