On 2021-08-12 17:56, Christofer Dutz wrote:
Those tasks are always my favorites :-)
Helping people without having to do anything ;-)
A long time ago, a church bell in a French village was out of tune and
they sent for a bell master to come and fix it. And sure enough an old
man came, they let him hear the awful bell sound. He borrowed a ladder,
picked a big hammer out of his luggage and climbed the bell tower. Once
up there, he whacked the bell once, then climbed down and told them to
ring the bell again. It now had the perfect sound as it was intended.
He handed them the bill of 1011 Livres, a small fortune even for this
relatively prosperous village. "How come so much? Only took you 10
minutes and no material.". The bell master explained, "1 Livre for wear
on the hammer, 10 Livres for the long travel and 1000 Livres for knowing
where to hit."
Cheers
Niclas
