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LibraSparkle
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posted April 24, 2005 03:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LibraSparkle     Edit/Delete Message
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." 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 abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing, "We forgot the "R", we forgot 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, "The word was 'celebrate.' "

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BlueRoamer
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posted April 24, 2005 04:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
tee hee

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Bluemoon
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posted April 24, 2005 06:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bluemoon     Edit/Delete Message
2 funny, I have to borrow that one!!

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lalalinda
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posted April 24, 2005 07:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lalalinda     Edit/Delete Message

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Gia
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posted April 24, 2005 07:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gia     Edit/Delete Message
I liked it.

Gia

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Saturn's Child
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posted April 24, 2005 09:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Saturn's Child     Edit/Delete Message

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