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From: rene@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: nun joke
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 20:13:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 20 20:13:59 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Oct-83 06:42:05 EDT
Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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There was a nun at a convent who was a fantastic sculptor. She would
take a lump of clay and transform it into something that almost seemed
to move, to be alive. She thought nothing of her work (other than it
was a gift from God) and gave pieces away to friends outside the
convent where they often sold for thousands of dollars because of their
amazing vitality and realism. 
	After several years, the nun decided to gift her convent with
a very special sculpture - an exact copy of Michelangelo's David. She
started in great secrecy, wanting to be ready for the 100th anniversary
of the founding of the convent. Only the Mother Superior even knew
that she was attempting to duplicate Michelangelo's famous work of
art.
	One evening, when she was almost finished, the nun went to the
Mother Superior in anguish.
	"Oh, Mother Superior!" she cried, "there is one part of the
male anatomy I simply cannot do! It would be like creating an artist's
conception!" The Mother Superior nodded wisely, and thought a moment.
	"We'll ask the gardener. He's the only man allowed on the
convent grounds, and can be trusted to be quiet about this ... indiscretion."
So the gardener was convinced to come in at midnight for several
nights, and was given a hefty bonus for his trouble. The Mother
Superior stood watch every night.
	Finally the big day came. The piece had been cast, and the
final product stood in the garden under a tarp. Speeches were made,
ribbons were cut, and nuns wondered in whispers about the large,
tarp-covered object that was the center of the celebration. Then the
big moment came - the tarp was pulled off to reveal the magnificent
sculpture.
	 The nuns all gasped, "THE GARDENER!"
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