Are we surly ????

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:46 pm

I noticed on the forum index that uilleann pipers are called " SURLY " . Can this be true ? I can,t believe it ,you could not meet a nicer ,more polite bunch than the uilleann pipers that frequent this forum !!!!,me thinks!!!

RORY

myrddinemrys · Post by **myrddinemrys** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:56 pm

don't call me shirley.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:37 pm

"Surly" doesn't seem like quite the right word.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:00 pm

AND DON'T CALL ME LATE FOR DINNER

twenty five years I've had to wait

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:33 pm

Feck! Arse! DRINK!!!

djm

Post by **Dale** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:40 pm

Really, I think there's a misunderstanding. I understand that in the British Isles "surly" means a bit irritable and unpleasant. In the USA, surly means something like "cooperative and takes direction well."

Dale

myrddinemrys · Post by **myrddinemrys** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:37 pm

Actually, I think it means the former more than the latter.

Surely we're surly
but don't call us shirley
pipers rise early
our reels are too swirly

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:57 am

myrddinemrys wrote:Actually, I think it means the former more than the latter.

Surely we're surly
but don't call us shirley
pipers rise early
our reels are too swirly

I'm crass, and I'm moody
And sometimes quite squirrely
But for a topic like this
It's just too damned early....... where's my friggin coffee.....

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:31 am

There was an uilleann piperess called Shirly,
Who was oft times accused of being surly,
She said:"Go and sh*t!" and "I'll play what I like!",
"Those GHB skirts are too girlie".

Regards,

Harry.

Post by **Dale** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:43 am

myrddinemrys wrote:Actually, I think it means the former more than the latter.

Yes. I was being sarcastic. Or maybe sardonic. One of those.

myrddinemrys · Post by **myrddinemrys** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:45 am

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:59 am

DaleWisely wrote:
myrddinemrys wrote:Actually, I think it means the former more than the latter.

Yes. I was being sarcastic. Or maybe sardonic. One of those.

I can be reckless
and sometimes bombastic
But still it's too damned early
For a sardonic sarcastic...... need a second cuppa....

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:17 am

I'm still unrepentant
Though somewhat dementant
For forum defacement
I'm stuck in the basement

(Yeah? Well, at least it rhymes!

)

djm

JamieKerr · Post by **JamieKerr** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:37 am

I spent two hours last night wrestling with a fickle baritone drone reed. I was surly... 100%.... Just ask my wife....

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:10 am

JamieKerr wrote:I spent two hours last night wrestling with a fickle baritone drone reed. I was surly... 100%.... Just ask my wife....

Jamie, I think you've nailed it on the head there. The reeds are #1 in producing surliness. Then it is leaks in the bag/bellows, then springs, key pads, pins.... the list can go on ad infinitum it would seem.

With all of this going on, it's no big wonder how we can be an ill tempered lot.