08cheekylady
30th March 2006, 11:01 PM
What's that sound.........
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> The man says, All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I
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> The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, Real funny.
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> . .. . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.
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> A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes
> to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke down. Do you
> think I could stay the night?
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> (Keep scrolling down to unveil the Suspense......................)
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> The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As
> the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning,
> he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, We can't tell you.
> You're not a monk.
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> The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry
> way. Some yea! rs later, the same man breaks down in front of the same
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> The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, We can't tell
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> The man says, All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I
> can find out what that sound was, is to become a monk, how do I become a
> monk?
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> The monks reply, You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of
> grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these
> numbers, you will become a monk.
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> The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he returns and
> knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, I have traveled the earth
> and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades
> of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.
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> The monks reply, Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show
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> The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, The
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> The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, Real funny.
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> The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of
> ruby.. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that
> door is another door, this one made of sapphire. So it went until the man
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> . .. . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.