The Source Of The Sound ...

[jones jones]

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, 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."



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 again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car.



That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that he had

heard years earlier.

The next morning, he asks what the sound was, 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 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."

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 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."

The monks reply: "Congratulations, you are correct and now you are 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 behind that door."

The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks: "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 requests the key to the stone door.

The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of

rubies. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that

door is another door, this one made of sapphires. And so it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald ... silver ... topaz and amethyst.

Finally, the monks say: "This is the key to the last door."

The man is so relieved. 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 ...



But I'm sorry ... I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.











DON'T SWEAR AT ME; I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME!

[shelbell]

Too funny Jj! :wah::wah::wah:

[shelbell]

Pssst, Jj...you already know the numbers of blades of grass and the sand pebbles, so go be a monk and let the rest of us know the answer!!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

[jones jones]

shelbell;951322 wrote: Pssst, Jj...you already know the numbers of blades of grass and the sand pebbles, so go be a monk and let the rest of us know the answer!!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


i would too shelly ... the silence ... the peace ...

but no ladies ... waaaaaaaaaaaah!

Jj :-6

[shelbell]

jones jones;951334 wrote: i would too shelly ... the silence ... the peace ...

but no ladies ... waaaaaaaaaaaah!

Jj :-6


The we're gonna need a volunteer!