June 14th Humor

* A piano manufacturer tried to get a testimonial from the philosopher Will Rogers for his piano. Rogers, who never endorsed any product unless he really believed in it, wrote this letter to the piano firm: “Dear Sirs: I guess your pianos are the best I ever leaned against. Yours truly, Will Rogers.”

An adult piano student of mine asked me teach her Pachabel’s Canon, so she could play at a friend’s wedding. After a month of practice, however she had made very little progress, and I warned her that she might not be ready to play the piece at the wedding very soon. “Oh, that’s okay,” she replied, “Her boyfriend hasn’t proposed yet.”

@ Did you hear about the chemist who worked long hours in his basement at night and developed an automatic pool cleaning system? It was a Horatio Algae story.