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Post by Geekster on Feb 14, 2004 5:54:32 GMT -5
A man joins a Tibetan Buddhist temple where he takes a vow of silence. He is allowed only to say two words every year.
After a long, hard year of eating rice, sleeping on a wooden bed with a raggedy blanket and working 14-hour days in the field, the man goes to the monk and says "More blankets".
Another year passes and he visits the head monk again and says "More food".
The man goes through one more year eting good meals and sleeping well, but he's drained by the long work days. He calls on the head monk and uses his two words to say "I'm leaving".
"Good" the head monk says. "You've done nothing but complain since you got here!"
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