Forgot The R

[alvino]

It is only a small error

A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help 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." So he goes down into the dark caves

underneath the monastery where the original manuscript is 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 downstairs to look for him. He sees him banging his

head against the wall and wailing "We forgot the 'R', We forgot 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 is 'celebrate'."