Wed 05 Feb - Beethoven's Last...

[Izzy HaveMercy]

When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple
days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard
some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried.
Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it.
The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint,
unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran
and got the town magistrate.

When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened
for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony,
being played backwards."

He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony,
and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept
listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth..."

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the
magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered
in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about.
It's just Beethoven decomposing."

[hallucienate]

your coat, sir

[6FeetOver]

I-yi-yi...

[Andy TG]

Check out "Decomposing Composers" a song by The Monty Python team - that indicates how old this joke is!

[Izzy HaveMercy]

True. But it's the first time I heard it. Normally I only hear Dutch jokes around here, ya knoo....

[Izzy HaveMercy]

your coat, sir

I'm already outta here, thank you very kindly