Here's another one sent to me by Helen is Australia:

here was a man in Scotland who walks into a pub with his octopus. He puts the octopus on the bar and announces to the patrons that he bets that his octopus can play ANY musical instrument! So people in the bar take him up on it.

They put down their money and somebody brings the octopus a fiddle. Sure enough the octopus can not only play the fiddle, but he plays a jig and plays it well too!!! And everyone is impressed and says how amazing it is that the octopus can play the fiddle.

So then someone brings the octopus a harp. Well sure enough the octopus plays a strathspey on the harp and plays it well too! And everyone is impressed and says how amazing it is that the octopus can play the harp.

So someone brings the octopus a flute, thinking how can an octopus play a flute? But sure enough the octopus play an aire on the flute and plays it well. And everyone is impressed and says how wonderful it is that the octopus can really play any instrument and in Scottish style.

Then someone brings the octopus a bagpipe. Well the octopus looks at it and turns it over and over and over and over; looking at it every which way. And the patrons in the bar are whispering to one another that the poor octopus is finally stumped. So the man whose octopus it is finally says, "What is the matter, can't you really play the bag pipe?" The octopus says "Play it!! If I can get the pajamas off the thing, I am going to mate with it!!!"