Faced with a severe case of writer’s block (some may say that condition has been manifest since this blog began) I scoured the Internet and came up with this joke:

A man walks into a bar with an octopus, sets the creature on a stool and challenges the patrons: “I bet 50 bucks that my pet octopus can play any musical instrument you give him.”

One man lays 50 dollars on the bar and hands the octopus a guitar. The octopus cradles the guitar, tunes it and proceeds to play in manner that Hendrix could only dream of. The crowd is speechless.

Another man points to a piano and says “I bet he can’t play that.” The octopus slides off his stool, sidles up to the piano and plays a classical piece that has the crowd gasping in awe.

The bartender shakes his head in amazement and leaves the bar. A few minutes later he reappears with a set of bagpipes which he hands over to the octopus saying “give this a go.” The octopus takes the bagpipes and looks at it for awhile, turning it around and around to view it from all angles. After a few minutes of this his owner gets impatient.

“What are you waiting for? Start playing it?”

The octopus looks at the man with wide eyes.

“Play it? I was trying to figure out how to get her pyjamas off!”