[Trombone-l] Musical humor

[Daryl Burch]

Might be easier learnin' the Flintstones in all 12 keys....

-D-

On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Price Taylor wrote:

I'm not going to try and memorize that one!

-Price


On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Peter Hanmore <phanmore at cogeco.ca>  
wrote:

> There's a longer version of the second joke that goes like this...
>
>>     C, E-flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry,
>>     but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G
>>     have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the
>>     fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries
>>     to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.
>>
>>     D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me.
>>     I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender
>>     is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor.
>>     Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the
>>     bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found
>>     in this bar tonight."
>>
>>     E-Flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with
>>     nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "you're looking
>>     sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major
>>     development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit
>>     and everything else, and is au natural.
>>
>>     Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's
>>     under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of
>>     contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced
>>     to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional
>>     facility.
>>
>>     On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing,
>>     even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are
>>     bassless. The bartender decides, however, that since he's only  
>> had
>>     tenor so patrons, the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything
>>     has become alto much treble, he needs a rest, fires his staff and
>>     closes the bar. He's now playing folk songs on the Aegean Sea
>
>
>
> James Meyer wrote:
>> Two quick ones courtesy of the Prairie Home Companion:
>>
>> What do you call a pretty woman on the arm of a trombone player?
>>
>> A tatoo.
>>
>> A B flat, a D flat and an F walk in to a bar and the bartender says
> ³Sorry,
>> we don¹t serve minors.²
>>
>> So the D Flat leaves.  The B Flat and the F have an open fifth  
>> between
> them.
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