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Someone called 911, but this man’s maple instrument wasn’t a gun. It was a bassoon.
Springfield News-Sun ^
| May 12, 2018
| Tom Stafford
Posted on 05/14/2018 3:53:18 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
On the afternoon of April 5, after giving three lessons at his alma mater, Kenton Ridge High School, 22-year-old Eric Barga drove to Covenant Presbyterian Church for practices of the bell choir and arrived half an hour early, at about 6 p.m. Although the temperature was in the mid-50s, after years spent in claustrophobic practice rooms while working toward his degree from the exclusive New England Conservatory in Boston, Barga pulled the custom-made Fox 610 red maple bassoon out of its case, sat on the trunk of his car in the refreshing air and began playing scales.
There was a nice orange sky in the background, he recalled. It was one of the first nice days.
About seven minutes later, Springfield police received a 911 call reporting that a white male in a jacket and jeans was sitting on the back of his car in the church lot with what looked not like an oboe, the instrument Barga says its most often confused with, but a long rifle. Listed under additional information on the dispatch form is what, in retrospect, must be considered a grace note: Unknown of it was for sure.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2a; bassoon; guns; ohio
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Wonder what these snowflakes would do if they saw someone with a didgeridoo?
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posted on
05/14/2018 3:57:50 AM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
A bassoon is an assault oboe.
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posted on
05/14/2018 3:59:17 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Wow...a custom-made Fox 610 red maple bassoon involves some serious money
Try this one for size:
The Fox Model 240 Renard Bassoon is in the key of C. Red maple body, full German system plus high D and E keys, short bore. Other features include natural rubber linings in the wing joint and small bore of the boot joint, French bell (metal ring), body lock, nickel silver keys with silverplating,
$9,495.50
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:06:05 AM PDT
by
spokeshave2
(Formerly as spokeshave...now restarted after computer issues.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Darn, it’s a surface-to-air missile launcher! We’re all gonna die!
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:09:41 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
My sister plays the bassoon. Trust me. It IS a deadly weapon.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:11:11 AM PDT
by
Jemian
(Americans are dreamers, too.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They didn’t have modern bassoons when they wrote the 2nd amendment.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ban Assault Woodwinds!!!!
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:20:29 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“The caller is a maroon.” - Bugs Bunny
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:25:30 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
To: Flycatcher
They would faint from the cultural appropriation.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:26:02 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
To: Telepathic Intruder
A scary looking bassoon IS an assault bassoon.
Probably had a customized grip.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:27:17 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
You never know, it could have been an assault bassoon. LOL
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:29:13 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It's a good thing this guy wasn't black. We would have had a week or more of being "black while playing a bassoon." Various morons would be babbling to the news how terrible this was.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:30:59 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill: google,TWITTER,FACEBOOK,WaPo,Hollywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Hoboes and buffoons, the bad boys of symphony orchestras....
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:32:46 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
There’s already too much sax and violins.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:34:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
About seven minutes later, Springfield police received a 911 call reporting that a white male in a jacket and jeans was sitting on the back of his car in the church lot with what looked not like an oboe, the instrument Barga says its most often confused with, but a long rifle. Listed under additional information on the dispatch form is what, in retrospect, must be considered a grace note: Unknown of it was for sure. Some crazy things happen in Springfield, that's for sure!
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:34:26 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
To: COBOL2Java
No one needs a woodwind that big to play scales....
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:48:08 AM PDT
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: dfwgator
too much sax and violins Is that original?
Hilarious.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Barga pulled the custom-made Fox 610 red maple bassoon... That's like the AR-15 of bassoons. Only military marching bands should have access to the Fox 610.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:49:46 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(The FBI is the Mob)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
If you Google search “Bassoon Jokes” you will be laughing for a while.
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posted on
05/14/2018 4:50:31 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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