From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!stan Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Quasimodo Continued Article-I.D.: floyd.1179 Posted: Fri Feb 11 15:23:47 1983 Received: Sat Feb 12 06:37:13 1983 A while back, there was a joke here involving Quasimodo. Thanks to Gary W. Johnson of Livermore, here is the second part of the joke. I will re-tell the first part to spark your memory. ------------------- Quasimodo was looking for a new assistant to help him in the Bell tower. After seeing his ad in the paper, an amputee decided to call on Q. to try to get the job. When the amputee, who had no arms, met Quasimodo, Quasimodo was pessimistic. "How can you ring the bell when you have no arms?" asked Quasimodo. "Just watch," said the amputee. The amputee went to the far corner of the bell tower catwalk, ran toward the bell, and ran face first into the bell at great speed. The ring was resounding, but unfortunately the amputee fell off the catwalk and down to the ground. Fortunately, the amputee survived. As they were taking him away on a stretcher, someone asked Quasimodo if he knew the man's name. Said Quasimodo, "No, but his face rings a bell." @ @ ) \_____/ Later, the amputee's brother heard of Quasimodo's need, and went to the Bell tower to fill in for his brother while he was in the hospital. Quasimodo thought this was a good deal since the brother had arms and was able to ring the bells normally. One day, however, the brother slipped on the catwalk and fell to his death. Like before, someone asked him if he knew the man. "No, but he's a dead ringer for his brother." @ @ ( \_____/ - - - - - - - - - - Stan King phone: 201-386-7433 Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ Cornet: 8+232-7433 room 2A-111 uucp: floyd!stan