MetaChat - I just bought a Harmonica.

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20 February 2006

I just bought a Harmonica. I must be going thru some kind of midlife crisis.

post by: dhruva at: 23:41 | 11 comments

I bought a harmonica when I was 13 (like, an honest to goodness heavy metal one - it costed me, like, $40 or something) and tried to learn how to play (I was fluent on the piano and starting on the oboe).

One day, I just couldn't find it anywhere.

Hmm... maybe I should take the bus downtown to the music store tomorrow...

posted by porpoise 21 February | 00:49

Go get some Bob Dylan albums.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 21 February | 00:50

i spent half an hour trying to get just the first line of 'blowing in the wind'. :)

posted by dhruva 21 February | 01:52

the ants are my friends. . .

posted by Feisty 21 February | 01:55

Then give it up, OK.?

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 21 February | 02:06

ooh feisty, if i ever get the tune, thats the version i'm going to play :)

posted by dhruva 21 February | 02:06

Or take lessons. FFS.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 21 February | 02:08

"a Harmonica?"
It's An Harmonica.
/MASH

posted by arse_hat 21 February | 03:08

Some aitches are harder than others.

posted by Hugh Janus 21 February | 09:10

You can say that again, Mr. Janus!

Ever since reading this:

LOS ANGELES (PNS) Richard M. Zhlubb, night manager of the Orpheus Theatre on Melrose, has come out against what he calls "irresponsible use of the harmonica." Or, actually, "harbodica," since Manager Zhlubb suffers from a chronic adenoidal condition, which affects his speech. Friends and detractors alike think of him as "the Adenoid." Anyway, Zhlubb states that his queues, especially for midnight showings, have fallen into a state of near anarchy because of the musical instrument.

…I always think ‘harbodica’ when I read or hear the word ‘harmonica.’

posted by misteraitch 21 February | 09:28

Just don't go hanging out near any freight train yards.

posted by matildaben 21 February | 09:32

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