A new bell-ringer at Notre-Dame... part deux Well, since the passing of the armless man, the priests continued their search for a new bell-ringer. Again, no candidate quite had what it took. Nearing the end of the day, one more man stepped forward and said, ""Hi, my brother died here yesterday, and I was hoping I could take his place to honor him. I taught him everything he knew about bell-ringing."" The priests gave him a chance, and the man used the exact same technique as his brother before him: take a few paces back, run head first into the bell, and produce the most beautiful tone ever heard by man. The man was immediately hired, and used the opportunity to ring the bell again. A few paces back, ran head first, and missed the bell completely, fell to the ground, and *splat* died on impact, just like his brother. The priests worked their way through the gathering crowd, as a man asked, ""Dear Heavens above, does anyone know who *this* man was?"" The priest replied, ""I dunno, but he's a dead ringer for his brother.""