[Jokes] FW: [TTFF] History's Worst Typo

[McKenna, Chris (RDSSW)]

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From: ian.jones13 
Sent: 19 January 2004 17:29
Subject: [TTFF] History's Worst Typo


A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other
monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices,
however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the
original manuscript.

So, the new monk goes to the Abbot to question this, pointing out that if
someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked
up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent 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 dark caves underneath the monastery where the
original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been
opened for hundreds of years.

Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried
and goes downstairs to look for him.

He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We forgot the
"R", We forgot the "R" His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is
crying uncontrollably.

The young monk asks the old Abbot, "What's wrong, father?"

With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies, "The word is celebrate." "The
word is celebRate."





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