Is there other story about how many bells the man hit before he got old and respected to ask for 1011 Livres? ;-)
Cheers! On 12.08.2021 19:10, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > 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
