funny joke
"Yeah, my car broke down along the B3242 and I had decided to walk the 20 miles to Kenmare when a frightful storm descended, so in desperation I headed towards some lights in the middle of nowhere."
"Oh?"
"Turned out it was a monastery. They took me in, fed me and gave me dry clothes. Such fine people."
"They're supposed to be. They're monks."
"Yeah, I know, but there was something really special about the place, you know, like a presence. I asked them what it was, but they wouldn't tell me. Said I had to be a monk.
Anyways, next day they called a tow truck and I went on my way."
"And?"
"Well the strange thing is, I broke down again along that same road about 8 months later, and walked to the monastery. They were really glad to see me, and not at all surprised - they helped me again, no problems. Again I sensed that presence and I asked them what it was, but again they wouldn't tell me. Said I had to be a monk. So I did."
"Did what?"
"I decided to become a monk."
"You didn't!"
"Yes, I did. Mind you, I'm still just a novice, but it wasn't simple - they gave me this big task to do: I had to count how many pebbles there were in the drive. Took my three days on my bloodied hands and knees, without any food or water, but I did it."
"Pebbles? Bejeesus, you could've just made a number up!"
"No, I counted them. There were 2,302,982."
"And were you right?"
"Just about."
"I can't believe you did that. So what then?"
"They took me down to the cellars, where there was a maze of underground corridors, all dark and damp. We walked for miles, it seemed, until we came to an old wooden door, smaller than any other door I ever saw. There they left me with a key and a candle.
I hesitated at first, but then curiosity got the better of me and I unlocked the door and went in. The room was large, like a cavern or a large hall. I couldn't really see because I didn't have enough light to see the ceiling or the walls, but then I saw it, in the middle, on a wooden table, the most wondrous thing..."
"What?"
"Oh, you'd need to be a monk for me to tell you."
