>>A new young monk arrives at the monastery. 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, the new monk goes to the 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 Abbot says, "We have been
>>copying
>>from the 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 in a locked vault that hasn't been opened
>>for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.
>>
>>Eventually the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for
>>him. He sees him banging his head against the wall. His forehead is all
>>bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably. The young monk asks
>>the old
>>abbot, "What's wrong, father?" In a choking voice, the old abbot replies,
>>"The
>>word is CELEBRATE, not CELIBATE!"