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The Bell Ringer
Once upon a time, the Hunchback of Notre Dame climbed to the bell tower of the Cathedral and was astounded to find a midget waiting there.
“What are you doing here, little man?” demanded the Hunchback.
“I came to ring the bell,” declared the little fellow.
“That’s ridiculous,” laughed the Hunchback. “A little runt like you can’t possibly ring this bell.”
With that, the midget backed against the wall and made a running, face-first leap at the huge bell.
Clang-ang-ang-ang, pealed the bell.
His face a bloody mask, the dwarf struggled to his feet, staggered over to a window and fell out.
Rushing down from the tower and out into the street, the hunchback found a gendarme bent over the body of the midget.
“The poor little fellow is dead… do you know his name?” asked the officer.
“No I don’t,” replied the Hunchback, “but his face rings a bell.”
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Not To Worry
At one or another, we all have suffered the frustration of belatedly discovering a boo-boo in one of our papers. Typos, misspelled words, carry-overs, and errors in grammar have a maddening habit of hiding during the proof-reading process only to show up late in press run, during the folding, or when the type is being distributed.
I suppose the only sane approach to this problem is to try to be philosophic about it. After all, I am pursuing the primary goal of the hobby by publishing my paper on a fairly regular basis… which is more than can be said for the fellow who rarely, if ever, publishes because he’s too busy writing long critiques of regularly published journals.
Perhaps the best consolation for the amateur printer-publisher is to find some errors in a professionally written and printed publication. For instance, I came across one in the Tampa Tribune not too long ago that tickled my fancy.
A UPI story describing a protest by some bible-thumping parents at a Winter Park, Florida junior high school over the use of “Red Devils” as mascot for their athletic teams included the sentence, “Dickman decided then to leave the mascot in tack. The italics are mine.
UPI correspondent Orville Jackson, a fellow beer-drinking baseball fan, operates out of the Tribune building so I rushed to him with the clipping. After first accusing the Tribune of being at fault, he checked his files and admitted the mistake was made by UPI. How I loved it!
National Calamity 48 has been handset and printed on the newly-activated C&P 8×12 by Fred Liddle, Tampa, FL 33606.