A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes

to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you

think I could stay the night?"

The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car. As the

man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he

asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you.

You're not a monk."

The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way.

Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery.

The monks accept him, feed him, even fix his car. That night, he hears the

same strange noise that he had heard years earlier.

The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't tell

you. You're not a monk."

The man says, "All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I

can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a

monk?"

The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of

grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these

numbers, you will become a monk."

The man sets about his task. Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks

on the door of the monastery. He says, "I have traveled the earth and have

found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass

and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth."

The monks reply, "Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show

you the way to the sound."

The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The

sound is right behind that door."

The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real

funny. may I have the key?" The monks give him the key, and he opens the

door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone.

The man demands the key to the stone door. The monks give him the key, and

he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from

the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made

of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,

silver, topaz, amethyst...

Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."

The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and

behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound.....

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But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.

Wait a sec, I think I read this joke a few days ago already! ! ! !? ? ?

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