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Joke Id: 59
Joke Title: Whats that sound?
Joke: A 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.
The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but
they say, "We can't tell you. 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 noise that he had heard years earlier. The next morning,
he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't tell you.
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 traveled the earth and have found what you have asked for.
There are 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 now 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 right behind that door." The man reaches for the knob,
but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. 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 demands 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. So it went until the man had gone through doors of
emerald, silver, topaz, and amethyst.
Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."
The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to
find the source of that strange sound.
But I can't tell you
what it is because
you're not a monk.
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