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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2007/04

From: Juan Zuccolo <jzuccolo03@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Looks like the AFM website got hacked
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:51:10 -0400

It is a bit late to be an April 1st theme, but you must go to this
link and check out the def, uses and history of the oboe, its really
interesting!
Juan
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oboe

At 01:36 AM 01/04/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>So its midnight on April 1st, and I'm checking the AFM audition ads
>since they are always updated on the first of every month, and I see this:
>
>The Bohica Orchestra
>
>
>BASSOON - Rear Bassoon
>Resume Date - April 1, 2006
>Audition Date - April 1, 2007 in Bendover, Main
>Starting Date - The 2005-2006 season.
>Salary/Benefits - 75 cents plus half a tzikehn!
>Services - Yes, please.
>General Information - Conducted by the infamous Nathan Kahn, Last of
>the Bohicans. Repertoire includes The Nutcracker, 4'33'', and the
>entire Kenny G songbook.
>Contact Information - Please contact phone number below. Please do
>not e-mail us, as we have thrown our computers out of the Windows.
>Phone - 1-800-BEND-LOW
>
>So Im assuming that either the website got hacked, or the AFM got
>duped into allowing someone with a very clever sense of humor
>advertise this 'audition'. At first it was very shocking to read on
>a website such as the AFM's, but I have to say...its kinda pretty
>gosh darn funny. Kind of like the uncyclopedia entry on the
>bassoon: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Bassoon
>
>I guess April fool's day isnt safe at any website.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Javier Rodriguez
>Baton Rouge, LA (But in St. Louis today for opening day GO METS!)

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