Beethoven's Ninth

The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth.
In the piece, there's a long passage about 20 minutes
during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather
than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some
bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern
next door for a quick one.
After slamming several beers in quick succession (as bass
violinists are prone to do), one of them looked at his watch.
"Hey! We need to get back!"
"No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we
might need some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of
the conductor's score together with string. It'll take him a
few minutes to get it untangled."
A few moments later they staggered back to the concert
hall and took their places in the orchestra. About this time,
a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed a
bit edgy and said as much to her companion.
"Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's
the bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists
are loaded."
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