We're Mainstream Now

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:49 am

.....as Pete Townshend's eyes light up at the prospect of YET FURTHER commercial jingle royalties on his old warhorse! T-t-t-talking about some golden parachute!!!!

Charbuque · Post by **Charbuque** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:11 pm

Mitch wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Keep calm. We've been through this before.
Dr Who played a pennywhistle in one incarnation, didn't he?

But he didn't even use the piper's grip, for goodness sake!
Arrrr but!

One of the first in his grip was a piper by the name of Angus! No?

And Billie 'Piper' played Rose Tyler in the last series. You might be onto something.

kaitlyn · Post by **kaitlyn** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:07 pm

Scary stuff to begin a weekend with....

Yuri · Post by **Yuri** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:53 pm

Keep calm.
Google search entries
Recorder 82 945 177.42
Point is, out of the 82 945 177.42 entries 82 640 261.38 are non-musical recorders. As in video, tape, tax, etc ones.

BEC · Post by **BEC** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:10 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:Keep calm. We've been through this before.
Dr Who played a pennywhistle in one incarnation, didn't he?

The second Doctor (portrayed by Patrick Troughton) played a soprano recorder......

I play both recorders and whistles in our little church music group. Most of the time compliments I get are for my "flute" playing either way.....

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:44 pm

Unfortunately, I continued musing about the world where whistles are mainstream. When I tried to imagine Jerry or Mack sitting in a gray cubicle wearing a white shirt/dark tie and designing the "Bratz Whistle," my brain short circuited and I passed out.

While I was out, I saw Dale standing on a stage and collecting $2.9 billion check from Time-Warner, Inc. for the Chiff & Fipple website. Dale was smiling because he could now join the elite group of network news anchors, Hollywood A-list actors, NFL quarterbacks and Donald Trump as the only people rich enough to attend a Cherish the Ladies concert.

Luckily, the cap was still off the Powers bottle and I revived with no ill effects other than a burning desire to purchase a Generation whistle then post a long diatribe about its tuning/quality control/raspiness. Oh wait, I had that desire before I passed out...in fact I've already purchased the whistle...or two...hmmm, this could be worse than I thought...

nikiarrowsmith · Post by **nikiarrowsmith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:44 pm

walrii wrote: When I tried to imagine Jerry or Mack sitting in a gray cubicle wearing a white shirt/dark tie and designing the "Bratz Whistle," my brain short circuited and I passed out.

I nearly passed out from how funny that image is

walrii wrote: While I was out, I saw Dale standing on a stage and collecting $2.9 billion check from Time-Warner, Inc. for the Chiff & Fipple website. Dale was smiling because he could now join the elite group of network news anchors, Hollywood A-list actors, NFL quarterbacks and Donald Trump as the only people rich enough to attend a Cherish the Ladies concert.

Incredibly ironic.

But really, does anyone honestly think the whistle will become mainstream anytime soon? And in view of our love for ITM, it's strange (but understandable) that we wouldn't want it played on every street corner in Manhattan or LA, even.

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:24 pm

I agree with you, niki. I don't think we'll be seeing the "Bratz Whistle" anytime soon. If we do, I'n gonnna need a lot more Powers...

nikiarrowsmith · Post by **nikiarrowsmith** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:18 pm

walrii wrote:I agree with you, niki. I don't think we'll be seeing the "Bratz Whistle" anytime soon. If we do, I'n gonnna need a lot more Powers...

Walrus powers?

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:49 am

I was just sitting there grinding-out the stub end of a generation Bb on the carpet, the last in a pack of 20 filter-tip, when I happened to glance at my wrist Abell and noticed it was high time to end this game - I had a full boat - Ds over Cs. Just then Louey caught Fred with a susato high G up his sleeve and pulled a chieftain low D. The table went flying amidst a barage of taps rolls and crans, whistles were flying like confetti. I high tailed it out the back just in time to escape the cops who hade broken in the front door and were plying skulls with sweathearts - now that's resonance!

Life's just one long session in the big city.

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:43 pm

Mitch wrote:I was just sitting there grinding-out the stub end of a generation Bb on the carpet, the last in a pack of 20 filter-tip, when I happened to glance at my wrist Abell and noticed it was high time to end this game - I had a full boat - Ds over Cs. Just then Louey caught Fred with a susato high G up his sleeve and pulled a chieftain low D. The table went flying amidst a barage of taps rolls and crans, whistles were flying like confetti. I high tailed it out the back just in time to escape the cops who hade broken in the front door and were plying skulls with sweathearts - now that's resonance!

Life's just one long session in the big city.

Mitch,

If you ever write a book, I'll be first in line to buy it . . .

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:00 pm

shadeclan wrote:
Mitch wrote:I was just sitting there grinding-out the stub end of a generation Bb on the carpet, the last in a pack of 20 filter-tip, when I happened to glance at my wrist Abell and noticed it was high time to end this game - I had a full boat - Ds over Cs. Just then Louey caught Fred with a susato high G up his sleeve and pulled a chieftain low D. The table went flying amidst a barage of taps rolls and crans, whistles were flying like confetti. I high tailed it out the back just in time to escape the cops who hade broken in the front door and were plying skulls with sweathearts - now that's resonance!

Life's just one long session in the big city.
Mitch,

If you ever write a book, I'll be first in line to buy it . . .

Hey - I'm only practicing this revisionist prose for when Dale takes his place in the Oval Office and we start re-writing the history books. I'm just a bit stuck on how dropping a couple of very large Grinters on Japan was a needless waste given that the war was pretty much over... and whether or not it's wise to change the name to "The Oval Orifice" - perhapse "The Oval Embouchure"??

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:50 pm

Mitch, you're just too much