Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Meh. Monking is hanging around in an old building with a load of other fellas, tonsures, not having any carnal goings on for the rest of your life, itchy, hempen garments, a lot of silence interspersed with plainsong and haunting places for centuries after your death.
That's an Umberto Eco novel. I'm talking proper monks, particularly those who follow Our Dear Leader, HHDL.

He must be almost dead now. I wonder who the next one will be? Exciting times.