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Just for the Record I’m Not Tired of Winning and I’m Not Tired of All These Shenanigans

by Vanderleun on February 24, 2018

“Next week, we’ll talk about fingering.”

[HT Learning to Play the Shenanigan – Neatorama]

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Dink Newcomb February 24, 2018, 12:40 PM

HOOOOOAAAAAH!!!!! Memories best left lost in the ether!
The whole package looks to be created in the ’70s as an adjunct to the intense press coverage about how dropping acid would “improve” your life or maybe a part of the notice of an upcoming Timothy Leary lecture at Berkely! “Tune in, turn on, drop out” and get massive irreversible brain damage! And it tasted a whole lot better than detergent pods, especially when dripped on a sugar cube. Do they still make sugar cubes?

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Vanderleun February 24, 2018, 1:28 PM

Yes.

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Dr. Jay February 24, 2018, 1:53 PM

While watching this, for some reason, this joke popped in my head: Pavlov is sitting at a pub enjoying a pint, the phone rings and he jumps up shouting, “Oh no, I forgot to feed the dog!”

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Eskyman February 24, 2018, 2:41 PM

That was well done! I was worried that the Shenanigan might have slipped off its base, which is of course made from preframulated ammulite, and that could’ve caused great damage to the sperving bearings. Wouldn’t that have been a pity!

As we all know, to successfully tune this instrument one needs a turbo encabulator, such as this one made by Chrysler:

https://youtu.be/MXW0bx_Ooq4

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Doug February 25, 2018, 2:10 AM

As a professional musician I have to say: that is effin hilarious! Great spoof on “early musick.”

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Jaynie February 25, 2018, 3:58 AM

Speaking of sugar cubes. I was in a restaurant just yesterday, a charcuterie delicatessen in Waltham, Massachusetts, where they placed a shallow tray of roughly shaped sugar cubes, white and brown, out with our coffee.

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BillH February 25, 2018, 7:31 AM

Do they have white and brown sugar cubes for the same reason I keep white and brown corn cobs in my outhouse?

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Jim in Alaska February 25, 2018, 8:56 AM

You did notice, of course, that was a left handed Shenanigan, far far less common than the right handed Shenanigan.

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Terry February 25, 2018, 10:47 AM

“. . . white and brown corn cobs . . . ”

Very funny BillH

Reminds me of home. Ha, Ha !!!

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Bunny February 25, 2018, 4:57 PM

You can do that at home, too, Jaynie! Adds a touch of class to the tea table.
https://www.amazon.com/Perruche-Brown-Sugar-Cubes-10-5/dp/B006YVD9G6

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