LR- Monks Joke
baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org
baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org
Wed Nov 15 14:25:44 PST 2000
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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