Now and then I mix in a true story, as my life has often been filled with jokes, intentional or otherwise:
I got out of school around the time horn bands were making a big incursion. Being a trombonist, I got work, but they always put the horn players out front – often in front of the speakers. The sound was tremendous; I always wore earplugs.
One night I forgot to bring ear protection, and, not wanting to go deaf, I thought what I could do. Seeing a guy smoking filter-tip cigarettes (for your whippersnappers’ information, public and even indoor smoking was common in the 60s and 70s) I asked him if I could bum a couple of cigarettes from him, thinking I could break off the filter tips and use them to save my hearing. [NOTE: at this point in our history cigarettes sold for around 45 cents per pack, so I was asking for less than a nickel’s worth.] “Two?” he asked. “You must really be having a nicotine fit.”
“Actually, I don’t smoke,” I replied.
“Then what are you planning on doing with them?”
“I’m going to stick them in my ears.”
Rolling his eyes, he handed me two filter-tip cigarettes. “Ask a silly question,” he said…
Now and then I mix in a true story, as my life has often been filled with jokes, intentional or otherwise:
I got out of school around the time horn bands were making a big incursion. Being a trombonist, I got work, but they always put the horn players out front – often in front of the speakers. The sound was tremendous; I always wore earplugs.
One night I forgot to bring ear protection, and, not wanting to go deaf, I thought what I could do. Seeing a guy smoking filter-tip cigarettes (for your whippersnappers’ information, public and even indoor smoking was common in the 60s and 70s) I asked him if I could bum a couple of cigarettes from him, thinking I could break off the filter tips and use them to save my hearing. [NOTE: at this point in our history cigarettes sold for around 45 cents per pack, so I was asking for less than a nickel’s worth.] “Two?” he asked. “You must really be having a nicotine fit.”
“Actually, I don’t smoke,” I replied.
“Then what are you planning on doing with them?”
“I’m going to stick them in my ears.”
Rolling his eyes, he handed me two filter-tip cigarettes. “Ask a silly question,” he said…