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Monks and the importance of proofreading. A new young monk arrives at the monastery and as
With all new monks 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, he goes to the head 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
fromthe 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 vaultthat 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!"