(CNN) - It was two years in the making for a television crew to get access inside one of the holiest sites of the Greek Orthodox world, the monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece. The cluster of 20 monasteries has remained perched on the cliffs high above the Aegean Sea for centuries.
In the monasteries, also known collectively as the Holy Mountain or The Garden of the Mother of God, the monks spend most of their time in prayer and are purposefully isolated from the outside world.
"A woman hasn't been allowed on the mountain for over a thousand years," said Bob Simon, correspondent for CBS News' "60 Minutes."
That prohibition against women even extends to animals, with the exception of cats who pull double duty as rodent control. The only food the monks import is cheese - because it comes from cows. Otherwise they all grow their own food on the island.
I need some of this in my life. Just a couple of dudes hanging in the mountains doin' cheese. Why aren't they chartering trips here? How have I never heard of this place before in my life? I need a one-way ticket to the GMG baby. Well, actually maybe make that a round trip...the whole 'no women allowed' thing could get pretty old, pretty fast.
But I can't wait to see this documentary. Guarantee that it shows some monks watching hardcore pornography daily. Because how else do men survive without women? Maybe a few monks are clicking all over sonoffuzzy.blogspot.com but besides that I don't see anyway to NOT have sex for 1000 years. Besides the basic element of reproductivity, praying can't be that stimulating to anybody.
One thing I'd love to know: Who that icy bitch from 1000 years ago was. What woman visited the mountain and was just such a haggard, monumental nag that these monks said, "FUCK THIS SHIT!! I can't take it! This whole mountain just became a man cave!" Like she must have walked in and just start squawking about every little thing. "When's the last time you washed that robe? How come you haven't shaved? It smells like cheese in here! son of fuzzy isn't even funny. " Lifetime ban.
Lil historical FYI aside:
During World War II, Mount Athos came under the personal protection of Hitler when the Nazis invaded Greece. At the advice of German officers, the monks wrote Hitler and asked for the protection, which he provided. The monks told Simon that Hitler was planning to pillage the monasteries for their art treasures, even going so far as to send officers to photograph more than 1,000 works of art. But they said Hitler got bogged down in Russia and never removed any of the art.
Nice. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY knew how to chill like Hitler. He got a lot of things wrong, made some bad decisions. (read: the Holocaust.) Total jerk-off, psychopathic egomaniacal dick wad.... But man could Hitler chillaxenhausen. I heard he used to just cruise around in a Mercedes and go from art show to art show munching on pastries. He would take you all over town, get you drunk then stay up until 2 am watching Disney cartoons (which back then was like watching Avatar) and telling stories. Plus, Hitler knew how to dress. Just a fashionable guy, can't take that away from him. Too bad he was a spineless, worthless ideologue in the end.
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