Monastery Life

[cameroncrazy822]

A young monk arrives at the monastery.
He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the
old canons and laws 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."

He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery
where the original manuscripts are 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 down to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing,

"We missed the R! We missed the R! We missed 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,

"The word was...

C E L E BRA T E!!!"

[drag0nmanes]

Hahaha, thats a good one. Guess they'll have to start making up for all those years of lost time.

[cameroncrazy822]

It's a bit too long for my liking but the punch line was good so I figured I put it out there. The best ones are short, to the point, and unpredictable. This one has one out of three. Glad ya liked it though.

[Redlemon]

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Celibacy for priests is a discipline in the Roman Catholic Church, not a doctrine: in other words, a church regulation, but not an integral part of Church teaching. It is based upon the life of Christ and his celibate way of life. However the first pope, St. Peter, as well as many subsequent popes, bishops, and priests during the church's first 270 years were in fact married men, and often fathers. The practice of clerical continence along with a prohibition of marriage to men once ordained a deacon, priest or bishop by the Council of Elvira. This law was reinforced in the West at the Council of Carthage in 390. It remains law today for Latin Rite Catholics, but not for Eastern Catholics. Until recently, the Eastern Catholic bishops of North America would generally ordain only unmarried men, for fear that married priests would create scandal. Since Vatican II's call for the restoration of Eastern Catholic traditions, a number of bishops have returned to the traditional practice of ordaining married men to the presbyterate. Bishops are still celibate and normally chosen from the ranks of monks.

Also, the original manuscript wasn't written in English.

/pedantic

[cameroncrazy822]

WOW! Thanks for the buzz kill research. Very appropriate for the humor forum.
Well done indeed my friend, well done indeed!

[Redlemon]

Hey, I'm an obsessive librarian, what can I do?

(I knew this joke before you posted it, and laughed at first, then I thought about it and realized it made absolutely no sense whatsover. Sorry 'bout the buzzkill.)

(Also, if you weren't aware,

pedantic: Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: 'a pedantic attention to details'.

[cameroncrazy822]

Originally Posted by Redlemon

Hey, I'm an obsessive librarian, what can I do?

(I knew this joke before you posted it, and laughed at first, then I thought about it and realized it made absolutely no sense whatsover. Sorry 'bout the buzzkill.)

(Also, if you weren't aware,

Obsess away my pedantic librarian buzz killing friend....

More fodder for research:
1. Blonde jokes and why they just don't hold up under scrutiny
2. Redneck jokes... why the unfounded stereotyping?
3. Priest jokes... why making fun of them is like spitting in the face of God (not funny at all)

Ready set go!!!!!

[Redlemon]

No no no, it's about the internal consistency of the joke. For example, a blonde joke posits that blondes are stupid/slutty/gullible, and the rest of the joke is consistent with that.

[cameroncrazy822]

Originally Posted by Redlemon

No no no, it's about the internal consistency of the joke. For example, a blonde joke posits that blondes are stupid/slutty/gullible, and the rest of the joke is consistent with that.

and for redneck jokes...

[Chiyachan]

Poor guys. I wouldnt wanna miss the R

[Charlatan]

The post banter is funnier than the original joke.

[cameroncrazy822]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

The post banter is funnier than the original joke.

That is sooo true!