Klarinet Archive - Posting 000325.txt from 1997/11

From: Ken Bryson <kbryson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: funny joke Clarinet
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 09:43:06 -0500

David's story reminds me of a German music professor I met when I was a
foreign student in Germany (some 20+ years ago, for those who demand
historical accuracy). He was a pianist with whom I played some chamber
music, but he told me that during WWII he was a clarinetist with one of
the German military bands. "I was a very bad clarinetist," he would
say, very sincerely, "which was very good for the war effort. I will
never know how many Americans I killed with my clarinet playing!" And
then he would laugh uproariously. It was one of his favorite jokes.

David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
> Guy walks into a bank cradling a clarinet against his chest. Walks up
> to the teller, says (REAL tense voice here...) "GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR
> MONEY!!!
> The teller looks at him, looks at the clarinet, starts to laugh.
> "That's just a clarinet you're carrying there !!!"
> The Clarinet player answers (even more tense voice, all choked and
> forced...) "YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ME PLAY YET!!!!"