A pianist is sitting at his piano and is getting ready to play. He has a concerned look on his face. He is also wearing a pair of boxing gloves.
The pianist is wearing boxing gloves which will make it impossible to play properly.
Why did the pianist show up to the recital with boxing gloves?
I could have been a conductor.
scene: A piano recital description: A pianist is sitting at his piano and is getting ready to play. He has a concerned look on his face. He is also wearing a pair of boxing gloves. uncanny: The pianist is wearing boxing gloves which will make it impossible to play properly. entities: Muhammad_Ali, Boxing_glove. caption: I could have been a conductor.
It would be mechanically difficult to play a piano with boxing gloves because the keys are too small. if this person must wear boxing gloves and still wants to do music, they humorously reason that they should be a conductor --- it would be easier for them to hold the conductor batons vs. play piano keys.