Let's face it: only our mothers (and fellow bassists) love us. And they could be jivin' too!
This is a funny one that was told to me by a drummer friend: "What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?" - "A bass player".
That's OK, bro. Let's see what they sound like without a bass line.
The actual joke goes: "What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?" - "A drummer". Someone just did the "To get an all-purpose ethnic joke, take a Polish joke and insert any Eastern European ethnicity" thing.