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The Monk

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  • 10-07-2008 1:16pm
    #1
    looder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭


    > The monks graciously accept
    >him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries
    >to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no
    >other that he has ever heard. 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 again accept him,
    >feed him, and even fix his car.
    >
    >
    >
    That night, he hears the same
    >strange mesmerizing sound that he had heard years earlier.
    >
    >The next morning, he asks what
    >the sound was, 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.
    >Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door
    >of the monastery. He says, I have travelled the earth and
    >devoted my life to the task demanded and have found what you
    >had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 blades of grass
    >and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.
    >
    >The monks reply,
    >Congratulations, you are correct and now you are 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 behind that door.
    >
    >The man reaches for the knob,
    >but the door is locked. He asks, 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 requests 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. And so it went
    >until the man had gone through doors of emerald,
    >
    ...... silver, topaz, and amethyst.
    >
    >
    >Finally, the monks say, this is
    >the 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 astonished to f ind the source of that strange sound. It
    >is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight.
    >
    >








    >. .. . But I can't tell you
    >what it is because you're not a monk.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > DONT SWEAR AT ME; I'M STILL
    >HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME! !!!!!!!


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    #2
    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,575 ✭✭✭patmac


    >>>Very good>>>> would be better>>> without the>>>


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    #3
    looder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭looder


    patmac wrote: »
    >>>Very good>>>> would be better>>> without the>>>
    yea, I know it would, but I just didn't have time to fix it up when I posted it


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    #4
    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,575 ✭✭✭patmac


    looder wrote: »
    yea, I know it would, but I just didn't have time to fix it up when I posted it

    No worries it's an annoyingly funny joke anyway


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    #5
    Steve_o
    Registered Users Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭Steve_o


    looder wrote: »
    > The monks graciously accept
    >him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries
    >to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no
    >other that he has ever heard. 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 again accept him,
    >feed him, and even fix his car.
    >
    >
    >
    That night, he hears the same
    >strange mesmerizing sound that he had heard years earlier.
    >
    >The next morning, he asks what
    >the sound was, 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.
    >Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door
    >of the monastery. He says, I have travelled the earth and
    >devoted my life to the task demanded and have found what you
    >had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 blades of grass
    >and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.
    >
    >The monks reply,
    >Congratulations, you are correct and now you are 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 behind that door.
    >
    >The man reaches for the knob,
    >but the door is locked. He asks, 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 requests 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. And so it went
    >until the man had gone through doors of emerald,
    >
    ...... silver, topaz, and amethyst.
    >
    >
    >Finally, the monks say, this is
    >the 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 astonished to f ind the source of that strange sound. It
    >is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight.
    >
    >








    >. .. . But I can't tell you
    >what it is because you're not a monk.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > DONT SWEAR AT ME; I'M STILL
    >HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME! !!!!!!!

    *Gets Shotgun*


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