Code of Silence

There was an order of monks who had the strictest code of silence in the world. They were only allowed to say 2 words every 10 years.

One day a young monk joined the order and went to work in the vineyards.

After 10 years had passed, the head monk approached him and said, “My son it is now time to speak your 2 words”.

The young monk replied with “hard bed”. He returned to work for another 10 years.

When the head monk approached him a second time and said "My son, it's time again to speak your 2 words."

This time he said “Bad food”.

Ten more years went by and the head monk approached him again and said, "My son, it;s time again to speak your 2 words."

This time the young monk replied “I quit”.

The old monk replied and said, “It doesn’t surprise me, all you’ve done is complain since you’ve been here”.