# Sitting on our balcony in Hawaii, listening to a piper play traditional Hawaiian pipe tunes... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478 "2012-01-24T05:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/1 "2012-01-24T05:19:05Z")
As I mentioned in another thread (in which I attracted considerable opprobrium), the Piper clan has fled Saskatchewan’s -45 weather for the warmth of Hawaii. Tonight, as I was barbecuing our supper on the balcony, what to my wondering ears did appear but the melody of a piper. Sounded like he was down on the rocky shores, playing traditional Hawaiian pipe tunes like “Hawaii the Brave”, “The Barren Rocks of Popui” and “Hawaii, Hawaii, Uber Alles.” Lovely end to the day. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/2 "2012-01-24T06:12:53Z")
Undoubtedly wearing the traditional Hawaiian Kapa cloth kilt and thistle lei. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/3 "2012-01-24T06:15:28Z")
Hawai’i the Brave, eh? The Hawai’ian monarchy isn’t dead, then. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/4 "2012-01-24T06:26:01Z")
Reported for bragging. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/5 "2012-01-24T06:51:35Z")
At least you’re not threatening noogies, which is what I got from my fellow Canadopers! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/6 "2012-01-24T06:55:34Z")
It was above freezing today. You got a reprieve. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/7 "2012-01-24T06:59:05Z")
Hey, don’t think the noogies are off the table! Someday, some way, when you’re least expecting it… ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/8 "2012-01-24T07:19:47Z")
Which island? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/9 "2012-01-24T13:13:18Z")
Thanks. I really needed to read that as I gear up to go to work on roads coated in freezing rain. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/10 "2012-01-24T13:16:34Z")
Get off the internets and go exploring (either your wife or the local area). ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/11 "2012-01-24T14:44:06Z")
18 days and counting so these posts make me smile instead of threaten violence 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/12 "2012-01-24T15:27:48Z")
one day shy of 4 months for me. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/13 "2012-01-24T17:26:56Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It was above freezing today. You got a reprieve. 🙂 It’s above freezing out here too. Not by much, but at least it’s not -30C. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/14 "2012-01-24T21:05:05Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > \but at least it’s not -30C. You know, you can add that to just about any Canadian complaint - “These mosquitoes are terrible today, but at least it’s not -30C.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/15 "2012-01-24T21:54:45Z")
So how’s the haggis taste, ye great softie? 😃 ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/16 "2012-01-24T22:09:37Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > So how’s the haggis taste, ye great softie? 😃 Better than the poi, I’m sure. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/17 "2012-01-25T18:38:29Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Which island? Kauai. Depending on weather, may go drive the Waimea Canyon today. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/18 "2012-01-25T18:59:17Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Kauai. Depending on weather, may go drive the Waimea Canyon today. I’m so envious I want to spit. :mad: My wife and I spent 10 wonderful days in Hawaii in September. It was over way, way too quickly. ☹ They say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. What a crock. I’ve had an opportunity to love Hawaii, and now that I’ve lost her, I’m inconsolable. It’d have been better not to have tasted her sweet nectar in the first place. 😉 Curse you, **Northern Piper**. Curse yooooooooooooooou! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 25, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/19 "2012-01-25T19:29:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > So how’s the haggis taste, ye great softie? 😃 No haggis, sadly. Not even any with pineapple chunks. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/20 "2012-01-25T21:50:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > No haggis, sadly. Not even any with pineapple chunks. I think my stomach turned a little bit reading that. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478.md?page=2)