Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Good news!

The sequestration won't affect the Department of Homeland Security's request for bagpipes.

8 comments:

bruce said...

Well that's a relief!

RebeccaH said...

No doubt they are needed for the daily serenade outside His Majesty's bedroom window.

Steve at the Pub said...

Rule #1 (of anything)

When in doubt about who is who, it is the Goodies who are playing the bagpipes.

Steve at the Pub said...

... it should be mentioned that I struggled with this a little when Yassar Arafat's Palestinian Police had a pipe band, and the Israeli Army didn't....

Steve at the Pub said...

Whaaat.... they order "easy" & "medium" chanter reeds (pansies).
"Electronic Tuner"? ... and just what is wrong the pipe major's ears?
.. only one practice chanter reed? (They cost about $5 each, and yeah you can make 'em last a while (I get years out of one) they should be bought by the boxful!
"Zippered bag covers"... that does it... .. what next... electric powered bellows to fill the bag?
Whaaa...? "smallpipes"...what is this... the Brokeback Mtn pipe band?

Paco said...

Steve: I think your basic rule is sound (Palestinians notwithstanding).

Anonymous said...

Deborah said... The decision came down to Blue Angeles or bagpipes. Easy for anti-military types.

Now what would DHS need with bagpipes. Inquiring minds want to know. Well they go with the ammo and weapons DHS has stockpiled.

Michael Lonie said...

I'm not sure that we should want DHS equipped with weapons of war, which is what the pipes are. They are not, be it noted, musical instruments, at least in intent.

Anna Russell, talking about the bagpipes in one of her comedy routines on "Wind intruments I have known", noted that the Encyclopaedia Britannica said that the notes of the bagpipe correspond to no known diatonic scale, because strictly speaking they are not in tune with each other.