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Airline terror baggage ban hits a bum note: musicians
AFP ^ | Sun Sep 10 | Katherine Haddon

Posted on 09/10/2006 8:02:03 PM PDT by Westlander

A group of top classical musicians has warned of the threat to artistic life from a hand baggage ban introduced after police foiled an alleged bomb plot against transatlantic airliners.

Many performers refuse to let their instruments, often centuries old and extremely valuable, out of their sight when they travel on planes in case they are damaged in the hold.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airline; bags; ban; musicians; rop; terror; terrorwar; trop; waronterror
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To: Slings and Arrows
Do you know the difference between an oboe and an onion?

Nobody cries when you cut up an oboe.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

121 posted on 09/11/2006 11:35:24 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace; MineralMan
See post #121.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

122 posted on 09/11/2006 11:38:55 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
You know the best way to play a banjo?

With a hacksaw.

123 posted on 09/11/2006 11:41:17 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: The Cuban

I'm all for them too. The TSA is rapidly becoming less of a nuisance and more of a parody of itself.


124 posted on 09/11/2006 11:43:16 AM PDT by jammer
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To: LonePalm
Here's one dedicated to the violinists who are scared about their instruments being stolen :-).

Q: How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?

A: Put it in a viola case.

125 posted on 09/11/2006 11:44:09 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: LonePalm
And here's another airline-related musician joke...

Q: Christopher Hogwood, Daniel Barenboim, and Neville Mariner are all on the same plane when it ditches in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Who is saved?

A: Mozart

126 posted on 09/11/2006 11:45:07 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: LonePalm

'Très amusant.' - MineralMan


127 posted on 09/11/2006 11:45:08 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: GaltMeister
What do you call one pretty good violinist, one better-than-average violinist, one failed violinist, and someone who hates violinists who are all together in the same room?

A string quartet.

128 posted on 09/11/2006 11:46:21 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: SpinnerWebb; July 4th
Just for you all.........

What's the difference between a baritone saxophone and a chain saw?

-The exhaust.

129 posted on 09/11/2006 11:50:02 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
You know the definition of 'perfect pitch'?

That's when you throw an accordian into a dumpster and it dosen't hit the sides.

130 posted on 09/11/2006 11:51:23 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Westlander

Thank a Muslim. Need I say more?


131 posted on 09/11/2006 11:51:57 AM PDT by travlnmn41
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
The difference between a banjo and a chainsaw ....

A chainsaw has dynamic range and you can turn it off.

132 posted on 09/11/2006 11:52:40 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

What do you call the wreck of a junior high band equipment truck?

A good start.


133 posted on 09/11/2006 11:52:45 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: MineralMan
Sorry I couldn't resist.........

Why is a bassoon better than an oboe?

The bassoon burns longer.

OK, I'm tough. You can hit me with soprano, piano or flute jokes in return. ;-)

134 posted on 09/11/2006 11:55:03 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: musical_airman
Sorry, dude. I'm a professional musician. Ever seen someone's livelihood destroyed by a baggage handler? I have

I gotta say, I'm with you on this one. Musical instruments are valuable and fragile. Leaving out the abusive handling that checked baggage gets, airlines lose about 1% of checked luggage to start with. They find about 90% later, but there is a certain finite and not too low probability that you'll never see your checked luggage again.

135 posted on 09/11/2006 11:55:09 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

What happens at after-school rehearsals of a high school woodwind quintet?

Group groping...Well, not always...


136 posted on 09/11/2006 11:55:43 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: MineralMan

What do violinists use for birth control?

Their personality.


137 posted on 09/11/2006 11:56:46 AM PDT by ecurbh (Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

"Why is a bassoon better than an oboe? "

It's not. Both are ill winds that nobody blows good.


138 posted on 09/11/2006 11:56:59 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: GaltMeister

LOL - my dad studied classical accordion - and played jazz on it in a USO band during WW II. He was actually quite good at the instrument..... hated playing 3-chord polkas in fact - "too harmonically boring".


139 posted on 09/11/2006 11:57:18 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: lightman

I was just talking about that with a coworker last week. I'm just waiting for the nude flights. :) Yikes! I think it would attract more of certain people to flying and a lot less of others. Airlines better be careful because things like this drive good customers away.


140 posted on 09/11/2006 11:57:30 AM PDT by Kaylee Frye
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