Lauren Weinstein on Nostr: Suddenly reminded of the old joke. Scientists decide that they want to examine the ...
Suddenly reminded of the old joke. Scientists decide that they want to examine the remains of Beethoven, buried in Vienna. When they exhume the coffin, they open it and to their surprise it's filled with sheet music and what's left of Beethoven is furiously rubbing the sheets with a big eraser.
"What are you doing?" they ask.
"Decomposing," Beethoven replied.
- - -
Look, I can't give you my best joke, because it's ethnic and would likely damage what passes for a spacetime continuum in the Mastodon world. So you end up with my lower tier jokes. Sorry about that, chief.
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