Piano player in a bar, playing old standards to a room that doesn’t care.
This drunk guy wanders over and says “Do you do requests? I want to sing”
Pianist says ‘why not. Nobody will get upset’
So the drunk guy says “ok. I want to do ‘Life is a bowl of cherries’ but I want you to play it in 5/4 time.
Pianist says “But it’s in 4/4. It won’t work.”
Guy, getting a bit aggressive says “I want ‘Life is a bowl of cherries’ in 5/4 time, pal!”
Pianst says “ok, ok” and starts playing in 5/4
Guy starts singing…
”Life is just a bowl of f*ckiiiiing cherries….”
(I had my coat on before I started).