Three monks are doing meditation in a remote cave. One day a sound is heard from outside the cave. After about six months, one of the monks says, “Did you hear that goat?” Once again there was silence. About a year later, one of the other monks says, “That wasn’t a goat; it was a mule.” Again, there was silence. About two years later the third monk says, “If you two don’t stop arguing, I’m leaving.”
~ joke passed on by Craig Wilger