Symphonic Q&A

Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Viola players?

A: Why wait; It saves so much time.

Q: Why are Violist’s ears sought after for transplants?

A: They’ve never been used.

Q: Why do Violists get antsy when they see the Kama Sutra?

A: They can’t handle any subject reference to “more than one position”.

Q: Why is a Violist like a terrorist?

A: They both screw up bowings. (Bowings/Boeings … Get it?)

Q: What’s the difference between a Violist and a terrorist?

A: A few people actually like terrorists; Their mothers …

Q: Why is a Viola like a lawsuit?

A: Everyone is happy when the case is closed.

Q: Why are Violas larger than Violins?

A: They’re not; It’s an optical illusion. Viola players have small heads.

Q: What’s the difference between a chainsaw and a Viola?

A: A chainsaw has a better chance at blending in a string quartet.

Q: What do you call someone who hangs around musicians a lot?

A: A Viola player.

Q: What do you call a Viola player with half a brain?

A: Gifted.

Q: What do you call a Violist with more than one brain cell?

A: Pregnant.

Q: What’s the difference between a chainsaw and a Viola?

A: In the “Texas Viola Massacre”, the killer was wearing a tuxedo.

Q: What do a SCUD missile and a Viola player have in common?

A: They’re both offensive and inaccurate.

Q: Why do Violists make effective rapists?

A: It’s hard to fight back when you’ve got your hands over your ears.

Q: What’s the most effective male birth control method?

A: Tell the girl he plays the Viola.

Q: Why don’t Violists play hide and seek?

A: Because no one will look for them.

Q: Why shouldn’t Violists take up mountain climbing?

A: If they get lost, no one will look for them.

Q: What do you get when you cross a Viola player with a sheep?

A: A sheep that plays out of tune and has lousy time.

Q: What’s the ideal weight for a professional Viola player?

A: About 20 ounces – not counting the urn.

Q: Why are some Violists taking up the Accordion?

A: Upward mobility.

Q: Why are so many Violists dating drummers?

A: It makes them feel superior.

Q: How do you get a Viola player out of a tree?

A: Cut the rope!

Q: Why are Viola jokes so short?

A: So Drummers can remember them.

Planning Ahead

A man met a beautiful young woman in a bar. They got along well, shared dinner, and had a marvelous evening. When he left her, he told her that he had really enjoyed their time together, and hoped to see her again, soon. Smiling yes, she gave him her phone number.

The next day, he called her up and asked her to go dancing. She agreed. As they talked, he jokingly asked her what her favorite flower was. Realizing his intentions, she told him that he shouldn’t bring her flowers—if he wanted to bring her a gift, well, he should bring her a Swiss Army knife!

Surprised, and not a little intrigued, he spent a large part of the afternoon finding a particularly unusual one. Arriving at her apartment he immediately presented her with the knife. She ooohed and ahhhed over it for a minute, and then carefully placed it in a drawer, that the man couldn’t help but see was full of Swiss Army knives.

Surprised, he asked her why she had collected so many.

“Well, I’m young and attractive now”, blushed the woman, “but that won’t always be true. And boy scouts will do anything for a Swiss Army knife!”

Powerless

An elderly couple was attending church services. About halfway through, she leaned over and said, “I just had a silent fart. What do you think I should do?”

He replied, “Put a new battery in your hearing aid.”

A Fish Story

A game warden stopped a fisherman with a bucket of fish.

“You got a license to catch those fish?” he asked.

“No sir, these are my pet fish.” he replied.

“Pet fish?!?”

“Yes sir, every evening I take these fish down to the water and let them swim around for a while. Then I whistle and they jump back in the bucket, and I take ‘em home.”

“Fish ain’t that smart!” says the warden.

“Here I’ll show you,” says the man. So he poured the fish in to the lake, stood and waited.

Several minutes go by and the warden says, “Well?”

“Well, what?” the man responded.

“When are you going to call them back?”

“Call who back?” the man asked.

“The fish,” replied the warden.

“What fish?” the man asked.

A Matter of Credibility

A driver is pulled over by a policeman. The police man approaches the driver’s door.

“Is there a problem, Officer?”

The policeman says, “Sir, you were speeding. Can I see your license, please?”

The driver responds, “I’d give it to you but I don’t have one.”

“You don’t have one?”

The man responds, “I lost it four times for drunk driving.”

The policeman is shocked. “I see. Can I see your vehicle registration papers, please?”

“I’m sorry, I can’t do that.”

The policeman says, “Why not?”

“I stole this car.”

The officer says, “Stole it?”

The man says, “Yes, and I killed the owner.”

At this point the officer is getting irate. “You what!?”

“She’s in the trunk if you want to see.”

The Officer looks at the man and slowly backs away to his car and calls for backup. Within minutes, five police cars show up, surrounding the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

The senior officer says “Sir, could you step out of your vehicle, please!”

The man steps out of his vehicle. “Is there a problem, sir?”

“One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.”

“Murdered the owner?”

The officer responds, “Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please?”

The man opens the trunk, revealing nothing but emptiness.

The officer says, “Is this your car, sir?”

The man says “Yes,” and hands over the registration papers.

The officer, understandably, is quite stunned. “One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license.”

The man digs in his pocket, revealing a wallet, and hands it to the officer. The officer opens the wallet and examines the license. He looks quite puzzled. “Thank you sir, one of my officers told me you didn’t have a license, stole this car, and murdered the owner.”

The man replies, “I bet you the lying bastard told you I was speeding, too!”

An Amazing Story

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant’s foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.

As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.

Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.

As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn’t help wondering if this was the same elephant.

Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe’ s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn’t the same elephant.

20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

  1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
  2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise Your Voice.
  3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
  4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It “In.”
  5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
  6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write “For Smuggling Diamonds” or “Sex Lessons
  7. Finish All Your sentences with “In Accordance With The Prophecy.”
  8. Don t use any punctuation
  9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
  10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
  11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is “To Go.”
  12. Sing Along At The Opera.
  13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don’t Rhyme
  14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.
  15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can’t Attend Their Party Because You’re Not In The Mood.
  16. Have Your Coworkers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, ‘Rock Bottom’.
  17. When The Money Comes Out of The ATM, Scream “I Won!, I Won!”
  18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling “Run For Your Lives, They’re Loose!!”
  19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. “Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.”
  20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity … Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.