A man is driving down the road and his car breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?" The Monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. A sound not likes anything he's ever heard before. The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into crashing his ship comes to mind. He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns trying to figure out what could possibly be making such a seductive sound.
The next morning, he asks the Monks about the origin of the sound and they reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk." Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that sound, the man goes back to the monastery and pleads again for the answer. The Monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk, then please, make me a Monk."
The Monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of grains of sand. When you find these answers, you will have become a Monk."
The man sets about his task.
After years of searching he returns as a gray-haired old man and knocks on the door of the monastery. A Monk answers and he is taken before a gathering of all the Monks. "In my quest to find what makes that beautiful sound, I traveled the earth and have found what you asked for. By design, the world is in a state of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask. All a man can know is himself, and only then if he is honest and reflective and willing to strip away self deception."
The Monks reply, "Congratulations. You have become a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the mystery of the sacred sound." The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says to the man, "The sound is beyond that door." The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man is given the key to the stone door and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. And so it went that he needed keys to open doors of emerald, pearl and diamond.
Finally, they come to a door made of solid gold. The sound has become very clear and definite. The Monks say, "This is the last key to the last door." The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's wish is behind that door! With trembling hands, he unlocks the door, turns the knob, and slowly pushes open the door. Falling to his knees, he is utterly amazed to discover the source of that haunting and seductive sound.
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But, I can't tell you what it is because you're not a Monk.
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You pig, that was like watching the first episode of lord of the rings, im off on a quest now to become a monkess lol, (excellent by the way)
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 08:37:34
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oh my god, that's so frustrating!!!
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 09:03:31
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ARGGGGHHHHHH .................. what am i supposed to do now i want to know what the noise was .......... but i aint becoming a monk to find out ......... they have dodge hair cuts u know and brown doesn't suit me lol
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 09:13:29
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pmsl roeby.....ffs, that was so frustrating lol (well, i expect most monks are, frustrated that is!!) hehehe
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 10:03:20
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Oooooooooooooh, you rotten tease!
Good though.
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 10:06:49
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there is a one word answer to people who tell jokes like this
but I cant tell you it
lol
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 10:12:48
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shhh! Im counting the grass, dont put me off. Must become a monk. lol
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 14:28:36
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lol fred
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 14:32:07
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pmsl git
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 17:53:49
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In a dodgy old chinese voice "grasshopper, when you can snatch this stone from my withered hand, oi you theiving git, give it back......................."
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 18:04:02
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i once considered becoming a monk
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 18:06:23
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Yer but as per you sobered up the next day, and said i`m having nun of that.
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 18:07:52
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lol
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 19:16:51
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oerrrr u wanna get out of that HABIT froog lol
THE MONK - Posted on 2006-08-01 20:16:46
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Pls Give me sanctuary from bad jokes, anyone wnat to play dominoes?
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