Bagpipes
Mar 26, 2019 07:58:23 #
Mar 26, 2019 08:11:32 #
Mar 26, 2019 08:20:20 #
Reminds me of my favourite bagpipe joke... (you need an open mind for this one)
A bar owner tries to increase his business by offering free drinks to anyone who can bring in a musical instrument that his octopus can't play.
One guy brings in a trumpet, drops it into the tank, and within seconds the octopus is playing the horn like
Louis Armstrong.
Another day a guy drops a clarinet into the tank, and in no time the octopus plays it like Acker Bilk.
One day a scotsman brings in a bagpipe, certain that he will get free drinks. He drops the instrument into the tank and the octopus starts crawling all over it, but not playing it. After a few minutes the scotsman asks the bartender for his free drinks.
The bartender replies, "Give him a few more minutes. Once he figures out that he can't have sex with it, he'll play it."
A bar owner tries to increase his business by offering free drinks to anyone who can bring in a musical instrument that his octopus can't play.
One guy brings in a trumpet, drops it into the tank, and within seconds the octopus is playing the horn like
Louis Armstrong.
Another day a guy drops a clarinet into the tank, and in no time the octopus plays it like Acker Bilk.
One day a scotsman brings in a bagpipe, certain that he will get free drinks. He drops the instrument into the tank and the octopus starts crawling all over it, but not playing it. After a few minutes the scotsman asks the bartender for his free drinks.
The bartender replies, "Give him a few more minutes. Once he figures out that he can't have sex with it, he'll play it."
Mar 27, 2019 07:32:57 #
Mar 27, 2019 08:21:07 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Do any of you play the bagpipes? It seems they can be useful. 
Our local coffee house had a country/bluegrass band with a bagpipe as one of the instruments. Although the other instruments were electric and amplified, the bagpipe was accoustic-only but had no problem matching the volume of the electric instruments. The other thing I found interesting, is that the length of pipes on a bagpipe are adjustable to keep the instrument in tune and this particular bagpiper used an oscilloscope to tune his instrument.
Mar 27, 2019 09:54:40 #
" 'Tis a Good Scotsman who knows how to play the Pipes, But A better one who chooses NOT to."
Mar 27, 2019 10:50:41 #
I play them in street bands. Practicing can be an issue so i just go down to the beach except on windy days. Don’t want to have sand blown into the drowns. Tuning the drones can be an issue.
Mar 27, 2019 10:53:33 #
I play them in street bands. Practicing can be an issue so i just go down to the beach except on windy days. Don’t want to have sand blown into the drowns. Tuning the drones can be an issue.
Mar 27, 2019 11:47:56 #
ceallachain wrote:
I play them in street bands. Practicing can be an issue so i just go down to the beach except on windy days. Don’t want to have sand blown into the drowns. Tuning the drones can be an issue.
Years ago a Scottish relative passed on and her funeral couldn't have been more perfect.
A beautiful cemetery right next to a beach, it was very foggy and drizzling, a guy with bagpipes stood off maybe 50 to 70 on a yards on a small rise and played Amazing Grace as people arrived for the service.
A very unforgettable moment, I couldn't help but think God wanted a special sendoff for this old gal!
I have had a different attitude towards bagpipes every sense.
Mar 27, 2019 17:41:07 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Question: What do you have when you pitch a banjo into the dumpster and it lands on some bagpipes?
Answer: Perfect pitch.
Answer: Perfect pitch.
Mar 27, 2019 22:55:24 #
papaluv4gd
Loc: durham,ct
Never played bagpipes,probably never will. But I do enjoy listening to them. I actually gave some thought to take lessons.
Mar 28, 2019 01:22:04 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Op1Mng4oY
https://youtu.be/GeBcEusUn0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbARNSSe1I
And for you Red team minions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50Un5QD2u0
https://youtu.be/GeBcEusUn0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbARNSSe1I
And for you Red team minions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50Un5QD2u0
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