[Smokin' Joe]

That's because, when played with a certain level of skill, they sound like somebody's strangling a cat.

The way I heard it, the cat goes in the bag and all those pipes have pointy ends...

(Seriously, though, I do like bagpipe music well played.)

[NoCmpromiz]

Actually...

Bagpipes are proof that the bladder sounds better INSIDE the sheep...

;-)

[Silentgypsy]

Me, too! I blur out with “Amazing Grace” at veterans’ functions.