That was some major humor. JulieMelton visit me at www.heart-and-music.com Keep smiling! >From: Carol Pearson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: For the Music Lover >Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:17:04 +0100 > >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