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JONESEY

New member
Reminds me of an advert I saw for an electronic organ ... 'looks sharp in any flat, but feels perfectly natural'.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
In that case, like me, you're 50% English and 50% Welsh!! Except that I'm 50% Australian (mother's side) and 50% Scottish (father's side)
 

JONESEY

New member
My wife has relatives over in Sydney I believe - sounds a very nice part of the world indeed ... I hope to visit there in the coming years.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Sydney is a fine city, for sure. It has many problems which I'm now basically over: too many people (most of whom are just plain rude), traffic gridlock (due to our state government's inability to provide decent public transport-I don't drive), cost of living is high, housing is simply not affordable (I'm on a single income, earning a decent wage, well above the basic). So, I'm moving to Brisbane, and I can't wait to leave. My twin brother lives there (he was over Sydney and moved 4 or 5 years ago), I don't see him and adore him and his wife and my two gorgeous (biased,yes?!) nieces. I've got a nice network of Brisbane friends already ... can't wait.
 

Soubasse

New member
Q: How many organists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Three - One to change the bulb and the other two to complain that the switch should have been fitted with a combination preset.





...something like that anyway. I'm also reminded of a less-than-kind but possibly true "joke" I once heard about organists, comparing them to an overworked carthorse - always whining for one more stop.
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Re: new march

Soubasse,

I'm committing the "Organist as carthorse" joke to memory.

"Always whining for one more stop" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
What a riot :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Cheers,

CD :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
 

musicalis

Member
Hi everybody

In French, we cannot make such a joke ...

I just read a funny "organ saying" ... organists are Great, Swell, Positive ... made me laugh.

.... But we can write :

Le Récit du Grand-Orgue à propos de l'Echo de la Bombarde est Positif

Sentence in which we can hear the name of the 5 manuals of a great organ.
 
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