Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 2002/05

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Speak!
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 09:30:46 -0400

Gary Truesdail wrote,
>Another bad gig: Ringly Bros. and Barnum and Baily Circus:
>The trained tigers had just finished their act and were loaded
>into their rolling cages. They were pulled right past the band
>within about 8 feet. One of the males decided to make a
>statement about the way we played the music so he let fly
>with a squirt in our direction. Several musicians were in
>the line of fire. I swear, they smell as bad as an 'up close skunk'

LOL!! But maybe the tiger meant to send you a gracious and loving gesture of
protection, as a sincere thank-you gift for your performance. According to a
Cambodian friend of mine, tiger whiz makes an excellent mosquito repellant,
and also keeps monkeys at a distance. The nice tiger wouldn't want naughty
monkeys attacking his guests. ;-)

One of my cats in days of yore, Toe (R.I.P.), made a similar editorial
comment about my husband's playing. Toe left this remark in Kevin's
velvet-lined Jaeger violin case. I've bought flea market clarinets in cases
with a faint but familiar fragrance, too. Fortunately, Ms. Shadow Cat is a
complete fanatic about using the litter box, the whole litter box and nothing
but the litter box, so help h
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I'm making my stupid pet human type this. That's quite enough of that
subject! My goodness, you primates can be crude. But don't think the idea
of The Ultimate Sanction never occurs to me.... And I'm quite certain the
tiger meant precisely what Gary Truesdail thought he meant, BTW.

Kissy-kissy,
Shadow Cat

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