My conductor used to tell the story of a gong player
who stopped paying attention during an opera. He suddenly looked up to see the conductor motioning to him to be ready for the loud strike of the gong at the very end of the beautiful love scene that was approaching. However he took not as a warning but as an actual cue and struck the gong for all his worth.

Everyone froze, including the opera singers on stage, in the middle of the most passionate, quiet love scene and stared at him. Not knowing what to do, he simple shouted out "Diner is served!" and left.
(ab1kenobe, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 15:35, 1 reply)

I love it!
Love to pass it on, if you don't mind?
(roysin, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 15:41, closed)