Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 1998/05

From: "Alan M. Rothenberg" <arothenb@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Instrument Jokes - An Observation
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 16:28:56 -0400

Now, I like a good joke as much as the next person, but what I
don't like are these instrument/musician jokes that could be
applied to ANY instrument/instrumentalist. For example,
take the joke:
Q: How do you get two clarinetists to play in
tune?
A: Shoot one of them.
This joke could be applied to ANY instrument.
MOST of the jokes are of this variety - really just too generic.

What I'd like to see are more jokes that are INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC -
they really only apply to one instrument and derive their humor
from some UNIQUE aspect of that instrument. A good example was
the joke I heard recently on "Prarie Home Companion" -
Q: How do you know you're dating a French Horn player?
A: When he kisses you he has his hand up your rear end.

Now *that's* a good joke that *only* applies to the French Horn.

Anyone have any more?

- A. Rothenberg
Bryn Mawr, PA

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