[3663] in Humor
The Typo
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Tue May 14 16:58:59 2002
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From: "Andrew Bennett" <abennett@irobot.com>
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Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:55:25 -0400
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A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks
in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying
from copies, not the original manuscripts.
So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this, pointing out
that if there were an error in the first copy, 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 cellar with one of the copies to check it against
the original. Hours go by and nobody sees him. So, one of the monks goes
downstairs to look for him. Hearing sob! bing coming from the back of the
cellar, he finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying.
He asks the old monk what's wrong, and in a choked voice came the reply,
"The word is CELEBRATE."
