# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/21 "2012-01-25T21:59:20Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Kauai. Depending on weather, may go drive the Waimea Canyon today. you will drive right past my house … sunday night is a concert …dennis kamakahi …grammy award winner … monday night will be brother noland … ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/22 "2012-01-25T23:12:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think my stomach turned a little bit reading that. 🙂 Well, pineapple can be a bit tart. I could see it giving you a sour stomach. ---
**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 25, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/23 "2012-01-25T23:57:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You know, you can add that to just about any Canadian complaint - “These mosquitoes are terrible today, but at least it’s not -30C.” 🙂 “We may be stuck on the 404, but at least it’s not -30C!” “My house just burned down, but at least it’s not -30C!” “We just lost the lawsuit, but at least it’s not -30C!” 🙂 > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > No haggis, sadly. Not even any with pineapple chunks. :: quease :: > [@\_Olive](#): > > you will drive right past my house … > > sunday night is a concert …dennis kamakahi …grammy award winner … > > monday night will be brother noland … THIS is where we’ll have our great CanaDoper gathering! :: knock on **~Olive~**'s door :: :: voices with Canadian accents audible :: :: **~Olive~** hides under bed :: ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/24 "2012-01-26T00:17:18Z")
How good was this piper? Just imagine the reaction of some stressed-out Scotsman who hates the bagpipes, going to Hawaii for a well-deserved vacation, sitting down on his patio with a Mai Tai or Piña Colada, when all of a sudden… Hark … what is that noise covering the booming sound of the surf? Bagpipes??? NOOOOOO!!! To paraphrase Dr. Watson, "“A well-played bagpipe is a treat for the gods – [a badly-played one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2G6QFlk6s) ----” (warning: follow the youtube link at your own risk). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/25 "2012-01-26T00:19:16Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Tonight, as I was barbecuing our supper on the balcony, what to my wondering ears did appear but the melody of a piper. And the proper response should have been to break out your own pipes and join in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/26 "2012-01-26T02:05:33Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > THIS is where we’ll have our great CanaDoper gathering! > > :: knock on **~Olive~**'s door :: > :: voices with Canadian accents audible :: > :: **~Olive~** hides under bed :: my door is always open …i have been known to host strangers at times ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/27 "2012-01-26T02:29:30Z")
> [@\_Olive](#): > > my door is always open …i have been known to host strangers at times That’s good, cause they don’t get much stranger than us! 😃 ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478/28 "2012-01-26T02:30:25Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > That’s good, cause they don’t get much stranger than us! 😃 And some of us can sing, too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitting-on-our-balcony-in-hawaii-listening-to-a-piper-play-traditional-hawaiian-pipe-tunes/610478.md?page=1)