GRAND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIOLA JOKES - Johnstone-music.com

At the end of the academic year two friends – a cellist and a violist – swoppedaround their music exam results temporarily.The violist’s mother asked her son “Well, where are they –the results”“Oh, I lent them to Paul”“Why” she asked.“A joke – as a surprise to give a worry to Paul’s father …” … !A viola teacher came home and said “Patricia, darling, in the music school they arebeginning to call me the absent-minded professor”.The reply straight away “Look, sorry, I’m not Patricia – she lives up on the nextfloor” … !At a funeral the little music group asked to play was missing its pianist, so a violastudent offered to help out. Unfortunately it sounded terrible, as being in‘mourning’, she only played the black notes” … !“How does the viola go then ?”, a father asks his 12-year old son.“Well, I’m not sure” he replies “I get confusing signals. On the one-hand myteacher more-or-less says ‘OK’, but on the other there’s a small statue ofBeethoven in class and after my first attempt he puts the ear-plugs in the bust!”A strange 11-year old girl says:“please, dad, will you buy me a viola for Christmas?”“Sorry, Cynthia, just think of the noise”“Oh, don’t worry, I’ll only play it when you’re sleeping!”