re: #205 Decatur Deb
A man went to a monastery and talked to the head monk and said, “What do I need to do to join?” Was told that it was more difficult that what he thought. In our monastery monks are only allowed to say two words every year.” He said, “That sounds a bit extreme, but I’ve wanted to be a monk for so long, I’m going to give it a try.” So he was shown to his room.

For the next twelve months the man never said a word. At the end of his first year he was taken to the head monk, guy said, “Food’s bad.” He went back to his room, and was silent for another twelve months. At the end of his second year his two words were, “Bed’s hard.” Another twelve months of silence passed, the guy said, “I quit.”

The head monk said, “Well, it doesn’t surprise me. All you’ve done is complain since you got here.”