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Double Bass comments on the street
- Thread starter eucalyptus
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yesterday i got one from a little kid, he must have been 5 or 6. he looked up and saw me pushing the bass and goes,
'what is THAT?'
he seemed genuinely startled.
'what is THAT?'
he seemed genuinely startled.
My current favourite is "Hey, you play double bass? I need someone for Friday..."
It's nice being able to fill in open weekend nights like that.
It's nice being able to fill in open weekend nights like that.
My bass is never "on the street" - it goes from my house to the back of my car - which is driven as close to the gig venue as possible and moved as little as possible!
Oh dear, the guy's more precious than his bass.
I see my joke went right over somebody's head, despite the tell-tale smiley!!
Sorry Bruce, the inverted commas did it for me. On a scale going from ironic to sarcastic I rate it somewhere in the middle, round about facetious.
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Answer: "Well, I was supposed to have my second lesson Friday, but what the hey, I think I've got it down pretty well."My current favourite is "Hey, you play double bass? I need someone for Friday..."
It's nice being able to fill in open weekend nights like that.
BTW-I've been hired almost like that in my lifetime:
now that's self-confidence! my response would've been 'um.. friday. yeah. um, i gotta feed the cats that day. and that night.'
My favorite is "do you play regular bass too?" I've never given the answer I always wanted which was "yes I play regular and premium bass." The problem is that question usually came at 3:00 am on the NYC subway when me and maybe two other folks were on the train.
Oh and this is me when I used to play in Central Park.
Oh and this is me when I used to play in Central Park.
I think if people treated all my posts as sarcastically humorous that would be much safer!!
Very true, that.
Wait.......were you being sarcastic?
hmm... 'trash can'? that's a new one. the other day i got 'that's a big piece of equipment', which is far less bewildering.
i wonder what that guy calls an actual trash can..
i wonder what that guy calls an actual trash can..
Another one is the guy who looks at you and goes "boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!" Or "play that bass!"
I was in the dentist's chair recently and we were talking. So, he said, 'do you just get your bass out and go boom boom boom boom?'
So I said, 'do you just get your drill out and start drilling?'
That was a brave move, considering you were sitting in a dentist's chair at the time.
a few weeks ago i was running through some bowing exercise and my son was sitting on the couch listening to me. when i finished he said 'you're not very good with a bow, are you?'.
ouch. gotta love that unfiltered criticism, though.
ouch. gotta love that unfiltered criticism, though.
