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History's Worst Typo by HotCajun on 11 Apr, 2007 17:19
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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 head 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 head monk, 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 as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years.
Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.
So, the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We forgot the "R", We forgot the "R" His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies, "The word is celebrate." "The word is celebRate."
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#1 by PigPen on 11 Apr, 2007 17:30
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DOH!
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#2 by Tyler on 11 Apr, 2007 17:34
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#3 by Razor X on 11 Apr, 2007 17:54
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That is like the true story about the accounting firm that didn't proofread the auditor's letter in their client's annual report, and left a very crucial letter out of the word "public" in "Certified Public Accountants."
The omission of one letter can make things take on a whole new meaning.
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#4 by Paul on 11 Apr, 2007 17:56
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