Monks and Monkeys
and
Nuns and Nonsense
The job of Windows Administrator for our home network is a demanding one--staying informed and educated is a job in and of itself. Indeed, that's my everyday challenge as SysAdm for the St.Elias-in-the-Fields Home Net.
Despite the full schedule, I have time to work on such exciting and
philosophical questions like, for instance, what is the difference between a monkey and a monk? Do you know that? If so, please tell me. Is the monkey a monk who has lost his key? Are these two species intellecually and mentally related? The monkeys imitate everything they see, and the monks believe everything they are told. Or is the resemblance merely external? They have both bald spots. One on the pate, the other one on the ass.
My wife flatly refuses to discuss this with me, therefore I need your help. Can you imagine what reasons she might have?
Personally I am more interested in nuns, especially the delicious
Liebfraumilch Blue Nun. By the way, why are they called nuns? Is it
connected to nunsense? They are sometimes called sisters which I find as an even more mysterious term. Sister to whom? Sisters to the monks or to the monkeys? There was a time, I was told, when nuns had their head shaved... so, I guess, they are sisters to both the monks with the bald pates and the monkeys with the bald ass. I have seen nuns, but here in Europe never without their head gear. Are they still bald? On the pate or on....?????
I am just a dumb prod, and my clerical horizon is somewhat limited. I may be slow, but I'm willing to learn. Have a nice day and may the peace of the monk(....) be with you!