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As a big baseball fan, that made me laugh in a room by myself.
Hi Tony,
Yep, this is pretty hilarious. I heard the joke a long time ago from an excellent story teller. It goes something like this...
The Boston Symphony recently performed Beethoven's Ninth symphony which is a wonderful piece. Near the end of that piece the basses have a long tacit during which they play nothing, waiting quite a while to come back in and finish the piece.
So, the bassists snuck offstage, out the backdoor, and went next door to the local pub for a drink.
After quickly gulping down a few stiff drinks, one of them checked his watch and said, "Oh no, we only have 30 seconds to get back!"
Another bassist said, "Don't worry, I've secured the last page of the conductor's score with string to give us a bit more time. We'll be fine."
So, they staggered and stumbled back into the concert hall and took their places just as the conductor was busily working on the knot in the string so he could finish the symphony.
Someone in the audience asked his companion, "What's going on? Is there a problem?"
His companion said, "This is a critical point - it's the bottom of the Ninth, the score's tied, and the basses are loaded!"
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Yep, this is pretty hilarious. I heard the joke a long time ago from an excellent story teller. It goes something like this...
The Boston Symphony recently performed Beethoven's Ninth symphony which is a wonderful piece. Near the end of that piece the basses have a long tacit during which they play nothing, waiting quite a while to come back in and finish the piece.
So, the bassists snuck offstage, out the backdoor, and went next door to the local pub for a drink.
After quickly gulping down a few stiff drinks, one of them checked his watch and said, "Oh no, we only have 30 seconds to get back!"
Another bassist said, "Don't worry, I've secured the last page of the conductor's score with string to give us a bit more time. We'll be fine."
So, they staggered and stumbled back into the concert hall and took their places just as the conductor was busily working on the knot in the string so he could finish the symphony.
Someone in the audience asked his companion, "What's going on? Is there a problem?"
His companion said, "This is a critical point - it's the bottom of the Ninth, the score's tied, and the basses are loaded!"
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
On Young Sheldon last night....Girls praying in church.
"God,please look after my sister.You can find her at the Woman's Correctional Facilty in Lubbock.Help her seek salvation in you,instead of Cocaine,Marijuana and Bass players."
At 1:00
"God,please look after my sister.You can find her at the Woman's Correctional Facilty in Lubbock.Help her seek salvation in you,instead of Cocaine,Marijuana and Bass players."
At 1:00
If you add that the drinks were paid for by a Count Dracula impersonator and that two of them had passed out from the drink then you can even add "... the Count was full and there were two out already!" to the punchline ;*) Love to spring the baseball twist on musicians :*)
Hi Tony,
Yep, this is pretty hilarious. I heard the joke a long time ago from an excellent story teller. It goes something like this...
The Boston Symphony recently performed Beethoven's Ninth symphony which is a wonderful piece. Near the end of that piece the basses have a long tacit during which they play nothing, waiting quite a while to come back in and finish the piece.
So, the bassists snuck offstage, out the backdoor, and went next door to the local pub for a drink.
After quickly gulping down a few stiff drinks, one of them checked his watch and said, "Oh no, we only have 30 seconds to get back!"
Another bassist said, "Don't worry, I've secured the last page of the conductor's score with string to give us a bit more time. We'll be fine."
So, they staggered and stumbled back into the concert hall and took their places just as the conductor was busily working on the knot in the string so he could finish the symphony.
Someone in the audience asked his companion, "What's going on? Is there a problem?"
His companion said, "This is a critical point - it's the bottom of the Ninth, the score's tied, and the basses are loaded!"
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
He probably already has.
He's only halfway there with only two strings. There'll be alot of I-V.
He can always play country.
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Hi Tony,
Yep, this is pretty hilarious. I heard the joke a long time ago from an excellent story teller. It goes something like this...
The Boston Symphony recently performed Beethoven's Ninth symphony which is a wonderful piece. Near the end of that piece the basses have a long tacit during which they play nothing, waiting quite a while to come back in and finish the piece.
So, the bassists snuck offstage, out the backdoor, and went next door to the local pub for a drink.
After quickly gulping down a few stiff drinks, one of them checked his watch and said, "Oh no, we only have 30 seconds to get back!"
Another bassist said, "Don't worry, I've secured the last page of the conductor's score with string to give us a bit more time. We'll be fine."
So, they staggered and stumbled back into the concert hall and took their places just as the conductor was busily working on the knot in the string so he could finish the symphony.
Someone in the audience asked his companion, "What's going on? Is there a problem?"
His companion said, "This is a critical point - it's the bottom of the Ninth, the score's tied, and the basses are loaded!"
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Actually, this happened during a severe heat wave, and the AC at the hall had broken. So to keep the orchestra from developing heatstroke maintenance brought in large industrial fans. These created a terrible din, and of course blew the sheet music off the stands.
and...
The combination of the heat and humidity was causing the instruments to go in and out of tune. The conductor, trying desperately to restore order, gave the orchestra a single clear note to which they could tune. Overwhelmed by frustration, the first chair violinist ran from the rehearsal, all the way back to his nearby house.
So all together...
Yes, there it was, the bottom of the Ninth and the fans were roaring wild. The scores were tied and the basses were loaded with two men out, when, at the pitch, a desparate man ran home.
There's a point of diminishing returns. Have we reached it? I don't know! We should keep going...
