Aho3e2.142 net.jokes utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!ihnss!houxf!ho3e2!rlh Wed Dec 16 09:02:33 1981 In honor of Beethoven, whose birthday is today (Dec. 16). After Beethoven died, a scratching noise was heard from his coffin. It was opened and he was found busily erasing copies of his music; Obviously, he was decomposing. An oldy, but what the heck. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.