The Trumpet Player
This trumpet player was on the phone with his agent. He was concerned
that he hadn't had a gig in a while. His agent tells him, "Listen, there
aren't any gigs out there but I found you something." I got you a gig
bagging lions. To which the trumpet player says, "What does that have to
do with my playing. The agent then says "Look, the gig pays 100.00 for
each lion that you bag, don't worry about playing." At this point the
trumpet player will take anything so he hangs up and flies to Africa. Not
wanting to miss any practice time he takes his trumpet with him while
looking for the lions. He notices a lion coming toward him and the only
thing that he could think of doing is playing his horn. He starts to play
a beautiful ballad. He then notices that the lion starts to get sleepy and
eventually goes to sleep. He grabs the lion, bags him and throws him in
the back of his truck. He goes a little further and sees another lion.
Again he plays a beautiful ballad and again the lion falls asleep. This
goes on all afternoon. The trumpet player has about 99 lions in his truck
when he sees another. He says "What the heck, one more won't hurt."
He starts to play his ballad and notices that the lion is not paying any
attention to him so he starts to play louder. The lion starts to run
toward the trumpet player. The trumpet player starts to play faster and
faster but the lion keeps coming toward him. The lion jumps on the
trumpet player and eats him. One of the lions on the truck turns to
another lion and says "I told you that when he got to the deaf one the
gig would be over."