# Dating a doctor vs. dating a bassonist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116 "2018-08-05T03:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116/41 "2018-08-06T14:06:32Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > If things get that far, think twice about setting up house with a gynaecologist. I heard they tend to paint the hallway through the letterbox. The real trouble comes when the piano has to be out NOW, won’t fit through the letterbox, and so they chainsaw through the wall, saying the wall will need some recovery time. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116/42 "2018-08-06T14:09:24Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Marry the doctor because he earns the most and have an affair with whoever else is the hottest. Have you noticed there are no calendars filled with pictures of scantily-clad bassoonists? Yeah, not an accident. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116/43 "2018-08-06T14:25:02Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Have you noticed there are no calendars filled with pictures of scantily-clad bassoonists? Yeah, not an accident. 😉 Don’t be so sure! There seems to be evidence that some of them are leading double lives. 😃 [**Bassoon Babes Rock!**](https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/mp/products/T812A649MPA1663PT17X103Y110D1016440735S100/views/1,width=1200,height=1200,appearanceId=649,backgroundColor=E8E8E8,version=1524725084/bassoon-humor-bassoon-babes-rock-men-s-premium-t-shirt.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116/44 "2018-08-06T14:35:17Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Don’t be so sure! There seems to be evidence that some of them are leading double lives. 😃 > > [**Bassoon Babes Rock!**](https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/mp/products/T812A649MPA1663PT17X103Y110D1016440735S100/views/1,width=1200,height=1200,appearanceId=649,backgroundColor=E8E8E8,version=1524725084/bassoon-humor-bassoon-babes-rock-men-s-premium-t-shirt.jpg) That’s only evidence that some of them aspire to owning a green T-shirt with someone else’s picture on it. Which sadly seems more accurate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116/45 "2018-08-06T21:13:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes. At first, he didn’t do “everything,” but she got him to “expand his repertoire.” 🆒 All this Reminds me of when my university orchestra performed Ravel’s Bolero. Big concert hall, tuxes, the whole deal. It was percolating along nicely, getting set up for the big bassoon passage. The bassoonist launched into the passage squeaking and scronking and scrunching up his face and man he started licking on that reed like… Well anyway I felt sorry for the guy. He eventually recovered but the damage was done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-doctor-vs-dating-a-bassonist/819116.md?page=2)