One night, a well-known orchestra was playing Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony.  One bass player said to the other, "We don't have
much to do for a while, so let's go to the bar next door.  To
give us some extra time, I tied the last pages of the music
together so the conductor will have to untie them when he gets
near the end."  They snuck out and had a few drinks together,
becoming increasingly drunk.  Then they staggered back into
the auditorium just in time for the finish.

The next day, when asked how the concert went, the conductor
replied, "Pretty boring, but it picked up at the end of the
Ninth when the score was tied and the bassists were loaded."

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