Can't... resist... one more... joke...

An old folk singer is travelling abroad, and one day wanders into a city. As he asks around for places to play, he's struck as to how everyone he talks to loves traditional music, and reveres the music more than he's ever seen. Finally, he's directed to the town square, where he's told that the 'National Treasure' will be playing. Not wanting to miss such a thing, he runs to the square. Thousands of people throng the square, surrounding a flower-bedecked platform, where a banjo player sits on a jewel-encrusted stool, wearing the finest of clothes, and playing the finest banjo the musician had ever seen. Soon, the banjo player played. It was the most beautiful sound that our musician had ever heard, perfect in tone, quality and clarity... as he looked around, he saw the entire crowd weep with joy as they listened. After a while, the player stopped, stood and bowed, and then sat down. Promptly, the crowd began pelting him with rotten vegetables and eggs. Perplexed, the musician asked one of the townspeople why they would love this man so much, only to treat him so poorly after such beautiful music. The answer he recieved was: 'This man is our national treasure. Never before, and never again will anyone play as well as he on any instrument.

But...

He IS a banjo player, after all...'

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