There was a giant bell in the top of a clocktower in Europe. The same man was in charge of ringing that bell every day. One day, the old man died, and the townspeople needed to find someone else that was able to ring this giant bell correctly and at the right times. They placed a help wanted ad, and got many respondents, but none were up to the task. Eventually, this very odd little guy came along and applied for the job. He was so small, the person in charge of hiring thought he could never do it.
" I think you're too small to ring that big bell, but you can try"
With that, the little man backed all the way up to the corner of the bell tower, and ran full steam into the bell, smashing his face into it. The bell let out a mighty GONG. The hiring manager was amazed and shocked, but this was the first applicant who could do the job, so he was hired.
For days, he rang the bell right on schedule, and it sounded beautiful. Continually, he did this by running full steam into the bell and hitting it with his face.
Weeks, later, after a night of partying, there was a terrible accident. The little man, while running toward the bell, missed it entirely, and plunged to his death after falling out the other side of the tower.
His motionless body lay bleeding on the square below. Townspeople began to gather and talk about the little man they didn't know much about.
"Do you know who he was?" "No, I don't know his name" That was the conversation from many. One man, listening to the conversation, addressed the crowd and said:
" Well, I don't know his name either, but his face rings a bell".
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