cnxpat Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 (The "Monks" are Roman Catholic monks) "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." "The word is c e l e b R a t e."
Nongwahyay Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 (The "Monks" are Roman Catholic monks)"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." "The word is c e l e b R a t e." The word is "celibate", dumbo........
cnxpat Posted September 10, 2006 Author Posted September 10, 2006 (The "Monks" are Roman Catholic monks) "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." "The word is c e l e b R a t e." The word is "celibate", dumbo........ I am glad you liked the joke ... ermmm ... are you by any chance a RC monk? or German?
Crossy Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 I am glad you liked the joke ... ermmm ... are you by any chance a RC monk? or German? All stereotypes of Germans have now been confirmed Thanks for the belly laugh Nongwahyay "I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"
the scouser Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 ... or German? That's funnier than the joke! Scouse.
Phano Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Journalists' worst typo. Yesterday the local brid e was opened to the general public. It is envisaged it will handle peak time traffic at the same cost as off peak.
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