Book Of Ha Ha

The Monk's Secret

A man's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere one night. He sees a sign that says "Monastery 1 mile" and decides maybe they'll let him stay for a night or two while he figures out where to get the car fixed. He goes inside and the monks feed him dinner and let him stay the night. All night the man hears a loud thumping coming from a large wooden door next to his room. The following morning, he decides to ask the monks what was going on behind the door.

"Sorry, we can't tell you" the monks say to him.

"Why not?" the man asks.

"Because you're not a monk."

So, the man asks how one becomes a monk.

"Well" says a monk, "you have to take a long and painstaking pilgrimage across the land, count every grain of sand, every blade of grass, count every inch of sky, and comb the land until you've learned the patience that it takes to become a monk."

The man stops and thinks for a while, but finally, decides to take the plunge and make the journey to become a monk.

Years later, the man returns to the monastery, and speaks to the other monks.

"I've completed my journey. I've counted every grain of sand, every blade of grass. I've counted every inch of sky and combed the land, and I've learned the patience that being a monk takes."

"Very well then" says the monk.

He hands the man a key to the wooden door. The man opens the door with the key, and behind the large wooden door, is a hallway. At the end of the hallway is an even larger bronze door. Behind the bronze door is an even larger silver door. Behind the silver door is a gold door. Behind the gold door, another wooden door. The man begins to become confused. The cycle repeats until finally, he comes to the final door, and behind it, the loud thumping sound. He opens the final door.

And what was behind it? Well, I'd tell you, but you're not a monk, so I can't.