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Post by Jim on Oct 26, 2004 14:18:16 GMT 9
Naow me fine lads, who be a tellin me tha origin o the bagpipes
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Post by MArv on Oct 26, 2004 19:39:29 GMT 9
You asked for it!!!  One fine day a "SCOT" had two of his little pigs run away and went to search for them. When he finally found them, he managed to grab and hold one under each of his arms. After a few yards of travel with the both of them trying to struggle free, the "SCOT" decided to wrap both of them in a small blanket he had been carrying. After doing such, he was able to keep the two little pigs under one arm and continued on his way. As he was carrying the little pigs, they both were wriggling and squealing with all their might and lungs! As he passed by some friends , (whom had been sharing a couple of the "Green Beers") the friends commented on the cacophony of sound the pigs were making and expressed the thought that it sounded like the "Devil hisself" had been loosed on the community. This made the "SCOT" a little angry and he decided to get back at the friends and neighbor by making an instrument that mimicked the two little pigs he had been carrying, since it was THAT very noise that had incensed his neighbors so much! Thus out of the carrying of two little pigs that had gotten out of their pen and run off, only to be recaptured and carried home, wriggling and squeeling, came the dreadful noise maker the we know today as BAGPIPES! We have always been reminded of that moment since!  That MY story and I'm sticking too it! MArv  |
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Post by pat perry on Oct 26, 2004 22:13:48 GMT 9
Eye, ye are indeed correct Old Sarge. I missed that one! Here's the definition I have for it: In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" Here's anothern fer ye: Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Pat  |
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Post by Jim on Oct 27, 2004 0:17:21 GMT 9
www.doyle.com.au/great_irish_warpipe.htmMArv, ye story a be true as far as me neighbors ina tha highlands go ;D.......Ye tale be a remindin me o a story about a big bicycle (Korean farm truck type) a Pappasan, and a drunk hog.......... Tha account o tha pipes be found ina the above site, an it be true PAt, me fine laddie, every American lives within 50 miles of a good IRISHMAN  8-)HIC the Old Sarge
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Post by MArv on Oct 27, 2004 4:59:31 GMT 9
Glad to see that everyone enjoyed the "Bagpipe" story! TIS true! I swear!!!  Now, I believe that the answer to the above question is that everyone in America lives within 50 miles of a MAJOR HIGHWAY or road!  Why is it we are always getting lost??? Never happened to me! -------- YET! MArv |
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