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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Oompah #126874 04/03/04 10:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think you're thinking sousaphone: http://douglasjeffries.com/pictures/band/2002-12-08/john_on_sousaphone.jpg sometimes inaccurately called a tuba: http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/images/tuba.jpg This is a bassoon: http://www.cottagesoft.com/~songbird/artists/musician134.gif Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oom-pah-oops #126875 04/03/04 11:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Sousa didn't write waltzes (try marching to a waltz )! Strauss did, but his band didn't use Sousaphones... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oom-pah-oops #126876 04/04/04 02:17 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA 3/4 time ~ The guaranteed way to be sure that your band is never in step. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Oompah band #126877 04/04/04 02:22 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA http://website.lineone.net/~alan-morrison/Oompah_Band_2.JPG Dis is vat looks like der oompah band. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oompah band #126878 04/04/04 03:37 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 yah; complete mit der lederhosen. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Lederhosen #126879 04/04/04 04:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I have never girded my loins with lederhosen but one suspects that they become rather warm in spots by the end of the evening. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lederhosen #126880 04/04/04 06:18 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Well, I'm told they're not a problem to wear. A German acquaintance works in the tourist industry in Bavaria and has to wear them as a "uniform". He says they're as comfortable as trousers once they're broken in. Dunno! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lederhosen #126881 04/04/04 09:16 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Aren't they just shorts with suspenders. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Later hosen... #126882 04/04/04 09:36 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont shorts with suspenders formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lederhosen #126883 04/04/04 10:25 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Aren't they just shorts with suspenders. Nein, nein! They are LEATHER shorts with suspenders, which is quite another thing. Do you not recall the episode of "Friends" where Ross decides to wear leather pants to impress his date? That episode amply demonstrates the horrendous potential difficulties of wearing leather close to the skin. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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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