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 a 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.
Some highly witty comments flowed in on this one:
Nitin Verma: lol :-D
August 2 at 2:04am
Madhu Ganguly: :-)
August 2 at 2:47am
Tejas Datta: hehehe and what do they all end up singing along?
August 2 at 9:50am
Anuj Gupta: G-ya jale jaan jale...
E-mli ka boota beri ka ber...
C-ne mein jalan aankhon mein toofan...
August 2 at 10:12am
Kshitij Dhyani: WTF, did they make out eventually?
August 2 at 11:58am
Madhavan Narayanan: Just noticed all this is under your "Notes" section!;-)
August 2 at 8:32pm
Madhavan Narayanan: Actually, this piece strikes a nice chord somewhere.
August 3 at 9:57am
Sanjiva Prasad: 1st sentence should have read .. go into a barre.
August 3 at 10:01am
Madhavan Narayanan: @Sanjiva-Don't fret about such stuff;-)
August 3 at 10:02am
Anuj Gupta: Let this board continue the conversation with no strings attached
August 3 at 10:19am
Madhavan Narayanan: Thanks, Anuj--hope somebody is recording the minuets of this meeting.
August 3 at 12:19pm
Anuj Gupta" before we do that, we all need to be Tuned up natural-E
August 3 at 12:45pm
Madhavan Narayanan: Thanks, Anuj. Should we end this exchange before Soumitra asks us to Guit the hell out of here?
August 3 at 1:32pm
Anuj Gupta: why, is he keeping tabs on us?
August 3 at 2:11pm
Madhavan Narayanan: Anuj--It looks like he is. Cos I am now tagged. Will our plans go Capo-t?
August 3 at 4:14pm
Soumitra R: You guys are so good at this that I dont even want to venture a comment in between. It's so much better to just watch them come in :)
August 3 at 4:16pm
Madhavan Narayanan: Soumitra--We shall end on that "note" shall we? Else the whole thing may fall flat and fade away in a fuzzy improvisation
August 4 at 10:22am