Didja know that yesterday was Star Wars Day? Yep! May the Fourth be with you.
I could do the pun about the ship carrying mayonnaise being sunk thus giving us Sinko de Mayo, but I’ve used that one before.
Instead, here’s a musical pun that Karl U. saw on Facebook and sent me that I promised I’d post for our dear Claudia.
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.
Very erudite, Denny.
I can tell I am out of my league.
The Brits had a crusty conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham [see the name – must be good]! who said – “the English do not understand music, but they love the noise it makes”. I am in that category: but I am sure that it is a clever pun.
Sir Thomas once was unhappy with the output from a female cello player, saying, “Madam, you have one of the world’s finest instruments between your legs, and you just sit there scratching it”.
Cheers
La ti da….Very clever! To be Frank, I’m in a diminuendo beat. Not a very good time to swing on a pun stage. A bit like playing in a Cage and not tuning the tempo. It can be Treble for the acchord. On Monday Night, I Offenbach up, wish to throw in the stick and go Haydn. But I just try to B Natural, Handle the pun, and hope nobody will die of Borodin. May the Forza be with you.
Today’s pun’s got me hunched over without a chair eating breakfast. That latest yoga position is called the “False Setto”.
OK, don’t everyone laugh at once or you’ll be labeled a “Flash un-a-pealing mob”
They went “into a bar.” I liked that one in full measure.
That C sure is a ritard, though.
Claudia always comes in on the right note – she is darn good!
And thank you J M Heinrichs – another amusing quote from the Conductor. Thank the Lord for Beecham’s pills!