Here's a joke about First Violinists - you may need to think about it !

Just before the performance of an opera, the conductor is rushed off to hospital with suspected appendicitis. The Opera Hall manager is frantic, but the leader of the orchestra tells him that he has conducted the work himself on another ocasion and is quite willing to take over. All goes well and the performance is a great success with the stand-in conductor receiving a standing ovation. The original conductor's problem turns out to be only trapped wind, and so the following night he's back. When the leader enters to take up his place, all the other players on the front row ask him "Where were you last night ?".