[1541] in Humor
HUMOR: A Groaner
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Jul 31 10:06:51 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:01:40 EDT
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:37:39 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
Having grown too old to ring the bell in the cathedral tower,
Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, ran an ad in the local
newspaper for a replacement.
An armless man appeared at Quasimodo's door, and the old ring-master
asked him, "Are you here for the job of bell-ringer?!" "Yes, I am,"
came the response. "But how can you ring the bell when you have no
arms?" "That's easy; I may lack arms, but I possess an extremely
tough skull. I simply run toward the bell, and strike it with my
forehead. The tone produced is exquisite." "All right," conceded
Quasimodo, "we'll give it a try."
The man ascended the spiral staircase, climbed into the bell tower,
ran toward the bell, and struck it with his forehead, indeed making
a lovely clang. Alas, though, the bell swung back pendularly,
smashed into the poor chap, and knocked him out of the tower. He
splatted on the cobblestone far below.
When the police arrived at the scene, an officer asked, "Mr. Quasimodo,
did you know this man?" "Yes," replied Quasimodo. "He was an employee
of mine." "For our records, please give us his name." Quasimodo
furrowed his brow. "I don't know is name, but his face rings a bell."
