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"Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:43:08 -0400
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i thought this was cute.



 Talk about a typo...

   A new monk arrives at the monastery.  He is assigned to help the
   other monks in copying the old texts by hand.  He notices, however,
   that they are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts.  So,
   the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this.  He points
   out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would
   be continued in all of the other copies.

   The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for
   centuries, but you make a good point, my son."  So, he goes down into
   the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original.

   Hours go by and nobody sees him.  So, one of the monks goes
   downstairs to look for him.  He hears sobbing coming from the back of
   the cellar, and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original
   books crying. He asks the old monk what's wrong, and in a choked
   voice came the reply..."The word is celebrate."

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