<html> Well, Julie,     It's been a while. Several years, actually. The old "dog-in-piano" gag was from a so-called comedy album of some sort, I forget by whom.     At least you're amused. It was a lot more common before caller ID and star-69.    You're not alone............... Later, Guy At 10:07 PM 2/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>hello list,             A young guy called me Saturday night around 9:45 and told me his dog jumped in the piano and could I help him get him out. He sid the dog was out of control and biting him when he stuck his hand in there.              I told him that he had a dog problem and not a piano problem. There was no resonant barking from inside a piano in the backround and he said he didn't want to leave the dog in there overnight. I told him I was sorry I am not an animal professional and hung up.               Since I am a rookie I wasn't expecting this, but I really could have had fun with this call. Later, I thought I should have told him to get a big piece of meat and lure it out. How do you handle these calls?               It is refreshing to know that not all teenagers are out getting into serious trouble and still creative enough to make these calls rookie Julie Reading PA              </blockquote></html>