Oh Sharon, wherever do you get them all from? You do very well and I love
some humour!
--
Carol - Reading, UK
To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God. . . .." PS25:1-2 NIV.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:57 AM
Subject: For the Music Lover
> Whoever wrote this must have been smoking a pitch pipe!
> A fable: Facing the music
> C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: "Sorry, but we
> don't
> serve minors."
> So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between
> them.
> After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat.
> An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp
> enough.
> A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying,
> "Excuse me. I'll just be a second."
> Then an A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that
> this
> relative of C is not a minor.
> Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and
> exclaims, "Get out now. You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar
> tonight."
> The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in
> a
> 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a
> corporate job until his company downsized) says, "You're looking sharp
> tonight, come on in! This could be a major development."
> Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a
> rest.
> C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the
> diminution
> of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an
> upscale
> correctional facility.
> On appeal, however, C is found innocent of any
> wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are
> bass-less.
> The bartender decides that since he's only had tenors for patrons, with
> the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything has become alto much
> treble,
> he needs a rest ... and closes the bar.
> Sharon
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