Bell Ringer Joke
Jun 24, 2015 06:22:28 #
Some years ago in a countryside village,the church vicar needed to replace the steeple bell ringer.
The only respondent was a man with no arms and the vicar was very reluctant,but the man begged him to show his abilities.
A ladder was placed and the man was able to stand on it,place his face against the bell and strongly push the bell back and forth to make it ring. He got the job.
A crowd gathered to watch the man perform his job at noon.
Things started out well,but by the time the man hit ten AM,he lost his timing,the bell smacked him in the face and knocked him off the ladder, out of the steeple to the ground far below.
Someone in the crowd asked if anyone knew who this man was.
Someone replied: I don't know his name,but his face rings a bell...
Guess you had to be there....
:roll: :roll:
The only respondent was a man with no arms and the vicar was very reluctant,but the man begged him to show his abilities.
A ladder was placed and the man was able to stand on it,place his face against the bell and strongly push the bell back and forth to make it ring. He got the job.
A crowd gathered to watch the man perform his job at noon.
Things started out well,but by the time the man hit ten AM,he lost his timing,the bell smacked him in the face and knocked him off the ladder, out of the steeple to the ground far below.
Someone in the crowd asked if anyone knew who this man was.
Someone replied: I don't know his name,but his face rings a bell...
Guess you had to be there....
:roll: :roll:
Jun 24, 2015 07:16:45 #
DaveO wrote:
Someone replied: I don't know his name,but his face rings a bell...
Guess you had to be there....
:roll: :roll:
Guess you had to be there....
:roll: :roll:
:thumbup:
Jun 24, 2015 08:45:45 #
the_seadog
Loc: Rhode Island
Several weeks later another man with no legs or arms goes to the vicar and says that his brother was the last bell ringer and he would like to replace him. The vicar is hesitant to let him but relents after the brother explains that he has much more experience and is a better bell ringer then his brother was.
A crowd gathers to watch the new bell ringer hit the bell with his face. He is best bell ringer they have ever seen. However as he goes to hit the final note he slips and fall out of the steeple and is kill.
The crowd asks the vicar who he was and the vicar replies I dont know but he is a dead ringer for brother.
A crowd gathers to watch the new bell ringer hit the bell with his face. He is best bell ringer they have ever seen. However as he goes to hit the final note he slips and fall out of the steeple and is kill.
The crowd asks the vicar who he was and the vicar replies I dont know but he is a dead ringer for brother.
Jun 24, 2015 08:51:28 #
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Jun 25, 2015 07:07:38 #
the_seadog wrote:
Several weeks later another man with no legs or ar... (show quote)
You got me! I was waiting a couple days to post the follow-up. :cry: :cry:
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Jun 26, 2015 03:53:51 #
DaveO wrote:
You got me! I was waiting a couple days to post the follow-up. :cry: :cry:
In the version I heard, the supervisor was Quasimodo, and after the second bell ringer met his demise, another brother applied for the job, same thing no arms and no legs.....He met a similar end.....They asked Quasimodo who he was and he replied, "I don't know, but I have a hunch".....(rimshot)
Jun 26, 2015 06:58:18 #
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