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How many second violinists does it take to change a light bulb? None. They can't get up that high!
Two violinists make a pact that whoever dies first, he will contact the other and tell him what life in Heaven is like. Poor Max has a heart attack and dies. He manages to make contact with Abe the next day. Abe says, "I cant believe this worked! So what is it like in Heaven?"Max replies, "Well, its great, but Ive got good news, and Ive got bad news. The good news is that theres a fantastic orchestra up here, and in fact, were playing "Sheherezade," your favorite piece, tomorrow night!"Abe says, "So whats the bad news?"Max replies, "Well, youre booked to play the solo!"
The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage of about 20 minutes during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one.
After slamming several beers in quick succession (as bass violinists are prone to do), 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."
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 more...