Handy Handles: door-knockers in Toulouse |
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-- Knock knock
-- Who's there?
-- A hand.
-- A hand who?
-- Gimme a hand! I think I lost mine...
This seems to be the running joke (albeit a very bad one) in the streets around Toulouse's Basilique de St-Sernin. There, door knockers take the shape of slightly disturbing, disembodied hanging hands. Possible scenario: you blindly reach for one in the middle of the night, and it suddenly grabs you and won't let go, as a mob of headless monks (Toulouse is full of old monasteries) rushes over to attack you. Shudder.
So what are the alternatives? A straight up bell would be nice, but now, even lions sound tame in comparison. Then again, they could bite your hand off.
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