The following smile for the day was sent to me this morning from my
nephew in Calgary.   Thought the group might find it amusing.

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From:          Colin Besler <Besler_Colin@pcp.ca>
Date:          Tue, 24 Jun 97 10:34:56 -0600
To:            smythe@freenet.mb.ca
Subject:       The Musician

The Musician

A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he
hears some music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source.

He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a
headstone that reads: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827.

Then he realizes that the music is the Ninth Symphony and it is being
played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend
to return with him.

By the time they arrive back at the grave, the music has changed. This
time it is the Seventh Symphony, but like the previous piece, it is being
played backward.  Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar.

When they return with the expert, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again
backward. The expert notices that the symphonies are being played in the
reverse order in which they were composed, the 9th, then the 7th, then
the 5th.

By the next day the word has spread and a throng has gathered around the
grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony being played
backward.

Just then the graveyard's caretaker ambles up to  the group. Someone in
the crowd asks him if he has an explanation for the music.

Don't you get it?" the caretaker says incredulously.

"He's decomposing!"

Terry Smythe                    smythe@mts.net
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