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There was this guy named Bob who decided one day to get a van and travel around Australia. He drives until, somewhere around Perth, his van breaks down. A few minutes pass until a monk drives along and offers to help. Bob tells the monk he needs a lift to the mechanic. The monk drives him to the mechanic, who checks out the van. He tells Bob that he’ll be able to fix the van, but it will have to be kept in overnight.
The monk tells him that he’d be welcome to stay the night at his temple. Bob’s grateful for the favour and agrees.
He goes to the temple and talks to the other monks until they start to go to bed. As Bob is about to go into his room a monks asks him if he’d like anything else.
"Well", says Bob, "There is this one thing, but"
"Yes?" says the monk.
"Well, can I have" a banana and a ball of string?" asks Bob.
The monk goes and tells his friends Bob’s request. Some say they should ask why he wants them.
"No" says the head monk, "He’s our guest and we should respect his privacy."
The other monks agree, they give the man the things and they all go to sleep.
One year later, Bob decides to go on another trip on a bus, so he starts travelling. He goes fine until somewhere around Perth, the bus breaks down. He can’t see what went wrong. He waits until, who should appear, but the same monk.
"You look familiar," says the monk. Bob tells him of when his van broke down.
"I remember" Says the monk, "Do you needs a lift"
They go to the mechanic, who retrieves the broken down bus and explains that the problem could be fixed, but the bus will have to be kept in overnight.
Bob thanks the mechanic, he asks the monk if he can sleep in his temple again.
"Certainly" Says the monk, and they drive back to the temple, where Bob chats and eats and drinks until he decides it time for bed. As he’s about to leave one of the monks asks him if there’s anything else he’d like.
"Well, would you happen to have a banana and a ball of string?" he asks.
The monk says he’ll check and goes to the other monks, he tells them that the man has asked for the things again. Some say they should ask him about it, "No," says the head monk, "we should respect his privacy" So the monk gives Bob the things and they all go to bed. The next day Bob leaves.
The same things happens for five years, with Bob staying with the monks and talking and eating and drinking until bedtime, and when Bob is asked if he’d like anything else, he asks for a banana and a ball of string.
"Enough is enough" says the head monk, "He’s been he seven times and has always wanted the same thing, I think it’s time we asked him."
They go to Bob’s room, but he doesn’t let them come in.
"We’ve given you somewhere to stay three times now, and each time you’ve asked for a banana and a ball of string, the first time we were happy to let our curiosity’s be, but it’s just gone too far. What the hell would you want with a banana and a ball of string?"
"Okay" says Bob "But you have to promise never to tell anyone"
"We promise never to tell anyone," say the monks.
And they haven’t.
