'Jack' what happened' gasped his friend on seeing him in the intensive care unit of the local hospital. 'I thought you were touring South Africa'
I was' replied Jack weakly.but it all went horribly wrong. Three weeks into the tour, our band played in this remote village and went down with such a storm that the Chief ordered that all our instruments be filled with fabulous jewels. Unfortunately I was playing the flute at the time so I didn't do quite so well out of it'.
Jack stopped while the nurse mopped his fevered brow and then continued,
'Anyway, later we found ourselves in another out of the way village and this time the Chief hated our music so much, he ordered all the instruments to be shoved up our backsides'.
'Wow' exclaimed his friend, 'it's a good thing you played the flute''
'But that's just the trouble', said Jack, sadly. this time I was playing the tuba and you can't get much bigger than that.
ouch. cheers Penny.