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Subject: Re: May offend really stupid people...  :^)
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 08:53:08 EST
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Re: May offend really stupid people...  :^)____________________________________

> There was this guy who . . . had no arms.  The only job left . . . was that
> of a bell ringer for the town church. . . . He ran up to the bell tower and
> ran at the bell, hitting it with his face, and the bell rang! . . . it was
> finally too much for the man.  After one particularly beautiful tone, he
> staggered around the bell tower, fell off the ledge, plummeted to the ground,
> and died. . . . "Omigod! . . . Who is this poor man?" . . . "I don't know his
> name, but his face rings a bell."

	There's more to this story!
	
	The next day, a man came to the church.  He also had no arms, and he
looked exactly like the other man.  "I am his identical twin brother," he
explained, "and ringing the church bell by ramming our face into it is a
tradition in our family.  I've come to take over my brother's job."
	Because of the recent accident, the priest was a little worried; but
after all, the bell had to be rung!  The man got the job.
	Sure enough, about a month later, the man hit the bell with his face
and the bell swung back and knocked him from the bell tower.  He fell to his
death on the sidewalk below.
	The priest and the mayor were, once again, walking on the sidewalk
when the man fell.  "Holy Toledo!" said the mayor, "who is this poor man?"

	"I don't know", the priest replied, "but he's a dead ringer for his
brother!"
		<_Jym_>

:::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer
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