WELCOME to FRIDAY APRIL 24th, 2026

Here’s The Story….
A number of years ago, the Seattle Symphony was doing Beethoven’s Ninth under the baton of Milton Katims.
At this point, you must understand two things:
There’s a long segment in this symphony where the bass violins don’t have a thing to do. Not a single note for page after page.
There used to be a tavern called Dez’s 400, right across the street from the Seattle Opera House, rather favored by local musicians.
It had been decided that during this performance, after the bass players had played their parts in the opening of the Ninth,
they were to quietly lay down their instruments and leave the stage rather than sit on their stools looking and feeling dumb for twenty minutes.

Once they got backstage, someone suggested that they trot across the street and quaff a few brews.
After they had downed the first couple rounds, one said, “Shouldn’t we be getting back?
It’d be awfully embarrassing if we were late.”

Another, presumably the one who suggested this excursion in the first place, replied, “Oh, I anticipated we could use a little more time, so I tied a string around the last pages of the conductor’s score. When he gets down to there, Milton’s going to have to slow the tempo way down while he waves the baton with one hand and fumbles with the string with the other.”

So they had another round and finally returned to the Opera House, a little tipsy by now. However, as they came back on stage, one look at their conductor’s face told them they were in serious trouble. Katims was furious! And why not? After all…

It was the bottom of the Ninth, the score was tied, and the basses were loaded.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND ‘people, stay safe,
and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace, I am outta here! Eucman! 😁

Humor….
A repeat joke but worth it!
Two drunken Irishmen in a graveyard.
Paddy starts reading the gravestones.
“Mick” he says;
Would you look at this, a feller here who was 90 when he died!”
“Who’s that?” says Mick.
“Somebody called O’Toole from Kerry,” he replies.
Mick says, “Never mind him, there’s a feller here called Murphy,
was 99 when he died! From Castletown of all places!
“Well thats nothing!” says Paddy.
“What about what written on this feller’s stone, here right beside the gate!”
“The stone says 147!”
“147? thats amazing!” says Mick.
“Who was he?”
“Well according to the stone,
its somebody called Miles from Dublin……………. 😮🤣😎

Thursday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  
 Which 1993 comedy features Robin Williams as a divorced father who disguises himself as a British nanny so he can spend time with his children?

   Answer: The correct answer was Mrs. Doubtfire! What a great plan! Robin Williams performs some serious comedic gymnastics in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ as a doting father looking to spend more time with his kids. After Sally Field divorces him for a birthday-party mobile petting-zoo malfunction (we’ve all been there), Robin Williams turns his frown upside-down by doing what any red-blooded American father would do: donning a wig, stretching some latex over his face, and impersonating an elderly British woman named Euphegenia Doubtfire. What could go wrong?
  

Fridays Movie Trivia of the day!  
In 1998, Guy Ritchie directed his first full-length feature film. Which British crime film surrounds a group of small-time criminals who go deep into debt with the wrong man after a high-stakes card game?

Friday’s Quizzler is….
My first is in riddle, but not in little.
My second is in think, but not in brink.
My third is in thyme, but not in time.
My fourth is in mother, but not in brother.
My last is in time, but not in climb.

What am I?
 
ANSWER:  The word rhyme. 
 

Friday’s Quizzler is….😎😎
I am like a gigantic dragon winding through deserts, grasslands and plateaus,
and am well over 2,500 years old.
I am high, strong and massive and have a greyish-blue colour,
but parts of my body are now in ruins and have disappeared,
although sections of me that still remain have great historical significance.
I began as a baby dragon some 700 years before the Christ appeared on this earth,
and as the years endured I grew to be an adult,
all the while continuing to strengthen my keepers.
Whilst I am considered to be the longest graveyard in the world,
no one is ever buried within me anymore.

What am I?

LOOK for answers to today’s quizzlers in MONDAY’s Jokes, Quotes, Quizzlers & Teases! 😎 Like this newsletter? Want to receive it daily? Also, if you are on the list and do not want to continue to receive this email and would like your name removed from this distribution list, please send an email to the Eucman at Eucstraman@hotmail.com:
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