In a small town in Saxony in the middle of the 17th century, there lived a man named Horst. Horst was the town musician. Now you might think that this would be a sweet gig. While it was certainly less physically demanding than being a peasant farmer or miller, being the town musician was extremely stressful.
Almost every occasion in the town required specific music. Births, deaths, marriages, contract signings, blessings, council meetings all required Horst to be there. He could be called at any time and many of these calls were for emergencies. As a result, Horst needed to have an instrument close by at all times. He took to storing instruments in every room so he could grab one quickly and be out of the house and on his way at a moment’s notice.
One night the Mayor came running up to Horst’s house and began pounding on the door.
“Horst,” he said, “the Elector is riding toward town! He will be here in less than half an hour!” The Elector had never come to their small town before. Horst was in a panic.
“What instrument shall I bring?” he cried. “I do not know what is appropriate and I have no wish to embarrass the town.”
“Bring them all,” said the Mayor, “one of the Elector’s staff will let you know what to play.”
Horst dressed in a rush and ran from room to room gathering up the tools of his craft. He reached the town square quite out of breath just as the Elector and his entourage hit the outskirts of town. The Mayor looked at the pile of instruments Horst was holding.
“Did you bring them all?” asked the Mayor.
Replied Horst, “Almost all; I brought everything but the kitchen zink.”
Bad Humor for a Friday
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Re: Bad Humor for a Friday
That has to be the horst joke that I've heard today... 

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Re: Bad Humor for a Friday
I believe you have chosen a very appropriate title for this thread.
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Re: Bad Humor for a Friday
since we're into longer bad jokes...
A guy decided to have himself cloned, so he could send the clone to work and sleep in, go fishing, play the euphonium, whatever.
It worked fine for a while. The real guy went in once a week, just to keep up with things and make sure all was well. For a month or so, no problems...then, his boss confronted him on his way in the building (the real guy, that is), saying "You're on your last chance now, buddy. I'm not sure what's got into you, but this surfing for dorn, cussing, nudes on the walls of your office, all that is gonna STOP immediately."
Sure enough, his office was covered with nudie pictures of all genders and genuses. His Interwebs browser history was full of XXX sites. His work credit card had thousands of dollars charged to it.
Clearly, this was not working any more.
So, the guy went home, grabbed the Clone and took him out to a cliff, and pushed the Clone off of the cliff, killing him.
The police arrested him later, for making an obscene clone fall.
A guy decided to have himself cloned, so he could send the clone to work and sleep in, go fishing, play the euphonium, whatever.
It worked fine for a while. The real guy went in once a week, just to keep up with things and make sure all was well. For a month or so, no problems...then, his boss confronted him on his way in the building (the real guy, that is), saying "You're on your last chance now, buddy. I'm not sure what's got into you, but this surfing for dorn, cussing, nudes on the walls of your office, all that is gonna STOP immediately."
Sure enough, his office was covered with nudie pictures of all genders and genuses. His Interwebs browser history was full of XXX sites. His work credit card had thousands of dollars charged to it.
Clearly, this was not working any more.
So, the guy went home, grabbed the Clone and took him out to a cliff, and pushed the Clone off of the cliff, killing him.
The police arrested him later, for making an obscene clone fall.