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The Church Bells:
A bishop advertises a job to ring the bell in his tower.
The only job applicant is a hunchback with no arms.
Bishop: “How can you do the job? You can’t pull the rope!”
Hunchback: “I have a plan – but we have to go to the top of the tower, where the bell is.”
..So they climb all those stairs to the top of the tower.
Bishop: “Ok, show me your plan.”
The hunchback runs and jumps at the bell, striking it with his head.
Sure enough, he rings the bell.
The bishop says, “That’s amazing! …but you’ll get a headache.”
The hunchback replies, “No problem, I’ll get used to it.” And he gets the job.
One day, the hunchback decides to put a little extra into his bell ringing,
so he steps back, and then runs and jumps at the bell, and hits it with his head –
but he missed, slips, and falls off the tower, plummeting to his death.
A crowd gathers and a policeman arrives.
A bystander asks, “Do you know this man?”
The cop replies, “No, but his face rings a bell.”
