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Post by flyboy2610 on Mar 27, 2004 20:06:45 GMT -5
There was a monastery where everyone took an oath of total silence, except one monk could say one sentence once a year on Jan 1st. Jan 1st came and at the evening meal one monk stood up and stated "These potatoes are cold." He then sat down and no one else said a word for the rest of the year. Next Jan 1st at the evening meal a different monk stood up and said "These potatoes are fine." He then sat down and no one else said a word for the rest of the year. Next Jan 1st at the evening meal a third monk stood up and announced "I'm leaving the monastery." The head abbott, being very perplexed and concerned, decided this was too important to remain silent about. "Why are you leaving us, brother?" "Because I can't take this constant bickering!"
A Catholic tour group to the South Pacific was led by a group of Benedictine monks. The group was captured by a tribe of cannibals who decide to boil the lay people and have them for a feast.. "Why not boil the monks, too?" asked one cannibal. "Because," replied the chief, "Those are friars."
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