... The Church is still looking for a Bell-Ringer after the tragic death of the armless bell-ringer.... After interviewing several more people the bishop was about to give up when another armless man banged on the door with his head , the newspaper ad firmly clenched between his teeth. The bishop removed the slip of paper and the man was able to tell him that his armless twin brother had applied the day before and met with an accident. Afraid of what could happen the bishop began to object but to no avail. "Give me one chance please....." He then began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon. Suddenly, while rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below. The stunned bishop immediately rushed down the stairways. When he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moments before. As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked, "Bishop, who was this man?"

"I don't know his name," the bishop sadly replied, "but his a dead ringer for his brother."

-- Anonymous, March 27, 2002

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Armless Person

-- Anonymous, March 27, 2002

An alternative punchline to a slightly-modified version of this old joke is "I don't know his name, but his face certainly rings a bell."

-- Anonymous, March 27, 2002

Just as good :)

I hadn't heard it before to be honest but it sounds like it is quite old.

-- Anonymous, March 27, 2002