Grandad
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A Trappist joke (told to me while at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey; Leicester; UK):
‘Like all Benedictines, we have a Rule of Silence. However, every Easter our Novice Master allows just one of his charges to say a few words on Abbey life. On this particular year it was Brother Matthew's turn:
‘I really love it here’, he said. ‘The companionship is wonderful, and the spirituality awesome. I’m truly sorry to say, however, that the food is terrible. It is easily the worst I have ever had to endure.’
'On the second year the turn fell to Brother Mark:
‘I agree wholeheartedly with Brother Matthew that the companionship here is wonderful, and the spirituality awesome. But I really do have to wonder if he’s right in the head when it comes to his attack on the quality of our food. I maintain – most strongly – that ours is truly wonderful. Easily the very best it has ever been my good fortune to enjoy’.
'On the third year, Brother Luke stepped forward:
‘I also love it here, Father’, he said. ‘But what really depresses me is this constant bickering over food!’
‘Like all Benedictines, we have a Rule of Silence. However, every Easter our Novice Master allows just one of his charges to say a few words on Abbey life. On this particular year it was Brother Matthew's turn:
‘I really love it here’, he said. ‘The companionship is wonderful, and the spirituality awesome. I’m truly sorry to say, however, that the food is terrible. It is easily the worst I have ever had to endure.’
'On the second year the turn fell to Brother Mark:
‘I agree wholeheartedly with Brother Matthew that the companionship here is wonderful, and the spirituality awesome. But I really do have to wonder if he’s right in the head when it comes to his attack on the quality of our food. I maintain – most strongly – that ours is truly wonderful. Easily the very best it has ever been my good fortune to enjoy’.
'On the third year, Brother Luke stepped forward:
‘I also love it here, Father’, he said. ‘But what really depresses me is this constant bickering over food!’
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