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13th June 2006, 10:41 PM
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 su bsequent 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 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 Abott. So, the
young monk gets worried and goes down to look for
him. He sees him banging his head against the wall
& nbsp;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,
" After all these years..... the word was
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Celebrate:D:D:D
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 su bsequent 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 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 Abott. So, the
young monk gets worried and goes down to look for
him. He sees him banging his head against the wall
& nbsp;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,
" After all these years..... the word was
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
..
Celebrate:D:D:D