# I've forgotten the punch line

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 21, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414 "2005-07-21T03:05:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/1 "2005-07-21T03:05:17Z")

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A Buddhist monk approaches a hot dog vendor on the street.  
“Make me one with everything!”  
The vendor slips him the dog, and he gives the vendor $20.00  
After a few moments of being ignored, the Monk inquires, “Hey, where’s my change?”  
And the hot dog vendor replies…

I’ve forgotten. ☹

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**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/2 "2005-07-21T03:09:24Z")

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Change comes from within

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**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/3 "2005-07-21T03:09:55Z")

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True change comes from within.

We need a Buddhist smiley

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/4 "2005-07-21T03:21:08Z")

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Thank you!  
Y’all are Gentlemen and Scholars.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/5 "2005-07-21T03:22:01Z")

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Change comes from within.

However beyond that this seems to be the perfect place to unveil my Buddist/hot dog vendor corollary:

Consider wisely: A Buddist monk goes up to hot dog vendor and \*though he knows him to be \* solely a purveyor of processed meat products, _yet he asks him_ for a double scoop of chocolate.

Get it? Get it??? It’s an ice cream koan!

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/6 "2005-07-21T03:23:40Z")

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Q: What did the Buddhist monk say to the hot dog vendor?

A: Make me one with everything.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/7 "2005-07-21T03:30:09Z")

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> [@betenoir](#):
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> Consider wisely: A Buddist monk goes up to hot dog vendor and \*though he knows him to be \* solely a purveyor of processed meat products, _yet he asks him_ for a double scoop of chocolate.

Zen what happened?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/8 "2005-07-21T03:34:10Z")

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> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#):
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> Zen what happened?

I feel personally responsible for that, and apologize to the board at large.  
🙂

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/9 "2005-07-21T03:38:48Z")

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> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#):
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> Zen what happened?

What did the Chinese monk say to the Japanese monk?  
“That was Zen, this is Dao.”

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**Author:** ![Available\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Available\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Available_Jones)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-forgotten-the-punch-line/313414/10 "2005-07-21T13:42:09Z")

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> [@Dr. Rieux](#):
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> What did the Chinese monk say to the Japanese monk?  
> “That was Zen, this is Dao.”

Brilliant!

But now I have to explain the water sprayed all over my monitor at work!