Sorry - But I Couldn't Resist Sharing This!!!!!
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debris4spikeA 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 because 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 because 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 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.
The monks reply, congratulations, you are correct, and you are now considered 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 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 on 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 relieved to be at the 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
.. But 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 STARTED THIS!
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Date: 2009-09-15 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-15 06:17 pm (UTC)You asked for this
A faous gastronome toured the world trying and tasting exotic dishes from each place he visited. He would seek out the finest chefs, the most amazing reataurants, the best ingredients always in a quest for that perfect taste experience.
And as he travelled and tasted and travelled more he hheard whispers of the most exotic and exclusive dish to be found on the face of the planet
Rumours spoke of a monestary high in the mountains of Tibet where only the most devoted of monks could sample a dish cooked to a secret recipe by monkish chefs sworn to silence and seclusion
Even the name of this dish was spoken in hushed and reverent whispers but the gastronome found a traveller who told him that the recipie was known as Pouei
The Gastronome became obsessed with the longing to taste this delight and sohe travelled to far Tibet and spoke there to a wise old monk
"My son"
Said the monk
" Only those who complete the seven sacred tasks and attain true enlightenment may gain the ultimate reward.. they and only they shall earn the right to be seated at the sacred table and partake of Pouei"
"Tell me oh wise man" said the traveller
" What are the seven tasks? I will devote my life to study and quest if only that I may , just once, taste this exquisite foodstuff"
You must Sail the seven seas for seven years and seven days
You must climb the seven sacred mountains for seven months and seven weeks
You must read the seven sacred texts seven times
You must run for seven miles with no water or rest
You must then return and study in our monestary for seven years, seven months and seven days
You must fast in the desert for seven days and seven nights
You must walk the monestary grounds barefoot for seven hours
And then you shall be deemed worthy and shall recieve Pouei
Over to next comment cos I'm mean
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Date: 2009-09-15 06:21 pm (UTC)Sailed the seven seas for seven years and seven days
Climbed the seven sacred mountains for seven months and seven weeks
Read the seven sacred texts seven times
Ran for seven miles with no water or rest
Returned and study in the monestary for seven years, seven months and seven days
Fasted in the desert for seven days and seven nights
Walked the monestary grounds barefoot for seven hours
And then, aged and tired and weary he went to the head monk
"My son" Said the head monk, you have completed the sacred tasks! you shall be deemed worthy and shall recieve Pouei
And he was led in pomp to the grand dining hall and the chef did say.....
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Date: 2009-09-15 06:22 pm (UTC)On the menu today we have apple pouei, steak and kidney pouei, shephards pouei...chicken and mushroom pouei....
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Date: 2009-09-15 07:25 pm (UTC)Very frustrated 'Aargh!!!' :D
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Date: 2009-09-15 08:43 pm (UTC):jumps up and down:
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