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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2006/07

From: Nora Schankin <bsnbabe@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:14 -0400

I thought it was..."A gentleman is someone who can play the
saxophone, but doesn't"

N
On Jul 12, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Oboeeee@-----.com wrote:

>
> "A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipe, but
> doesn't."
>
> -Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961)
>
>
> * "I just wondered if a bagpipe might have made it to the hills of
> Kentucky, attracted a lot of hostility from the Indians (who would
> otherwise have been predisposed to welcome less boisterous newcomers,
> I'm sure) and was quickly abandoned. .. although, I would have
> thought
> that if you wanted to clear an area of hostiles, unfamiliar to the
> sound of it, a bagpipe cutting through the early morning mist
> would be
> just the job. If I were an Injun, I'd be the first to scalp the
> bagpiper."
>
> **Quoted from traffic on earlym-l@-----.at
> http://lists2.wu-wien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/earlym-l
>
>
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