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RubberWitch -> RE: Favorite Silly Jokes? (6/17/2007 3:05:35 AM)
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It's the aniversary of the first printing of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", and the clerics of the cathedral decide to hire a quasimodo lookalike to ring the bells for six months, to celebrate this fact. On the first day, A hunchback turns up, and he seems to have the perfect look about him, so he's immediately asked about his campinological skills. He runs up the belltower, ang begins swinging from clapper to clapper, kicking the bells, and generally playing out the most complex of peels. The Clerics watch all this from a cctv set up, and they decide that they have their man. The hunchback, in an attempt to seal the deat then headbutts the largest bell, making it ring louder, and swing further than it ever has before. The crowd, that has gathered around the cathedral begin cheering wildly, and as the hunchback turns to his new found fans, the bell swings back, and clips him on the back of the head, shunting him our of the belltower and into a 140' drop.
The crowd parts as the hunchback hits the paved courtyard below, and the police, and clerics, both rushing to the scene, arrive there simultaneously. The policeman asks the clerics "Did you know this man?"
"Well," they replied "His face rings a bell"
Oh dear, wasn't that bad...
but wait...
The next day, despite the fact that the Clerics had had to take a page advert in Le Monde cancelling their previous advertisement, another knock at the door brought with it.. the same Hunchback? After a few shrieks of fear, the man explains that he is the twin brother of the man who died yesterday, and goes on to explain that ringing the bells at Notre Dame had always been their dream, and had his brother got the job, they'd actually have taken it in turns, without the clerics knowledge. He knew they weren't looking for anyone any more, but he pleaded for the chance to live out his dream, especially in the light of what happened before. Hesitantly, the Clerics agreed, and before they could say another word, He runs up the belltower, and begins swinging from clapper to clapper, kicking the bells, and generally playing out the most complex of peels. The Clerics watch all this from a cctv set up, barely peeking out from between their fingers. Finally, the brother headbutts the largest bell, making it ring even louder, and swing even further than it had yesterday. The crowd, that has gathered around the cathedral begin screaming now, and as the hunchback turns to see what the matter is, the bell swings back, and clips him on the back of the head, shunting him our of the belltower and into a 140' drop.
The crowd parts early as a second hunchback hits the paved courtyard below, and the police, and clerics, both rushing to the scene, arrive there simultaneously. The policeman asks the clerics "Did you know this man?"
"Well," they replied "He's a dead ringer for his brother"
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