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Innocent Bystander wrote:What goes "Clip"?


Half a horse.

Reminds me of: What goes "Clip clop clip clop clip clop Bang! Bang! clip clop clip clop clip clop"?


An Amish drive by shooting.

Newspaper toss. (Points awarded for landing on the porch roof or the bushes in front of the porch.)

If I recall correctly, the instructions that came with my Syn set said to use vaseline. It doesn't take very much, and it lasts a long time.

anniemcu wrote:If you get it and don't like it, you can always tape over it.

But would it sound the same? The tape would seal the hole on the outer surface, but there would still be a hole in the inner surface. Couldn't this produce some undesirable harmonics?

Yes, I agree. They are very nice whistles. I got the complete set (from A to E) several years ago and haven't bought another whistle since. My WHOA is completely under control . . . for now.

Denny wrote:

Lambchop wrote:Is it actually going to hit the fly? Or will the fly slide harmlessly off in the air current that curves around the front of the train?

I'll second MS....
The flys aren't so bad....a bumble bee will leave a heck of a dent in your forehead at 100.

A June bug packs quite a wallop as well.

I've always wondered about the claim that electric vehicles are "zero emission." I suppose it depends upon how your electric power is produced. If it comes from burning fossil fuels, then the claim is certainly not true, and considering the amount of energy lost in getting the power to you...

What about the safety of school aged children? My daughter heads off to school at about 7:10 am. During part of the school year she is walking in the dark. Setting the clocks forward this early in the year puts her back to walking in the dark. I commute to work by bicycle, so changing the time makes...

Clearly, I need a better mandolin.

Future Generation Brands: The "Genuine" Generation (also known as the "Gen Gen") The "My" Generation (with a 1960's Tie Dye motif) The "Unhooked" Generation (covered with "Just Say No" stickers) The "Forgotten" Generation (complete with cl...

Franz wrote:As I understand it, the new whistle will be called the "Star Trek".

You know, Star Trek "the Next Generation".

Will there ever be a Generation X whistle?

King Friday wrote:

Lorenzo wrote:Can you play your whistle without the mouthpiece?

Isn't that what Joannie does on Song of the Irish whistle sometimes?

Actually, she is blowing over the mouthpiece instead of through it.

Cynth wrote: I suppose carbon tet worked well for electrical fires especially where you couldn't use water, but missy is right. It is very hazardous. In addition to its own vapors being hazardous, it will react chemically in a fire and give off other very dangerous gasses.

Phosgene comes to mind.

The driver should have looked in both directions before turning. You ight say that people don't but I don't believe that. You may not but I do and it was stressed to me during learning that it was something you had to do. Even drivers that look both ways don't always see a bicyclist riding on the w...

Henke wrote: Kilimanjaro - Africa - 19,340 feet (Worlds highest free-standing mountain)

Does this mean that mountains taller than 19,340 feet have supports?