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Page 26 ASSOCIATIONINSIGHT Portable Sanitation Association International News BIWEEKLY EDITION FEBRUARY 19, 2020 © Portable Sanitation Association International (PSAI) • 2626 E. 82nd Street, Suite 175 • Bloomington, Minnesota 55425 www.psai.org • 952.854.8300 Joke of the Week: Techniques for Bell Ringing Quasimodo had been ringing the bells at Notre Dame Cathedral for more than 20 years and had never taken a vacation. So he went to see the Archbishop, and asked for some time off. The Archbishop told Quasimodo, "If you find yourself a replacement, I'll give you a whole month off." Quasimodo was thrilled. He put an ad in the local gazette, and three days later, someone came knocking on the Cathedral door. The new man said, "I'm out of work, so I came here to ring the bells for a month. Are you still hiring?" "Yes!" replied Quasimodo, and told the man to follow him. Up the stairs, 10 flights of them, they walked into the belfry. Quasimodo told the new man, "watch this." Quasimodo stepped back from the ledge, fixed his eyes on the bell cord, ran out, jumped, grabbed the rope, swung out, rang the bell with all his weight, swung back, and landed on the platform. He asked the new man, "can you do that?" The new man said, "I have a better way." Quasimodo said with some surprise, "I've been doing this for more than 20 years. You have a better way? This I have to see." The new man walked up one more flight of stairs to be even with the bell. Then he ran headfirst into the bell, smacking it with his forehead. The sound was incredible. Quasimodo shouted, "Wow, nice tone! Do that again!" So the new man stepped back, ran headlong into the bell, and smacked it with his forehead again. Quasimodo said, "Wait right here! The Monsignor has to hear this!" Quasimodo ran down 10 flights of stairs, hurried to the Monsignor and pulled him into the nave of the church. Then he yelled up to the belfry, "Do it again!" But this time, the new man was dizzy from all the head smacking, and he staggered over the edge, falling 11 stories down to the floor. He was dead on impact. When the police arrived to assess the situation they saw the body on the ground and asked Quasimodo, "Who is this guy, anyway?" Quasimodo replied, "I have no idea, but his face rings a bell." v Photo by John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images