# Northern Piper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402 "2021-08-23T23:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/1 "2021-08-23T23:57:03Z")
Anyone heard from Northern Piper? He’s been uncharacteristically quiet as far as I can see ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/2 "2021-08-23T23:58:16Z")
Paging @Northern_Piper… ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/3 "2021-08-24T00:07:50Z")
@Northern_Piper, ahem, its been a little light on quality bagpipe music around here lately. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/4 "2021-08-24T00:13:06Z")
Does that sentence contain an interior contradiction? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/5 "2021-08-24T00:16:39Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > contain an interior contradiction Not to me 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/6 "2021-08-24T00:23:18Z")
No true Scotsman…wait a sec…. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/7 "2021-08-24T00:47:33Z")
Hopefully he’s just out messing around with hummingbirds. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/8 "2021-08-24T00:48:45Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Hopefully he’s just out messing around with hummingbirds Or mosquitos. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/9 "2021-08-24T01:04:29Z")
Hard to tell them apart where he is ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/10 "2021-08-24T01:13:10Z")
I seem to recall that this has happened before–that is, he seems to disappear for a few weeks. It’s typically been for business, or for a family vacation. I hope this time around, it’s for the latter. It’s been a difficult enough last year-and-a-half, and some vacation time is something we all deserve. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/11 "2021-08-24T02:32:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > some vacation time is something we all deserve. I’ve heard Saskatchewan is lovely this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/12 "2021-08-24T02:34:03Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I’ve heard Saskatchewan is lovely this time of year. Except for the mosquitoes the size of bagpipes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/13 "2021-08-24T02:39:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > > I’ve heard Saskatchewan is lovely this time of year. > > Except for the mosquitoes the size of bagpipes. 😉 - Think how quiet it would be if it were the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/14 "2021-08-24T02:44:53Z")
I’m not going to taunt the gods. I’m enjoying a relatively mosquitoless summer here on the relentlessly sun-baked prairie. Did I mention relentlessly? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/15 "2021-08-24T03:51:41Z")
Rained all day today (first time since May) so there are mosquitos in the forecast for next week. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/16 "2021-08-24T10:14:46Z")
@LSLGuy also hasn’t been around for a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/17 "2021-08-24T17:52:11Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > @LSLGuy also hasn’t been around for a few weeks He’s on a self-imposed hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/18 "2021-08-25T01:53:07Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Rained all day today (first time since May) so there are mosquitos in the forecast for next week That was us in Minnesota today. While we really, really needed the rain, one foray out to pick up dinner gave me three mosquito bites. They all hatched today. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/19 "2021-09-10T00:57:36Z")
Northern Piper, if you’re out there but can’t talk, cough twice ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper/949402/20 "2021-09-10T03:47:08Z")
You have to @ him to summon his pipes: @Northern_Piper