Re: In defense of the recorder

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Really, Simon, must you?

Only this afternoon, a musician (a pedal-steel guitar player, yet!) repeated
to me that tired old saw, "What's the difference between a trampoline and an
accordion?"
 "Okay, what?" I asked, playing along.
"You take off your shoes before you jump on a trampoline."
"Very good," I lied.  "Now what's the difference beteen a trampoline and an
onion?"
Delighted to have been asked a question he thought he knew the answer to, the
steel player blurted "Nobody cries when you cut up a..."

Got him good, I did.


Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

>
> There really is no need to bash the recrder, at least, not as long as the
> accordon is still around.  Of course.......I'm just kidding.
>
> Myron Floren (aka simon)
>

--
Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said Little creature formd of Joy and Mirth
Go Love without the help of any King on Earth

Wm. Blake


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