Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 1999/06

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] stump-suckers
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:51:44 -0400

I wrote:
> [snip] Are there any other amusing slurs that self-hating clarinetists can
call ourselves?

Scott Morrow wrote,
>> "Trumpeters"?>>

LOL!

Ken Wolman wrote,
>>>Violists? "Walter Trampler in the vineyards where the grapes of wrath
are stored"?>>>

LOL!! Yes, violas feature in by far the largest section on the musical jokes
site <
<A HREF@-----.html">Musical instrument jokes</A>> ,
where there are also several about clarinetists....

Q: How many clarinetists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one, but s/he'll have to go through a dozen boxes of bulbs to find
just the right one.

Ken added,
>>>Actually, I'd have thought Lelia's cat would want to get in on this
one....>>>

Shadow Cat is too busy working on a top-secret project under the basement
sofa to read my mail right now. She filched another AA battery off my desk
yesterday and dragged it down to her lair. I hope she's not working on a
cat-sized prosthetic opposable thumb. Uh-oh....

Lelia
stump-sucker

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