The Combo Club

[iagtrplyr]

Seems redundant to me to ask where someone lives when you've knocked on their door.

Okay, you got me there, swinky...touché!

Ya know, you have a pretty quick-mind there. Have I not got you working for the club? My secretary is on vacation or I’d know thus. Never mind, I’m installing you immediately as our Director of Thinkology. You’ll be paid millions (of schmackeroons) to literally sit and do nothing but think. Think ya can handle that? I thought so!

First assignment: think about combo amps. That’s it. Interested?

 

[iagtrplyr]

Hey now, I explained this already, she was not, "that gypsy lady," she's my wife in her famous gypsy costume! I know, hard to believe some lunk like me could win the heart of someone so intelligent, witty, and delightful, but I swear it's true!

As far as the unfortunate events of the evening...there was whisky involved...and dancing...

Rod, you are one smooth operator, my friend! Not only could you have fun with the humor, you probably scored big points with the wife and made yourself look like a fun person to be around. I tip my hat to you!

Anyway, I think it was a bass!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Well, you need a long arm to knock on my door

And we love you for that, BB! Nothing better for a club to be represented worldwide. BTW, might it interest you we're thinking of colonizing Mars with a Combo Club hideaway station? Very exclusive. Only those wanting to get "away" from the hassles here on Earth need apply. Kick it around and let us know if you'd like to go. I believe G'dog will be the flight commander. He needs a new challenge and his foreign language skills might come in handy if there are other bass players already there.

 

[G-Dog]

... ... we're thinking of colonizing Mars with a Combo Club hideaway station? Very exclusive. Only those wanting to get "away" from the hassles here on Earth need apply. Kick it around and let us know if you'd like to go. I believe G'dog will be the flight commander. He needs a new challenge and his foreign language skills might come in handy if there are other bass players already there.

мы идем на взлет. пожалуйста, пристегните ремни безопасности и убедитесь, что столики с подносами находятся в вертикальном положении.

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[RodRy]

Rod, you are one smooth operator, my friend! Not only could you have fun with the humor, you probably scored big points with the wife and made yourself look like a fun person to be around. I tip my hat to you!

Anyway, I think it was a bass!

Oh, sounds like the goings on are still sealed under the confidentiality agreement. Sorry, my bad. You are most wise there. I tip my hat to you as well!

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Hey now, I explained this already, she was not, "that gypsy lady," she's my wife in her famous gypsy costume! I know, hard to believe some lunk like me could win the heart of someone so intelligent, witty, and delightful, but I swear it's true!

As far as the unfortunate events of the evening...there was whisky involved...and dancing...

Tuna? TUNA???

 

[iagtrplyr]

мы идем на взлет. пожалуйста, пристегните ремни безопасности и убедитесь, что столики с подносами находятся в вертикальном положении.

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Excellent, 007. I accept your offer. You will be paid nothing for performing this mission, everything claimed will become property of the CC (me), and you will play as your first song on Mars, “Disco Inferno.”

We’re good then. When would you like to leave. Oh, you may choose two volunteers (non-paid, of course) to accompany you. Skim the roster and decide who you wish to have join you to the Red Planet.

Good luck,

FL

 

[G-Dog]

Excellent, 007. I accept your offer. You will be paid nothing for performing this mission, everything claimed will become property of the CC (me), and you will play as your first song on Mars, “Disco Inferno.”

We’re good then. When would you like to leave. Oh, you may choose two volunteers (non-paid, of course) to accompany you. Skim the roster and decide who you wish to have join you to the Red Planet.

Good luck,

FL

Da, Comrade Fearless Leader! I don't gots to be thinkink for long for crew of Combo Club Bolshoi IX Space Capsule & Coupled Cargo Barge to Mars.

For Science Officer, @JacobT, by way of his superior brain, which is apparently no longer required on His Excellency's Tribunal of Future Conflicts which has solved all CC dissension. The only CC member to have successfully debated multiple Vulcan Emissaries! Beink also considered for First Governor-Royale of CC Mars Colony A1, if all goes well!

And, for Most Necessary Arts & Entertainment Ministry (and Clean Spacesuits Ministry), Contessa @Morrighan to establish First All-Night Cinema/Bistro and Laundromat on Mars (FANCBLM). The multi-terrabit broadband innerwebz on your proto-tiempkin CC Space Station has been beeg success, so she can still coach Cohorts from Mars, no problema!

Such International-Intergalactic Crew vill be symbiolic of your International Combo Club! Ve shall be leavink at Fearless Leader's super secret designated time coordinates anywhere between Thursday noon Zulu time and Thursday noon Sidereal time, from classified, most highly top secret location in Potsylvania where is housed huge, gigantic humongous "Fearless Leader XIII" rocket towering miles above all terrain & buildinks for hundreds of kilometers around! Fearless Leader himself is only authorized spectator, as soon as he iss breakink bottle of "Old Rasputin" Champale over the nosecone, for luck.
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[iagtrplyr]

Da, Comrade Fearless Leader! I don't gots to be thinkink for long for crew of Combo Club Bolshoi IX Space Capsule & Coupled Cargo Barge to Mars.

For Science Officer, @JacobT, by way of his superior brain, which is apparently no longer required on His Excellency's Tribunal of Future Conflicts which has solved all CC dissension. The only CC member to have successfully debated multiple Vulcan Emissaries! Beink also considered for First Governor-Royale of CC Mars Colony A1, if all goes well!

A worthy choice I must admit. Yes, make him governor and increase his salary to equal that of your own. JakobT is worth it. BTW, what do I pay you these days? Asking for a friend.

And, for Most Necessary Arts & Entertainment Ministry (and Clean Spacesuits Ministry), Contessa @Morrighan to establish First All-Night Cinema/Bistro and Laundromat on Mars (FANCBLM). The multi-terrabit broadband innerwebz on your proto-tiempkin CC Space Station has been beeg success, so she can still coach Cohorts from Mars, no problema!

Ooh, that’s a tough one. She’s invaluable as her laundry skills and bass scales are top notch. Okay, you can take her along as well, but she cannot abandon her new students. They’d never forgive us. Also, confiscate her Elf amp. She won’t be needing it on Mars and I need a new toy. It’s been almost a week since I got anything new...


Such International-Intergalactic Crew vill be symbiolic of your International Combo Club! Ve shall be leavink at Fearless Leader's super secret designated time coordinates anywhere between Thursday noon Zulu time and Thursday noon Sidereal time, from classified, most highly top secret location in Potsylvania where is housed huge, gigantic humongous "Fearless Leader XIII" rocket towering miles above all terrain & buildinks for hundreds of kilometers around! Fearless Leader himself is only authorized spectator, as soon as he iss breakink bottle of "Old Rasputin" Champale over the nosecone, for luck.
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Don’t ask what happened to the other seven FLs. What goes on in the CC stays in the CC.

I will be the only spectator because I’m a) supreme and 2) Google Maps doesn’t work well when searching Potsylvania.

And yeah, an update on the Old Rasputin. Soul Reflection polished that baby off a month ago. Sorry, I know we were saving it for the launching. Can I interest the team in using a 2021 bottle of Boone’s Farm Blue Hawaiian?

Good luck on Mars, team!

FL

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Whatsa FL?

 

[iagtrplyr]

Whatsa FL?

Fair question.

As you have most likely figured out, a lot of members and lurkers stop by, but there’s probably a dozen or so regulars who visit frequently. Besides talking combos, we kick around whatever is on someone’s mind, be it basses, war stories, or a good teasing about something.

When I resurrected the club a number of years ago I was the 51st member. Two hundred comboites later we’ve grown, but are still a bunch that doesn’t take ourselves too seriously, treat everyone with equal respect, and try not pooping on other musicians’ gear.

So I became the Fearless Leader of the club and carry that banner with pride and the determination to keep the club moving forward. I tend to call people by their initials like GP, SR, and M. So I’m FL or way back when, G’Dog used to call me iago.

Now if you’re interested in becoming the next FL, all ya gotta do is step up and say you want it. I planned on at least one more year before retirement, but I can always be persuaded. Let me know.

FL

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

Fair question.

As you have most likely figured out, a lot of members and lurkers stop by, but there’s probably a dozen or so regulars who visit frequently. Besides talking combos, we kick around whatever is on someone’s mind, be it basses, war stories, or a good teasing about something.

When I resurrected the club a number of years ago I was the 51st member. Two hundred comboites later we’ve grown, but are still a bunch that doesn’t take ourselves too seriously, treat everyone with equal respect, and try not pooping on other musicians’ gear.

So I became the Fearless Leader of the club and carry that banner with pride and the determination to keep the club moving forward. I tend to call people by their initials like GP, SR, and M. So I’m FL or way back when, G’Dog used to call me iago.

Now if you’re interested in becoming the next FL, all ya gotta do is step up and say you want it. I planned on at least one more year before retirement, but I can always be persuaded. Let me know.

FL

"One can retire from teaching, but not from being a leader without fear"

Doctor I.

 

[iagtrplyr]

"One can retire from teaching, but not from being a leader without fear"

Doctor I.

Doc Intrepid, everyone (MIC DROP!)

 

[StatesideRambler]

Hmmm … there’s the CC list and there’s no StatesideRambler on it. That’s pretty solid evidence that I was lax in submitting my photo in support of my application. So all along I’ve been participating without proper credentials. I humbly beg forgiveness of all in this noble order and assure you that I will rectify my failure in reasonably short order.

 

[swink]

Okay, you got me there, swinky...touché!

Ya know, you have a pretty quick-mind there. Have I not got you working for the club? My secretary is on vacation or I’d know thus. Never mind, I’m installing you immediately as our Director of Thinkology. You’ll be paid millions (of schmackeroons) to literally sit and do nothing but think. Think ya can handle that? I thought so!

First assignment: think about combo amps. That’s it. Interested?

This offer will require some serious thought....
Is reclining with eyes closed considered thinking?....

 

[swink]

мы идем на взлет. пожалуйста, пристегните ремни безопасности и убедитесь, что столики с подносами находятся в вертикальном положении

Эй, я тоже могу писать странными буквами.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Эй, я тоже могу писать странными буквами.

Gandalf?

 

[iagtrplyr]

Hmmm … there’s the CC list and there’s no StatesideRambler on it. That’s pretty solid evidence that I was lax in submitting my photo in support of my application. So all along I’ve been participating without proper credentials. I humbly beg forgiveness of all in this noble order and assure you that I will rectify my failure in reasonably short order.

Either that or I’ve completely lost it, and after the past year’s events I’d say it’s even money in either.

#240 is waiting for ya, ‘Rambler!

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Definition of SENILITY

 

[swink]

Definition of SENILITY

Don't bother. It's like explaining to a deaf person what being deaf is.