Monastery Lifr - The Firearms Forum

swiftman · 01-20-2010, 07:18 PM

Monastery Life

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 !

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!!!"

Popeye · 01-21-2010, 12:46 AM

jack404 · 01-21-2010, 01:44 AM

There's a bloody good lesson in that..

NEVER let a middle man tell you nothing...

always go to the source

Insulation Tim · 01-21-2010, 04:57 AM

Took a second. I may need to give this to our parish priest. He has a wonderful sense of humor.

01-20-2010, 07:18 PM	#1
swiftman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: East Central Ill Posts: 221	Monastery Lifr Monastery Life 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 ! 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!!!" -->

01-21-2010, 12:46 AM	#2
Popeye V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sacramento area, CA Posts: 319	Re: Monastery Lifr __________________ We, as a nation, have become fatified, lazified and stupefied.

01-21-2010, 01:44 AM	#3
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Monastery Lifr There's a bloody good lesson in that.. NEVER let a middle man tell you nothing... always go to the source

01-21-2010, 04:57 AM	#4
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,316	Re: Monastery Lifr Took a second. I may need to give this to our parish priest. He has a wonderful sense of humor. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*