16 - The Band

A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays, and the various towns try to organize entertainment for them.

In one seaside holiday town in the south of England, arrangements were made for a band to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week. Unfortunately it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience because, although the band was under cover, the audience were not.

The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat.

After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and enquire whether he had a special request.

'Yes, I have,' said the man. 'Please finish as soon as you can. I'm the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home.'