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Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker of the site of significant historical developments spanning more than 2,000 years. When Sister Maria Cyrilla of the Order of the Perpetual Watch dies, the convent of St. Elias will be closed by the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Macedonia.
However, that isn't likely to happen soon as Sister Maria, 53, enjoys excellent health. By her own estimate, she walks 10 miles daily about the grounds of the convent, which once served as a base for the army of Attila the Hun. In more ancient times, a Greek temple to Eros, the god of love, occupied the hilltop site.
Historians say that Attila took over the old temple in 439 A.D. and used it as a base for his marauding army. The Huns are believed to have first collected and then destroyed a large gathering of Greek legal writs at the site. It is believed that Attila wanted to study the Greek legal system and had the writs and other documents brought to the temple.
Scholars differ on why he had the valuable documents destroyed, either because he was barely literate and couldn't read them, or because they provided evidence of a democratic government that did not square with his own notion of rule by an all-powerful tyrant.
When the Greek church took over the site in the 15th Century and the convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros destroyed, so another ancient Greek treasure was lost. Today, there is only the lone sister, watching over the old Hun base, amidst the strife of War-torn Yugoslavia, and when she goes, that will be it.

Thus, that's how it ends, with No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.
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Bill McCray (Email Removed) had it: [nq:1]Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a ... will be it. [/nq] I've read it five times and I still don't get it.

  • Bill McCray (Email Removed) had it: [nq:1]Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a ...
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  • [/nq] I've read it five times and I still don't get it.
  • However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny.
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Bill McCray (Email Removed) had it:
[nq:1]Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a ... will be it. Thus, that's how it ends, with No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.[/nq]
I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny.
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[nq:2]Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between ... Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.[/nq]
[nq:1]I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny.[/nq]
Translate to the American announcement after an inning of baseball where there were "no runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on base".

That's
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[nq:2]Thus, that's how it ends, with No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.[/nq]
[nq:1]I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny. http://www.sprex.com/else/sidman/puntifex.html[/nq]
Something to do with baseball, I believe.
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[nq:2]Thus, that's how it ends, with No Huns, no writs, no Eros, and nun left on base.[/nq]
[nq:1]I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny.[/nq]
"nun left on base" sounds as though we should be thinking baseball.

As this is an incomprehensible game played in only a few corners of the planet, we ordinary mortals can't be e
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[nq:1]I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny. http://www.sprex.com/else/sidman/puntifex.html[/nq]
I feel compelled to post a pun far worse which may have broader appeal;

"Mahatma Gandhi walked barefoot everywhere, to the point that
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Darn, got the wrong group again. Still, this group might appreciate this one anyway.
Bill
[nq:1]Outside a small Macedonian village close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a ... Eros, and nun left on base. Reverse parts of the ISP name and the user name for my e-address[/nq]
Reverse parts of the ISP name and the user name for my e-address
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Tony Cooper had it:
[nq:1]Translate to the American announcement after an inning of baseball where there were "no runs, no hits, no errors, and ... though, but that's the point of the pun sequence. The actual announcement would be "no hits, no runs, no errors".[/nq]
Do you pronounce Eros as "erros"? In UK English he's "ear-oss".

David
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[nq:2]I've read it five times and I still don't get it. However, it's all over the Net so it must be funny.[/nq]
[nq:1]"nun left on base" sounds as though we should be thinking baseball. As this is an incomprehensible game played in only a few corners of the planet, we ordinary mortals can't be expected to understand the joke.[/nq]
Threw you a googley, eh.

Tony Coo
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Tony Cooper had it:
[nq:2] "nun left on base" sounds as though we ... we ordinary mortals can't be expected to understand the joke.[/nq]
[nq:1]Threw you a googley, eh.[/nq]
"googly". furrfu.

David
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[nq:2]Translate to the American announcement after an inning of baseball ... actual announcement would be "no hits, no runs, no errors".[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you pronounce Eros as "erros"? In UK English he's "ear-oss".[/nq]
I think many USans pronounce it "air-uss" or "air-oss" so the "airers" pun is a pretty good one. I don't, of course, and I missed the pun right up until the nun part.
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