We have a little Catholic church in our town, beautiful sounding bronze bell, none of that noise out of speakers calling the faithful to mass on Sundays. The old bell ringer had rung the bell twice a week without fail for decades but he passed away suddenly and the parish was left without a bell ringer.
Not knowing what else to do the priest ran an ad in the local paper seeking a bell ringer. The very first day the ad came out a young man appeared at the door of the rectory seeking the job. Only problem, he had no arms. The priest asked him how he could possibly ring the bell and the man said let me show you. They climbed the bell tower and the young man took a few running steps, all there was room for, and smashed face first into the bell! The sound was fantastic, the best the bell had ever sounded but the priest was horrified. The man begged and pleaded and the priest finally agreed to give him a trial.
That very Sunday the man ran across the tower, missed the bell and crashed to the ground. The police had to come make a report and inspect what happened. They asked the priest what the young man's name was. The priest thought about it, "You know I forgot to ask his name but his face rings a bell."
The priest was doubly sad losing his new bell ringer so fast but he still needed somebody so he ran his ad again. The very next morning a man appeared on his doorstep asking for the job, but he had no arms! He explained that it was his brother that died and he wanted to carry on for his brother and ring the bell. After much begging the priest finally agreed to let him try if he was very very careful. Once again they climbed the bell tower and once again the bell made that perfect sound. The priest agreed to let the brother try for a few weeks.
That very Sunday the brother ran across the bell tower, missed the bell, and crashed to his death! Once again the police had to come out and once again they had to ask the deceased man's name. "I don't know, I didn't think to ask his name either but he is a dead ringer for his brother."
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