I think this comes closest of anything I've read to answering your question directly. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704652/monad-in-plain-english-for-the

I think this comes closest of anything I've read to answering your question directly. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704652/monad-in-plain-english-for-the-oop-programmer-with-no-fp-background/2704795#2704795 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704652/monad-in-plain-en...