There was once a great actor who could no longer remember his lines. After
many years he finds a theatre where they are prepared to give him a chance to
shine again.
The director says, "This is the most important part, and it has only one line.
You walk on to the stage at the opening carrying a rose. You hold the rose to
your nose with just one finger and thumb,
sniff the rose deeply and then say the line 'Ah, the sweet aroma of my
mistress.'"
The actor is thrilled. All day long before the play, he's practising his line
over and over again. Finally, the time came. The curtain went up, the actor
walked onto the stage, and with great passion delivered
the line, "Ah, the sweet aroma of my mistress."
The theatre erupted, the audience was screaming with laughter but the director
was steaming!
"You bloody fool!" he cried, "You have ruined me!"
The actor was bewildered, "What happened, did I forget my line?"
"No!" screamed the director. "You forgot the rose!"
Post je objavljen 14.07.2004. u 15:54 sati.