[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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