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 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!!!"
2007-07-23 00:16:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Good joke. Have a star. Let's celebrate after that. hehe hehe
2007-07-23 00:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
11/10 excellent
2007-07-23 10:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm smart enough not to say something like that around my wife. She wouldn't unplug the TV and dump my beer... she'd just shoot me!
2016-05-20 23:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by carmel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked it - a bit of cheer! Have a wee star.
2007-07-23 00:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by M'SMA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha
2007-07-23 03:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny
2007-07-23 00:18:24 · answer #6 · answered by capa-de-monty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha haHA HAha HAhaha HAHAha HAhaHA
2007-07-23 00:20:44 · answer #7 · answered by LMB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny - except that it's "celibate" with an "i"
2007-07-23 00:24:31 · answer #8 · answered by john n 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good joke! ......celebrate!
2007-07-23 00:20:29 · answer #9 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha! let's celebrate!
2007-07-23 01:01:21 · answer #10 · answered by wildflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋