I found out in junior high school that vocalists, trumpet players, and guitarists were a dime-a-dozen. But if I could play bass, and do it well, I would always have a gig when I wanted one. Over forty years later, that is still the case. Nobody calls me to sing or play guitar; I occasionally get asked to play tuba; and my bass guitar gig calendar is as full as I want it.
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- Thread starter Acoustic356
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There is a bathroom on the right.
I locked my good banjo in the car while I went into the store. When I came out, somebody had broken my window and put another banjo in.
At any point in time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
On Saint Patrick’s day, a whole lot of people outside of Ireland have to stay sober to keep the number in balance.
A year has passed since I broke my nose....
Ok, given the response by @chazolson I can see this is probably a mondegreen, but I've stared at this for five minutes and can't see how it works.
That one I do get. These things happen if you have to wade through a hundred billion bottles..
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"mondegreen!" I'm a writerer and I just learned a new word - thank you!Ok, given the response by @chazolson I can see this is probably a mondegreen, but I've stared at this for five minutes and can't see how it works.
Good isn't it?
When I first heard of the word mondegreen I loved it because I instantly recognised, I knew the original song, Bonnie Earl Of Murray... Laid a mondegreen, like some giant festive egg. 
