Bagpipe lung
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Yet another reason to ban the things....
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Or you could simply clean and store your instruments properly.
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@asdf said in Bagpipe lung:
clean and store your instruments properly.
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Why are you sucking on the bagpipes anyway?
If you can't help yourself, get a one-way valve or something!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Bagpipe lung:
Why are you sucking on the bagpipes anyway?
If you can't help yourself, get a one-way valve or something!
The valves aren't perfect AIUI.
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@dkf said in Bagpipe lung:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Bagpipe lung:
Why are you sucking on the bagpipes anyway?
If you can't help yourself, get a one-way valve or something!
The valves aren't perfect AIUI.
Then maybe some self control to cover the difference? And if all else fails...
@asdf said in Bagpipe lung:
Or you could simply clean and store your instruments properly.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Bagpipe lung:
And if all else fails...
You could make the world a better place by not playing the accursed thing.
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@HardwareGeek said in Bagpipe lung:
You could make the world a better place by not playing the accursed thing.
There's nothing wrong with a bagpipe that couldn't be fixed easily by filling it with concrete and sinking it to the bottom of the ocean.
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@dkf said in Bagpipe lung:
@HardwareGeek said in Bagpipe lung:
You could make the world a better place by not playing the accursed thing.
There's nothing wrong with a bagpipe that couldn't be fixed easily by filling it with concrete and sinking it to the bottom of the ocean.
Well it would lose its mold-harboring capabilities then!
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The best part is that if you go to Edinburgh, you won't only hear the instrument being 'played' every 5 minutes, you will hear the same song being played approximately 15 times an hour.
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@dkf Geez, next thing you know you'll be talking smack about accordions.
Filed Under: Mistah Yankovic ain't too happy wit yer smart mout.
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@asdf said in Bagpipe lung:
Or you could simply clean and store your instruments properly.
The bottom of a loch would be a good place.
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@ScholRLEA said in Bagpipe lung:
talking smack about accordions
That depends on what they're playing. (I prefer some of Mr. Yankovic's other works, but the stuff I like is a bit hard to find online for reasons known to me…)
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@Arantor Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
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@FrostCat said in Bagpipe lung:
@Arantor Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
Nope! I've heard at least two!
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@FrostCat said in Bagpipe lung:
@Arantor Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
WHY DID THEY NAME THESE EMOJI LIKE THAT
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@asdf said in Bagpipe lung:
Or you could simply clean and store your instruments properly.
It shows already that you are an engineer and do not understand the arts! cleaning the pipe would change the instrument's sound, blah blah
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@pydsigner said in Bagpipe lung:
@FrostCat said in Bagpipe lung:
@Arantor Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
Nope! I've heard at least two!
"I only know two tunes. One of them is Yankee Doodle and the other one isn't." -- Ulysses S Grant
Bagpipe music is like that. You can only hear "Scotland the Brave" so many times before you actually start wishing for "Amazing Grace" (or "Loch Lomond", I suppose).
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@FrostCat I counted three or possibly as many as four unique songs in Edinburgh. But once you've heard the 'you take the low road and I'll take the high road and I'll be in Scotland before ye' theme 53 times in the previous hour or two, the rest blend together pretty well.
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@Rhywden literal 'no true Scotsman'?
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@FrostCat said in Bagpipe lung:
Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
This one's a bit different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO1bGlyHDNU
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I like bagpipe, but then I also like hurdy-gurdy:
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Important question: Were there bagpipes at his funeral?
Because, seriously, that's the only place that instrument should be permitted.
Good for mourning because it covers all the whiney shit and uncomfortable silence.
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@ScholRLEA said in Bagpipe lung:
I like bagpipe, but then I also like hurdy-gurdy
Hungary has you covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BRH-rwikho
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@dse said in Bagpipe lung:
change the instrument's sound,
Yes, it wouldn't be as moldy after cleaning
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@flabdablet Are these guys trying to sound awful? "50 un-synchronized bagpipes aren't enough of a potential irritant, better have someone imitate a rubber duck too!"
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Mind you, I also like hammer dulcimer and Masley's 'bowhammer cimbalom', which he plays with a unique combination hammer and bow that is worn on the tips of the fingers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwbC7u7uf7M
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You know, [on my world], there’s an ancient kingdom by the name of Scotland. The Scots are famous for four things: a sausage called ‘haggis’ that is so disgusting that its very name is proverbial for ‘inedible food’ throughout the rest of the world, a bagpipe whose wail is so harsh it has been used as a weapon of war, warriors so strong that they invented a sporting competition to see who could throw a tree trunk the farthest, and engineers so brilliant that they’re referred to as ‘miracle workers’ by their comrades.
-- Paul Twister
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@ScholRLEA said in Bagpipe lung:
hammer dulcimer
Well that's actually a beautiful instrument. Unlike some of these Medieval abominations.
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@ScholRLEA said in Bagpipe lung:
a unique combination hammer and bow that is worn on the tips of the fingers
One of these days I'm going to get around to actually building the device I've been contemplating for a while, which is an optical reflection pickup worn on the fingertips and used with a foldback speaker to generate controllable howl-around while playing a hand drum like a conga or djembe.
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@masonwheeler quoted in Bagpipe lung:
a sausage called ‘haggis’ that is so disgusting that its very name is proverbial for ‘inedible food’ throughout the rest of the world
I like haggis despite being not Scottish at all.
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@masonwheeler said in Bagpipe lung:
You know, [on my world], there’s an ancient kingdom by the name of Scotland. The Scots are famous for four things: a sausage called ‘haggis’ that is so disgusting that its very name is proverbial for ‘inedible food’ throughout the rest of the world, a bagpipe whose wail is so harsh it has been used as a weapon of war, warriors so strong that they invented a sporting competition to see who could throw a tree trunk the farthest, and engineers so brilliant that they’re referred to as ‘miracle workers’ by their comrades.
-- Paul Twister
These days, the caber looks more like a telegraph pole, and it isn't just about distance. It's also about getting it to fall pointing away from the thrower. You carry it with one end up, then throw it ('"toss", actually), aiming to get it to land on the other end and fall pointing directly away from you.
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@masonwheeler said in Bagpipe lung:
The Scots are famous for four things: a sausage called ‘haggis’ that is so disgusting that its very name is proverbial for ‘inedible food’ throughout the rest of the world, a bagpipe whose wail is so harsh it has been used as a weapon of war, warriors so strong that they invented a sporting competition to see who could throw a tree trunk the farthest, and engineers so brilliant that they’re referred to as ‘miracle workers’ by their comrades.
And frying Mars bars.
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@pydsigner said in Bagpipe lung:
@FrostCat said in Bagpipe lung:
@Arantor Aren't all bagpipe songs the same song?
Nope! I've heard at least two!
No that was the verse and chorus.
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@Weng said in Bagpipe lung:
Important question: Were there bagpipes at his funeral?
Because, seriously, that's the only place that instrument should be permitted.
Good for mourning because it covers all the whiney shit and uncomfortable silence.And there's a non-zero chance it will bring back the deceased.
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@da-Doctah said in Bagpipe lung:
And frying Mars bars.
The Scottish deep fry everything because in the ancient times, it was the only way to be sure to kill off all food-borne pathogens like fungus, spores and mould........
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Okay, guys, I'm going to need a hundred gallons of boiling oil. Start handing out these flyers for "free bagpipe de-moulding service".
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bagpipe lung:
The Scottish deep fry everything because in the ancient times, it was the only way to be sure to kill off all food-borne pathogens like fungus, spores and mould........
Take off and deep-fry it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bagpipe lung:
@Weng said in Bagpipe lung:
Important question: Were there bagpipes at his funeral?
Because, seriously, that's the only place that instrument should be permitted.
Good for mourning because it covers all the whiney shit and uncomfortable silence.And there's a non-zero chance it will bring back the deceased.
I thought the bagpipes were to convince the deceased not to come back….
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@Lorne-Kates said in Bagpipe lung:
Okay, guys, I'm going to need a hundred gallons of boiling oil. Start handing out these flyers for "free bagpipe de-moulding service".
Boiling oil? You need an ignition source as well, assuming you're going for the traditional English approach for dealing bagpipe players.
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@flabdablet Wow, who'd have thought bagpipes and swing would go so well together? :D
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Another type of Lung which is maybe more prog-musical, rather than just unfortunate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jMPI_pUec
I used to have Jethro Tull blasted at me while my father was racing a Morris Marina around the countryside .
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@masonwheeler About the only place where people think haggis is disgusting is the US, and one of their staple foods is "chitlins", or pig urethras boiled until they no longer taste of pig piss.
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@da-Doctah Deep-fried Mars bars is an English thing. You don't get them in Scotland. About the only place I've seen them is Wolverhampton, which is not particularly surprising if you've ever been there.
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@Steve_The_Cynic No-one ever mentions the real national sport of the Highlands, which is of course Shinty.
Think of it as being like Ice Hockey but really fast and violent, and without the ice.