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Subject: young monk

A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the
Other monks in copying the old canons and law 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 manuscript is 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 downstairs 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, "Celebrate, the word is
Celebrate!"

 

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