# A rash of tuba thefts at Southland high schools **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937 "2011-12-12T18:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/1 "2011-12-12T18:51:26Z")
Los Angeles is losing its tubas to the black [market](http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-tuba-thefts-20111212,0,3320236.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews+%28L.A.+Times+-+Top+News%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo). Seems to me that some evil villian has a large tuba-based weapon planned to take over world, or maybe a small part of Kenosha, WI. I’m thinking of a certain Diva… ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/2 "2011-12-12T18:53:09Z")
Perhaps one reason they are stealing tubas is, compared to other instruments, they are so easy to hide. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/3 "2011-12-12T19:21:38Z")
[Well, here is a related video on the same site that may give some insight to the issue.](http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/66088737/News/A-tuba-revolution) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/4 "2011-12-12T19:46:52Z")
Maybe the tubing of tubas is used in making meth labs, or something. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/5 "2011-12-12T20:08:30Z")
I told you guys we were hot. 🙂 Seriously, it is a problem for a lot of schools, especially so in areas where _banda_ is so popular. It’s really unfortunate. We want to be in the news but not like this. “Be on the lookout for bandits with weapons of brass construction.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaxnative1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jaxnative1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaxnative1210)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/6 "2011-12-13T13:05:03Z")
Maybe they are using them as implements for consumption of illegal substances? Tuba bongs, maybe? A device for smoking a huge amount of crack cocaine? Maybe there is a shortage of flatulance sound effect devices in a particular part of the world, possibly? Its possible that there is a shortage of radiators, and people are running hot water through them for radiant heat. Or they are researching the brown note theory. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/7 "2011-12-13T13:51:15Z")
Maybe **El Tubadero** was running out, and needed more instruments [http://cmulrooney.tripod.com/browngeorgstanford.html](http://cmulrooney.tripod.com/browngeorgstanford.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/8 "2011-12-13T16:13:03Z")
Brass is bringing top dollar now, compared to a few years ago. Perhaps they’re just being sold as scrap. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/9 "2011-12-13T16:52:39Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I told you guys we were hot. 🙂 When you said ‘hot’, I thought you meant ‘sexy’, not ‘illegally sold’! > [@TubaDiva](#): > > “Be on the lookout for bandits with weapons of brass construction.” Hehe ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/10 "2011-12-13T18:50:58Z")
As a father of a middle school tuba player, this doesn’t surprise me in the least. Those damn things are expensive! ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/11 "2011-12-13T20:29:10Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Seems to me that some evil villian has a large tuba-based weapon planned to take over world, or maybe a small part of Kenosha, WI. “So what are we going to do tonight, Brain?” ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/12 "2011-12-13T20:50:38Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > “So what are we going to do tonight, Brain?” The same thing we do every night. Try and take over Kenosha! ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/13 "2011-12-13T21:39:21Z")
I, for one, welcome our new tuba-playing overlords. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rash-of-tuba-thefts-at-southland-high-schools/605937/14 "2011-12-13T21:58:12Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new tuba-playing overlords. Yeah but you know their national anthem’s gonna suck