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They Can Be Dangerous

April 13, 2008

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Don't try this at home, people. It wouldn't be dangerous for anyone on the rope-pulling level, but in the room above where the bells are actually located, you could kill a person who happened to be standing at the wrong place at the wrong time. I found the impromptu flimsy wire fencing a bit comical, although I must say it did do a wonderful job of keeping the curious tourists and a certain photographer OUT.

By the way, if you live the in DC area, and happen to have your Tuesday evenings free, you could become a bell ringer. They say it takes at least a year to know what you're doing, since there's a delay between pulling the rope and the bell sounding, and the delay varies depending on the the size of the bell that happens to be at the end of the rope you happen to be pulling. Good news is, you can be completely tone deaf to be a part of this rare musical group.

Posted by vincent at April 13, 2008 08:24 AM

Comments

I think that sounds like fun............... are you going to try it???

I like your bit of humor at the end of the comment.

Posted by: janet at April 14, 2008 03:36 PM