Anybody hear any good jokes lately?

[herkhorse]

As a young bagpiper,

I was asked by a funeral director

to play at a graveside service for a homeless man,

with no family or friends.

The funeral was to be held at a cemetery

way back in the country,

and this man

would be the first to be laid to rest there.

As I was not familiar with

the backwoods area,

I became lost

and being a typical man

did not stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late.

I saw the backhoe and the crew,

who were eating lunch,

but the hearse was nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers

for my tardiness,

and stepped to the side of

the open grave,

where I saw the vault lid already in place.

I assured the workers

I would not hold them up for long,

but this was the proper thing to do.

The workers gathered around,

still eating their lunch.

I played out my heart and soul.

As I played,

the workers began to weep.

I played, and I played, like I'd never played before.

From "My Home, My Home" and "The Lord Is My Shepherd"

to "The Flowers of the Forest " ....

I finally closed the lengthy session with

"Amazing Grace"

and then walked to my car.

I opened the door

and as I was taking off my coat,

I overheard one of the workers saying to another,

"Jeezuz, Mary' n Joseph,

I never heard nor seen nothin' like that before,

and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."