I think we need some bassoon jokes.

[AllegroRondo]

Whats the difference between an oboe and a bassoon?

The bassoon burns longer.



Ten minutes before a big concert, the bassoon player swallows his reed. The conductor frantically calls the doctor.
"Doctor, my bassoon player just swallowed his reed. What do I do?"
"Mute a trombone."

[billyskank]

1. Got no jokes

but I noticed when playing some German music that the bassoon was called the "fag." I at first thought it odd that a phrase was marked, "fag solo."

Just for added confusion, "fag" to me means "cigarette" before it means "homosexual."

[AllegroRondo]

2. yup, based on the Italian "fagotto"

meaning "bundle of sticks"

true story - I worked with a trombone player who was learning a bassoon piece for trombone. He asked me "who is this composer named Faggot?"

Of course, this was the same guy who said "Why did those two composers Rimsky and Korsikov always work together?"

[billyskank]

3. They were good together, those guys

You don't break up a winning team. :rofl:

[LanternWaste]

8. from the sad but true files...

When I was in HS, I was also in the regional Youth Orchestra. Hadn't really been exposed to a lot of the classics prior to that and the first concert was a tribute to Dvorak. For the first few evening practices, I was actually pronouning it as it reads: Duh-VOR-ak.

Little hussy of a violin player clued the rest of the orchestra in to my mistake. Wasn't until into he next season that the joke finally died down to a tolerable level.

I've always kept my mouth shut when coming across words I've never pronounces since then. I also have a deep hatred of violin plyers ever since...

[hellbound-liberal]

4. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

A: To get away from the bassoon recital.

[ChoralScholar]

5. Aaah.. the bassoon -

the old farting bedpost...

The bassoon is it's own joke. Double reed players are a breed of their own. Maybe it was just where I went to college... they'd all be standing around, eyeballing people while they stood around with their little film-canisters they use to keep their reeds wet.

[Callalily]

6. What do you call

a bassoonist that can play 3 notes?

Gifted.

[lizziegrace]

9. Ahem

;)

I went to college for two years on a music scholarship playing bassoon.

:)

[lizziegrace]

10. What makes it funnier?

I was married to a drummer for years. :rofl:

[Callalily]

11. I meant no

disrespect. The thread was titled "I think we need some bassoon jokes." My apologies if I offended you.

[lizziegrace]

15. Not at all!!!

I think they're hysterical. I'm sorry if I made you feel guilty.

You miss facial expressions and voice inflections on the web.

:hug:

[trof]

7. Two bassoons walk into a bar.

One says "Did you hear about the Brazilian soldiers killed today?"
"Jeez...that's TERRIBLE! Um...how many's in a brazillion?"
:rofl:

[leftyclimber]

12. What's the difference between a bassoon and an onion?

Nobody cries if you chop up a bassoon.


(I can't believe no one had posted that one yet.)

[Orsino]

13. Didn't you learn ANYTHING from those Caveman commercials?

Not cool, man!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. What's the diff. between a frog pulled over for speeding and a basoonist pulled over for speeding?

The frog might have been on his way to a gig.

(I think that's usually a trombonist joke.)

[datasuspect]

16. for once i agree with you.