Awful Joke Of The Day

After unsuccessfully trying to purchase a Nintendo DS wireless USB port, so that we could get online with the evil, EVIL Animal Crossing and leave our towns open for other people to visit, we were walking around Funan Center (The Geek Mall for tech-heads) and I spotted a rather amazing thing. In the Apple store was a honest to Bhaghavad Gita Buddhist monk, with bald head and orange robes, casually perusing the wares.

Now, I’m not by any stretch of the imagination an expert on Buddhism but I’ve always been under the impression that one of the basic tenets of the religion is the giving up of earthly desires, ie, learning not to want anything, for the root of all suffering is desire. So imagine my surprise when I see one of these noble purveyors of sublime apathy actually checking out iBooks and iPods.

Of course, that’s when it occurred to me that in one way, it made sense, ’cause…

Drum roll please…

How else can you get Nirvana at the touch of a button?

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrimshot.

Thank you, thank you, you’re a great crowd, I’ll be here ’till Wednesday…