[1841] in Humor
humor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LMCCOOPER@aol.com)
Thu Jan 23 23:46:37 1997
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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:40:26 -0500 (EST)
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From Alex Hinrichs:
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A monk was in a monastery with a vow of silence. The monks could only speak
2 words every 10 years. At the end of the first 10 years, the monk was taken
to the bishop , who said. "well, what are the two words you wish to speak?"
The monk replied "bed...hard."
Ten years went by and the monk went silently about his duties. Again it was
time for the monk to return to the bishop to speak his words. "well" said
the bishop. "what have you to say?"
The monk looked plaintively at the bishop and said "food...cold".
The bishop shook his head and sent the monk on his way.
Time passed, and soon ten more years had gone by. The monk made his way to
the bishop.
Again the bishop said "what have you to say?"
The monk looked up and said "I quit".
"well," the bishop replied "it's just as well. All you ever did was
complain."
