[thechat] beethoven's ninth
William Anderson
neuro at well.com
Sat Aug 9 14:36:30 CDT 2003
Madhu Menon wrote:
> At 09:00 PM 09-08-03, rudy wrote:
> > "Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the
> > bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded."
>
> Er, what?
>
> I didn't get this, Rude.
At the risk of ruining the joke, it's a baseball reference.
s/bassists/bases/ and you should get it. Cheers Rudy, excellent :)
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