Monk Jokes / Recent Jokes
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, 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 accept him, feed him, 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 more...
A new monk joins the trapist order and takes a vow of silence. He is however allowed to speak every ten years.
After ten years he is summoned to see the Friar.
"It is ten years since you last spoke. Do you have anything to say?" says the friar.
"Well yes" replies the monk, "The bed is a little hard, could I have an extra blanket?"
Ten years after this it is time to speak again.
"What do you have to say?" says the friar.
"Well" says the monk "I wonder if we could have a little more milk with our cornflakes in the morning?"
Ten years after this it is time once again to speak.
"What do you have to say this time?" asks the friar.
"I've been thinking," says the monk, "I've been here 30 years and I'm really not sure I'm suited to the life. I think I would like to leave"
"Thank God for that," says the friar, "You've done nothing but complain since more...