Witty Wednesday # 33

I can thank my food and wine bloggy friend Barbara who has just moved back to Australia for this one!


A man is driving down the road and his car 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-- a sound unlike anything he's ever heard before. The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into crashing his ship come to his mind. He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns trying to figure out what could possibly be making such an intriguing and seductive 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.'

Distraught, the man is forced to leave.

Years later, after never being able to forget that sound, the man goes back to the monastery and pleads for the answer again.

The Monks reply, 'We can't tell you. You're not a Monk.'

The man says, 'If the only way I can find out what is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk, then please, make me 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 grains of sand. When you find these answers, you will have become a Monk.'

The man sets about his task.

After years of searching, he returns as a gray-haired old man and knocks on the door of the monastery. A Monk answers. He is taken before a gathering of all the Monks.

'In my quest to find what makes that beautiful sound, I traveled the earth and have found what you asked for: By design, the world is in a state of perpetual change.
Only God knows what you ask. All a man can know is himself, and only then if he is honest and reflective and willing to strip away self deception.'

The Monks reply, 'Congratulations. You have become a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the mystery of the sacred sound.'

The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, 'The sound is beyond that door.'

The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door, made of stone. The man is given the key to the stone door and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. And so it goes that he needs keys to doors of emerald, pearl and diamond.

Finally, they come to a door made of solid gold. The sound has become very clear and definite. The Monks say, 'This is the last key to the last door.'

The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's wish is behind that door!

With trembling hands, he unlocks the door, turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door open. Falling to his knees, he is utterly amazed to discover the source of that haunting and seductive sound.
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But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a Monk.

Now, before you yell at me, please remember that I am not a monk
either, so I don't know the answer!
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Embee sent me this one.......

And They Ask---

Why I Like Retirement????



Question: How many days in a week?

Answer: 6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday

Question: When is a retiree's bedtime?

Answer: Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.



Question: How many retirees to change a light bulb?

Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.

Question: What's the biggest gripe of retirees?

Answer: There is not enough time to get everything done.

Question: Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?

Answer: The term comes with a 10% percent discount.

Question: Among retirees what is considered formal attire?

Answer: Tied shoes.

Question: Why do retirees count pennies?

Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.

Question: What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?

Answer: NUTS!



Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?

Answer:They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Question: What do retirees call a long lunch?

Answer: Normal



Question: What is the best way to describe retirement?

Answer: The never ending Coffee Break.

Question: What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?

Answer: If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.



Question: Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?

Answer: He is too polite to tell the whole truth.

Question: What do you do all week?

Answer: Monday to Friday; Nothing

Saturday & Sunday I rest.





(I hate to admit that I can relate to some of them~ actually a lot of them!!)


So, If you have not yet retired, look what you have to look forward to.







Have a good day whatever you are doing~ no snoozing in the chair for me I'm off for a swim. Mind you it is a session for the over 50's !!!!!!

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