A little humour

SSmith1226

Seems funny but ironically is true:

Newell Post

Bach Mercedes currently on eBay. "It was owned by William "Dutch" Walters who was a member of the Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Band around 1918 before they split, and Tommy created his own band. Dutch & the Dorsey brothers were childhood friends." Only $450. Just a little more solder, electrical tape, and JB Weld, and it would be perfect.

Newell Post

@newell-post More Bondo. That's what it really needs.

Dr GO

J. Jericho

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Dr GO

Dr GO

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@dr-go said in A little humour:

Speaking of Hammonds, I just saw one being given away. I thought to myself "You couldn't pay me $1000 to take that beast off your hands."

I hate the sound of Hammond / Leslie organs.

barliman2001

@administrator Hammonds... I once played in a big band whose keyboarder was an instrument collector... for each gig, he brought an electric piano and at least three different Hammonds... and of course every one in the band had to help manhandling them out of the truck and onto the stage. Once, we played the afternoon dance at an Austrian wedding... the usual restaurant function room, as usual a late addition to the building with it's only access being a large double door near the kitchen. Stage nice and roomy, but at the other end of the room which could hold 100 people comfortably but (not uncommon at Austrian weddings) now was crammed with at least 200 packed tightly without proper aisles or anything. And we had to somehow squeeze all our equipment through; electric baby grand, three Hammonds, large drumset, all the amps and monitors and speakers... we ended up carrying the stuff at arm's length above the heads of the audience!

fels

Slightly off topic -- I purchased a Wurlitzer Electric Piano in 1967. I was playing trumpet and piano in a group (not simultaneously). I hauled that piano around town in the back seat of my 1965 Karman Ghia (coup). Since I am 6 foot 4, there was not much room to maneuver.

administrator

Hauptwerk is my musical outlet these days. Unbelievable how good it sounds.

BigDub

A guy was bragging about his identical twin girls to a coworker.
Do you have any pictures? Says the coworker.
Sure, and shows them his wallet.
That’s only one. Where’s the other one?
I only needed the one. They’re identical, I told you.

BigDub

Now, there’s New Zealand, I know, I know.

Where's plain old Zealand?

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@bigdub said in A little humour:

Now, there’s New Zealand, I know, I know.

Where's plain old Zealand?

A region of the Netherlands.

Dale Proctor

barliman2001

@dale-proctor Would you play trumpet with your nose?

BigDub

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

@dale-proctor Would you play trumpet with your nose?

Ha. That’s exactly what I thought. There’s about an equal chance for a Dolphin playing the trumpet from either of those orafices. ( sp?)

barliman2001

@bigdub Let's say "openings".

SSmith1226

Dolphins are more woodwind, specifically clarinet fans, as this video from Turkey shows.

BigDub

A flight from Seattle to San Francisco was forced to take an unscheduled stop in Sacramento for repairs. There would be a delay of anywhere from an hour to several hours, so the crew told the passengers they were free to deplane but be alert to any announcements or messages to return immediately when it was ready to resume their flight. The captain saw Steve, who he had remembered from other flights. Steve was blind, and had his guide dog lying on the floor beside him. The captain asked if Steve would like to get out and stretch his legs a bit, and he said, no, I’m ok staying on board, but if you wouldn’t mind, could you take my dog with you for a little exercise?
Sure, said the pilot. Oh, he still had his sunglasses on, too.

Never has there ever been more panicked passengers and resulting cancelled flights in the history of air travel.

Connect the dots.