# Odd things heard at a piping lesson...

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**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681 "2013-02-18T09:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681/1 "2013-02-18T09:16:38Z")

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Went to my piping lesson last week; it’s with an old Army piper, and there’s another guy in the session, both retired.

We were practising one piece, and we kept going wrong. Piping instructor figured out that I had a different arrangement to the tune than the other guy; at the trouble spot, the arrangement I had hit a high F, but the the other guy’s arrangment went to a low A.

Piping instructor commented that this tune had a lot of arrangements, and it was mainly a matter of personal choice; some liked the lower setting, some like the higher one.

Piping instructor: “Personally, I like the lower arrangement. I prefer going down.”

Other guy: “Yeah, I like going down too.”

Long pause.

Piping instructor: “That’s not quite what I meant to say.” Followed by a deep Scottish chortle.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681/2 "2013-02-18T11:35:31Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> “Yeah, I like going down too.”

Sounds like something Fat Bastard might say. 😛

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**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681/3 "2013-02-18T14:49:16Z")

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They say the ladies have got to admire a man who can blow, finger and squeeze all at the same time…

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681/4 "2013-02-18T14:51:29Z")

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> [@Recusant](#):
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> They say the ladies have got to admire a man who can blow, finger and squeeze all at the same time…

I don’t think it’s ladies who admire that…:dubious:

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-heard-at-a-piping-lesson/650681/5 "2013-02-18T15:17:59Z")

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> [@April\_R](#):
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> I don’t think it’s ladies who admire that…:dubious:

Only if you’re using “blow” in the figurative sense! :rolleyes:

I’ve never had a girlfriend who didn’t appreciate a tiny puff of air now and again, whether it was in her ear or in more sensitive spots. 😛