Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, told the bishop he needed a holiday after ringing the bells for 15 years, so they decided to place an add in the bell ringers bugle for a replacement.
The only applicants were a pair of identical twins with no arms, but they quickly dispelled Quasimodo's doubts that they could do the job.
"Just watch" said one, and he raced at the bell and butted it with his head. The resuld was a loud bong.
They both proved they could ring the bell with only head butts, but Quasi insisted it was a job for one person only, and the decision was made on the toss of a coin.
Things went well for a week, but the inevitable finally happened. While taking his run at the bell he tripped on the ropes, missed the bell, and went hurtling down the bell tower, crashing onto the plaza.
A croud quickly gathered around the body. A gendarme pushed through and asked, "Does anyone know his name?"
"No," said a peasant, "but his face rings a bell."
The unfortunate incident caused the bishop to send for the bell-ringers twin, who was only too happy to take over the job. However on the third day exactly the same accident happened to him. He tripped on the ropes and ended up lifeless on the plaza below.
Again the crowd gathered round and a gendarme pushed through and asked if anyone knew his name.
"No," replied the same peasant, "but he's a dead ringer for his brother."
