moebius
08-20-2004, 11:48 AM
A church's bell ringer passed away after a long career. So they posted the position but the only person to come in for the job was a very skinny, slight, but very determined young man. The clergy weren't sure he could do it as the bells were quite large, but he convinced them to let him try it.
He climbed the bell tower and gave it all it was worth but couldn't manage it with the ropes. Finally, not to fail at the task, the guy ran toward the bell and hit it with his head as hard as he could. It rang. It was an unusual solution, but since they were a little short on candidates, they gave him the job.
The next day he went to ring the bell, ran toward it as fast as he could, tripped, bounced off the bell and fell to the sidewalk below. Two guys were walking past.
One asked, "Do you know this guy?"
The second guy responded, "No, but his face sure rings a bell."
The next day, the dead bell ringer's twin brother comes in for the again vacant bell ringer position. Like his brother, he also very skinny and slight, but very determined. They lead him up to the bell tower, he runs at the bell, trips and falls to the sidewalk below.
The same two guys walk by.
The first asks, "Do you know him?"
The second guy responds, "No, but he's a dead ringer for the guy we saw yesterday."
He climbed the bell tower and gave it all it was worth but couldn't manage it with the ropes. Finally, not to fail at the task, the guy ran toward the bell and hit it with his head as hard as he could. It rang. It was an unusual solution, but since they were a little short on candidates, they gave him the job.
The next day he went to ring the bell, ran toward it as fast as he could, tripped, bounced off the bell and fell to the sidewalk below. Two guys were walking past.
One asked, "Do you know this guy?"
The second guy responded, "No, but his face sure rings a bell."
The next day, the dead bell ringer's twin brother comes in for the again vacant bell ringer position. Like his brother, he also very skinny and slight, but very determined. They lead him up to the bell tower, he runs at the bell, trips and falls to the sidewalk below.
The same two guys walk by.
The first asks, "Do you know him?"
The second guy responds, "No, but he's a dead ringer for the guy we saw yesterday."