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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #39713 08/27/2001 10:43 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39714 08/27/2001 11:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Rapunzel enthusiast Rapunzel enthusiast Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 328 Eastern Pennsylvania Thanks, Max! Those were just the ticket. I was in the mood for bad bagpipe jokes tonight, although I didn't realize it until I found your thread. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39715 08/28/2001 3:23 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 francais31415 member francais31415 member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 Q. Why do pipers always walk when they play? I thought it was to get away from the sound! Q. What's the difference between a dead piper in the road and a dead country singer in the road? A. The country singer may have been on the way to a recording session. Plus, there are skidmarks in front of the country singer. Some of these I have heard as other musician jokes. That's the wonderful thing about them - many of them are so flexible! You know how you can get to park in the handicapped spots? Just leave your bagpipes on the dashboard. I kind of enjoy bagpipes myself, so I hope nobody takes offense. These are offered in good fun. (I play the violin, so if anyone wants to take a stab back, they may! ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39716 08/28/2001 4:20 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass highland bagpipes really can be pretty dreadful when placed in the wrong hands -- human. but I like Irish pipes a lot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39717 08/28/2001 12:07 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Max-- these are great-- i love the pipes too, and family tradition has them at most weddings-- but i can understand that some people fail to fully appreciate them. kudo's to tsuwm, just for knowing there is a difference between irish and scots pipes! and for all you pipers out there, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA, offers Pipes in the Music program.. there are US graduates who have majored in Pipes!-- my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39718 08/28/2001 12:16 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I like Irish pipes a lot. Or try Northumbrian pipes. There's also the pipes from some former Soviet republic (I never remember which, Georgia comes to mind but I think it's actually one of the -stans) that are very very haunting. I'll dig out the LP and let y'all know. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39719 08/28/2001 12:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 What is the only encore ever requested of a piper? That he play "Over the hills and far away". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39720 08/31/2001 9:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 francais31415 member francais31415 member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 I had a pastor once joke that if he sings, we'll be requesting that he sing "On a Hill Far Away." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39721 08/31/2001 9:44 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 There's also the pipes from some former Soviet republic ... that are very very haunting. I'll dig out the LP and let y'all know. Please, Faldage, if you're tempted to post a link providing an audio sample -- don't. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just for fun #39722 09/01/2001 5:27 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I come, like MaxQ, from New Zealand. No, really. And worse, I come from Dunedin in New Zealand, which has the greatest number of bagpipers per square mile of anywhere in the world, or so I fear. When other children were begging their mothers to take them to the parade, I was begging my mother to send me as far away as possible. There would always be at least five, and sometims as many as 12 highland pipe bands playing. And I used to have perfect pitch. I loathe the pipes with a loathing that passeth all understanding. Max's post was just the ticket - it's the only entertainment I've *ever got out of the bagpipes. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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