Cant Tell You
9:42 PM
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
>>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?"
> > The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, 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."
> >
> > 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
> > monastery. The monks gain accepts him, feed him, and even fix his car.
> > That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years
> > earlier. The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We
> > can't tell you. You're not a monk."
> >
> > The man says, "All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I
> > can find out what that sound 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."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > The monks reply, "Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show
> > you the way to the sound. The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where
> > the head monk says, "The sound is right behind that door." The man reaches
> > for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. May I have the
> > key?"
> >
> > The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door
> > is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door.
> > 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
> > had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, and amethyst.
> > Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."
> > The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and
> > behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange
> > sound.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > . . . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk. (Hahahaha... Dying of curiosity rite??? )
