:-)= After De Rance set up the Trappist order, the first few years were turbulent, with only one sentence per year allowed the whole community, and that to be said over breakfast … .

:-)= 1664: Brother Francis : :-)= This porridge is cold.

:-)= 1665: Brother Benedict: :-)= This porridge is too hot.

:-)= 1666: Brother Pierre: :-)= This porridge is lumpy.’

:-)= 1667: Brother Pierre: :-)= This porridge is watery.

:-)= 1668: Abbot De Rance: :-)= ‘With so much to discuss, why are you all griping about the porridge?’

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Goldilocks and the 4 monks explains the gap in Trappist history until 1710 when someone laughed.

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I always thought the punchline was:

Abbot: I’m leaving the order. Can’t stand this continual arguing about porridge.

(But that’s two sentences… ;o)

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