Re: The Scriptorium.
- From: "John Briggs" <john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:20:11 GMT
95 Thesen wrote:
On Jan 29, 9:14 pm, "Peter Jason" <p...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 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."
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
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 !"
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I don't always understand Aussie humour.
This is over my head, J'en suis sur.
David H
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Celibate?
--
John Briggs
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