<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "A Prairie Home Companion" <<a href="mailto:no-reply@americanpublicmedia.org">no-reply@americanpublicmedia.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 30, 2015 at 12:49:28 AM PDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>ADV: Today's Joke: The Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth ...</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "A Prairie Home Companion" <<a href="mailto:no-reply@americanpublicmedia.org">no-reply@americanpublicmedia.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
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<td align="left" class="joke-container_padding" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5em; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: #333333;"><img class="greenquotes" src="cid:(null)" width="28" height="24">The Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage - about 20 minutes - during which the bass players have nothing to do. Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one.<br><br>
After slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch. "Hey! We need to get back!" "No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it untangled."<br><br>
A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion. "Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded."<img class="greenquotes" src="cid:(null)" width="28" height="24"> <br>
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<div style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size:16px; color: #666; line-height:16px;">From Chuck Strauss, Nelson County, Virginia</div></td>
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