The Monk

A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping
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 manuscripts are
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 down 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 was 'celebrate'"