The Piano Player

"The Piano Player"

There was a ragged, old, retired Battleship Gunner's Mate
Senior Chief who shuffled into a waterfront bar. Stinking
of whisky and cigarettes, his hands shook as he took the
"Piano Player Wanted" sign from the window and handed
it to the bartender.

"I'd like to apply for the job," he said. The barkeep wasn't
too sure about this doubtful looking old Squid, but it had
been quite awhile since he had a piano player and business
was falling off. So, the barkeep decided to give him a try.

The old Senior Chief staggered his way over to the piano
while several patrons snickered. But, by the time he was
into the third bar of music, every voice was silenced. What
followed was a rhapsody of sound and music, unlike anyone
had heard in the bar before. When he finished there wasn't a
dry eye in the place. The bartender took the old Senior Chief
a beer and asked him the name of the song he had just played.

"It's called, 'Drop Your Skivies, Baby, We're Gonna Rock Tonight',"
said the old Senior Chief after he took a long pull from the beer.

The bartender and the crowd winced, but the piano player went
on with a knee- slapping, hand-clapping bit of ragtime that had
the place jumping. After he finished, the Senior Chief
acknowledged the applause and told the crowd the song was
called, "Big Boobs Make My Anchor Chain Run Out." He then
excused himself as he lurched off to the head.

When the guy came out of the head, the bartender went over to
him and said, "Look Senior Chief, the job is yours, but do you
know your fly is open and your pecker is hanging out?"

"Know it?" the old Senior Chief replied, "Hell, I wrote it!!!"
Received on Tue Nov 23 06:19:24 2004