Now that we’ve cleared up TubaDiva’s musical prowess, what about Arnold Winkelried?
OK, and any other “titled” individuals.
But mostly Arnold. Where do you practice so as not to bother the neighbors?
I thought he did. sdimbert even made a smilie depicting that, but when I went to look a cite, I found this:
Bananas and refrigerators
I don’t think the other mods/admins play either.
File this under really fuckin’ obvious answers, but, yes, I do drink beer.
And yes, I am an Alpha Male. I got first dibs on all the honies in the troop, and I’m the first to partake of the fetid deer carcass…
But are you really named Gene?
OK, Blank, you’re not going to believe this. Rest assured, though, that this is the Straight Dope, dedicated to eradicating ignorance, and I wouldn’t lie to you.
I play the tuba, too. And Ms. Diva or I either one could probably play an alphorn, if given the opportunity. Except for the lack of valves (so you have to bugle it) and the fact that it’s straightened out, it’s basically the same instrument.
Well, I was going to pretend to be an alphorn afficionado, but tshirts has already outed me.
Chronos - you may think the Alphorn is easy, but only a true swiss, raised on the best cheese from mountain cows, can wring from that marvelous instrument the pure notes that it is capable of producing.
Chronos: BBb, CC, Eb or F? Concert, Sousaphone, Helicon, Wagner? Recording bell or straight?
Unc: Yeah, but is it true that your nephews are named Huey, Dewey, and Lowenbrau?
Uke: BBb, and in whatever shape and configuration is handy. I actually haven’t played in a couple of years, since undergraduate scramble band, and you know how picky college bands are about instruments (i.e., not at all). My favorite, though, was a large-diameter, four-valve concert horn, but the section leader usually had dibs on that one. It also didn’t help that one of my specialties was alternate fingerings, such that I could play almost all of any given song with one or more valves completely stuck or otherwise unuseable (again, given my school’s selection of horns, this was an important skill). My other specialty, which I unfortunately never got to use in performance, was coaxing out the really low notes, like the E below low E (that’s the fundamental of the three-valve configuration, for you fellow physicists… In other words, the absolute lowest frequency at which the horn can possibly resonate).
In your dreams, dork!
We know what you look like. You’er a Pi Male. Pi for :wally.
Heh. As furthert proof of my alpha male status, witness a lesser member of the troop feeling threatened and attempting to establish dominance.
:swat:
I’m a she, dork. Want to compete with me on hormones? Well, since I have some and you have none, you lose even to me. Sad for such a braggart.
Then listen up, she-dork. The gratuitous insults are brilliant and all (“dork”? Twice?) but they’re really not appropriate for this forum, as you should know.
They’re really not appropriate for any forum, even the Pit. Not that I’d expect you to have the nerve to actually set foot there, but if you’d like to continue calling me a dork, or you care to further muse about what my hormone levels would be in your little world, I recommend you do it there or nowhere at all.
That “alpha” enough for ya? Thought so.