Following on from the philosophical discussion on the list here is a joke I
received today, for any with a religious inclination. You might not get it
if you're not a catholic, but you will if you are.
Margaret
> A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the
> other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.He
> notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from
> the original manuscript.
>
> So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out
> that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never
> be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the
> subsequent copies.
>
> The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries,
> but you make a good point, my son."
> He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the
> original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't
> been opened for hundreds of years.
>
> Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.
>
> So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him
> banging his head against the wall and wailing, "We missed the "R" ! , we
> missed the "R" !"
>
> His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying
> uncontrollably.
>
> The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
>
> With a choking voice, the old abbot replies, "The word was...
>
> CELEBRATE!!!"
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