Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2005/07

From: William Kelly <kell0786@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sex, Drugs and Oboes
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:09:06 -0400

Sounds to me like Ellis was making a bit of a joke in the context of an
unserious conversation. Probably not something to get upset about. And at
any rate, wild reactions are worse than, or at least as bad as, wild
generalizations.

On 7 Jul 2005, Lelia Loban wrote:
>
> Ellis Johnson wrote,
> >they're always trying to get ahead. All the
> >oboe players I have met are really messed up.
> >The type of woman that should make you run
> >screaming in the opposite direction.
>
> Gosh. Who are "they," all oboists or all women? *All* the oboists
you've
> ever met are messed up? Really? *All* of them? Including the male
> oboists? I know several oboists. None of them happen to be conniving
> sluts, of either the male or female persuasion, but maybe my experience
of
> oboists is too limited. Yours must be vast, right? Does something about
> playing the oboe make women lose their morals and want to get a head?
> Oops, I mean ahead?
>
> I don't run screaming from oboists, but I do run screaming from people
who
> make wild, unsupported generalizations. Oddly enough, though, not all of
> the wild generalizers I've met play the clarinet. Some of them don't
play
> anything except the dozens.
>
> Lelia Loban
>
>
>
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