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But you heard about the scottish monks who went into business, right? I thought from the subject line this was going to be <i>that</i> one.
See, they grew these beautiful flowers in the courtyard of their cloister, and one clever entrepeneurial monk hit on the idea of opening a floral shop to sell these flowers.
Naturally, the faithful of the countryside shopped this floral shop exclusively, which irked the competitor florists no end. They ran specials on spyrea, put discounts on the daisies, and finally, after no amount of competitive marketing worked to curb the competition, they hired local bully Hugh McTaggart to go put the pinch on the monk's business.
McTaggart swaggared into the monk shop one afternoon, knocked over a few vases, and announced that the monks had better close up shop if they knew what was good for them. Which is exactly what the terrified monks did, and they stayed out of the flower game from then on.
Which proves the point: Only Hugh can prevent florist friars.
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