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#83933 - 05/11/05 09:20 PM Bottom Of The Nineth
Nigel Offline
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The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven's Nineth. In the piece, there's a long passage of about 20 minutes during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one.

After slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch. "Hey! We need to get back!"

"No need to panic," said a fellow bassist, "I thought we might need some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it untangled."

A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion.

"Well, of course," said her companion, "Don't you see? It's the bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded!"

[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 05-11-2005).]

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#83934 - 05/12/05 06:37 AM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
btweengigs Offline
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Registered: 09/09/02
Posts: 2204
Loc: Florida, USA
Good one, Nigel.

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#83935 - 05/12/05 07:04 AM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
GlennT Offline
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Registered: 12/01/02
Posts: 1790
Loc: Medina, OH, USA
Funny!!!

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#83936 - 05/12/05 08:24 AM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
Sheriff Offline
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Registered: 02/18/05
Posts: 965
Loc: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Maybe, that's the point why I didn't go to a music conservatory...

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#83937 - 05/12/05 11:47 AM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
Tony Rome Offline
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Registered: 12/11/04
Posts: 1374
Loc: Cozumel Mexico
A new one one me.....very good musicians humor...Thank you....
Tony

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#83938 - 05/12/05 09:27 PM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
shboom Offline
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Registered: 02/27/04
Posts: 741
Loc: Victoria, British Columbia
Very Good Nigel...I needed a good laff!!

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#83939 - 05/13/05 11:08 AM Re: Bottom Of The Nineth
tony mads usa Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 14376
Loc: East Greenwich RI USA
All this and he tells good jokes, too !!! ....
Nigel, you're the BEST !!! ...
t.
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