selling a bodhran

goatpiper · Post by **goatpiper** » Sun Mar 30, 2003 5:25 pm

I posted this over on the whistle board, but I'm selling a Gary Hudson bodhran that's five years old. If you're interested, contact me at my email reededgoat@earthlink.net

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:54 am

50 views, and still no-one has posted to say "What? You're asking for money for it instead of offering to pay someone to take it away?"
What's happening to this place?

No E · Post by **No E** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:12 am

Q: What's the difference between a trampoline and a bodhrán?

A: You take your boots off before jumping on a trampoline!

Feel better Roger?

No E

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:16 am

and....

Q. What's the diff., between a bodhran player and a foot massage?

A. A foot massage bucks up your feet......

Oh we already heard it?

Alan

goatpiper · Post by **goatpiper** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:08 am

You've got to be kidding me. Don't any of you get sick of bodhran jokes? Do they still make you laugh?
Start a new topic with the subject heading 'Bashing Bodhrans' or sumthin.

Aaron

Dionys · Post by **Dionys** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 12:27 pm

I don't get sick of Bodhran jokes, or for that matter Uilleann Pipe jokes either. Unless I've heard them for the tenth time from the same person. Then they get tiring. What good is life if you can't laugh, especially at circumstances you are personally involved with.

Dionys

goatpiper · Post by **goatpiper** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:07 pm

I laugh a lot, and love jokes...don't get me wrong. I started off in Irish music playing the bodhran, and taking it very seriously, and being as courteous as possible. Despite my best efforts, I usually was the butt of many a joke before the drum was even out of the bag, and most of the jokes weren't made in good fun...they usually had a very sharp, mean edge to them. Call it drum trauma...
Then I picked up the Uilleann pipes. What can I say, I must subconsciously enjoy ridicule.
Now buy my drum

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 4:21 pm

Hey Aaron,

It's your Mother... some people have approached me to ask you to stop defending bodhrán playing....

HAHA!

No but seriously, the bodhrán is good for something.... it's handy to gauge the humidity.. it get's floppy when it's humid and hard when it's dry.... please refrain from making jokes about this... it's a sensitive subject

Patrick.

Dionys · Post by **Dionys** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 7:33 pm

Maybe we can get Bob Dole to do some public service announcements about Floppy Drum Syndrome. Or Floppy Skin Syndrome.

Dionys

jqpublick · Post by **jqpublick** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:24 pm

So this guy walks into a bar in Belfast, with a carry-all in his hand. The bar falls silent, and a space is opened up between him and the bartender.

The guy walks up to the bar, sets his bag down beside him, and says "A pint of Guinness, please." The bartender shakes his head slowly, a dead look on his face and says "I can't serve you until you tell me what's in the bag, son."

The guy looks around the bar, a little incredulous, sees stern looks all around, and says. "But all I want is a pint." The bartender says, "Look, son, you'll get nothing here until I know what's in the bag."

The guy looks around again, sees a sea of faces that bode ill for him, so he shrugs, squares his shoulders, looks the bartender straight in the eye and says, "There's fifteen pounds of plastique in there."

The bartender heaves a sigh of relief, slaps a pint down in front of him and as the bar returns to normal says, "Sorry son, we were afraid it was a bodhran."

I, too, play 'the bloody thing' and have been the butt of more than one joke (and numerous dark looks), but hell, if you can't laugh at yourself, why should you let other people laugh at you?

Mark

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 3:44 pm

Good one!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 6:26 pm

JQP- Now that was funny!

I always wanted to play the bodhran but, despite much practice on my walton's which eventually exploded, I still suck.

jqpublick · Post by **jqpublick** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:21 am

Hey all;

Listen carefully to any Flook album, John Joe Kelly is a phenomenal bodhranist (yep, that's the real word) and the rest of the band is pretty hot too. before I know who he was I took a workshop with him in London a few years ago and he said that he learned most of his rhythms from old blues and jazz albums. He's got a dab hand, that one.

Mark

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 1:10 pm

Mark,
Quite right. Flook are just about the best musicians I know (in a traditional(ish) idiom), adaptable, innovative and modest to boot. J-Jo is a great drummer/percussionist, and playing with the combination of J-Jo and Ed is recipe for a great nights tunes.
Nice to talk about other instruments for a change

Alan

marcpipes · Post by **marcpipes** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:04 pm

Q: What's the difference between a bodhran and an onion?
A: No one cries whe you cut up a bodhran.

Q: What's the definition of perfect pitch?
A: Throwing a set of uilleann pipes in the toilet without hitting the rim.

Q: How do you know the stage is level?
A: The concertina player drools out both sides of his mouth.

Q: What do you do when a bodhranist knocks at the door?
A: Give him the money and take the pizza.

Q: How do yo know when a fiddler is at the door?
A: They can't find the key and don't know when to come in anyway.

Q: What's the difference between a whistler and a dead squirrel in the
road?
A: The squirrel was on his way to a session where he was wanted.

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