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24 December 2006

Guy across the street got a new guitar amp for Christmas. →[More:]And he still can't play anything but 2 or 3 buzzy barre chords. Although, now he can play them at 110 db, for all his admiring, loser, dirtball pals. In the spirit of the season, I've been mightily excercising forbearance for the last 2 hours, but if he's still at it in an hour, I'm calling the Christmas Eve cops.

Whose toys are you ready to take away?

post by: paulsc at: 19:54 | 9 comments

"can't play anything but 2 or 3 buzzy barre chords"

The basis of entire musical careers.

posted by mischief 24 December | 20:45

his admiring, loser, dirtball pals.

I resemble that remark!

posted by jonmc 24 December | 21:22

If only more musician's mother's beat them into mastering the piano, first.

posted by saf 24 December | 22:58

Whose toys are you ready to take away?

Heh. We're on the opposite side of that coin.

When our boys were little, my wife's sister bought them marvelous, NOISY toys. Now she has some youngins of her own, and we're repaying the favor. (Only now technology has made obnoxious, loud toys even more obnoxious and loud.)

It works out in the end, because then the kids remember who Aunt Bee and Uncle Paul are. Heheh.

posted by Doohickie 25 December | 00:09

I'm calling the Christmas Eve cops.

Call his mom.

posted by pieisexactlythree 25 December | 01:44

Call her what?

posted by trondant 25 December | 06:57

...and apparently they didn't open all their presents last night, or he just figured out how to put his new effects pedal in line. Since 7:45 a.m. this f***in' morning, he's been Distortion God and The Switched Feedback King.

Merry Xmas, you clueless a**hole.

posted by paulsc 25 December | 08:55

occhiblu's dad got her a French press. My campaign for lighter, weaker coffee that won't drill its way right through my peptic ulcers has just suffered a serious setback.

posted by ikkyu2 26 December | 03:25

My nephews(6,3), who never received a gift that even required a battery let alone made any kind of noise, gave my daughter a set of kitchen appliances that not only make noise galore they require 12 AA batteries.

I think I know a couple of boys who are getting Raffi CDs for their birthdays.

posted by Mitheral 27 December | 01:39

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