a) To get away from the sound.
and
b) A moving target is harder to hit.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
I’m one of the group that is attracted to bagpipes like a moth to flame.
I will walk a few blocks to find them if I hear in a city (happened once). Then I stand transfixed until they stop. To me they are one of the most beautiful sounds in the world.
Do you know the sound of a perfect pitch? When you pitch the bagpipes in the dumpster and don’t hit any of the sides.
Q. What’s the difference between a bagpipe and an onion?
A. No one cries when you chop up an bagpipe.
Q. What’s the difference between a lawnmower and a bagpipe?
A. You can tune the lawnmower, and the owner’s neighbors are upset if you borrow the lawnmower and don’t return it.
:)
I still love the pipes.