På Munkeklosteret ;-)
The Monastery
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> A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a
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> 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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> 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; a
> sound like no other that he has ever heard. 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 years later, the same man breaks down in front of
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> The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car.
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> That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that
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> The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the monks
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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
> travelled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and have
> found what you had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 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 correct and now you
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> 'We shall now show you the way to the sound'.
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> The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk
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> The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks,
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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. And so
> it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,...
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> The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the
> knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source of that
> strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight
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> . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.
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> DON'T SWEAR AT ME;
> I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME!
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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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> >
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> >
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> >
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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; a
> sound like no other that he has ever heard. 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 years later, the same man breaks down in front of
> the same m onastery.
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
> The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car.
>
> >
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> That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that
> he had heard years earlier.
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> >
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> The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the monks
> reply,
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> 'We can't tell you. You're not a monk'.
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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'?
>
>
> >
>
> 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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> >
>
> >
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> >
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> >
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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
> travelled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and have
> found what you had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 blades of
> grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth'.
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> The monks reply, 'Congratulations, you are correct and now you
> are a monk'.
>
> 'We shall now show you the way to the sound'.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
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> >
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> The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk
> says, the sound is behind that door.
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> >
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> The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks,
> 'May I have the key'?
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> The monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
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> Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man
> requests the key to the stone door.
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> >
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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. And so
> it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,...
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >...silver, topaz, and amethyst.
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> Finally, the monks say, 'This is the key to the last door'.
>
> >
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> The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the
> knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source of that
> strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
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> . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.
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> >
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> >
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> DON'T SWEAR AT ME;
> I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME!