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# Hahaha
I bought a Ukulele today because of you.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:14, archived)
# I keep planning to buy one
apparently they're easy to play, or something.
(I helped save b3ta! dr_fonz, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:15, archived)
# it takes a few days to pick it up...
...but a lifetime to master.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:16, archived)
# like
reversi
(I helped save b3ta! PeterSeychelles, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# and wanking
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:23, archived)
# I prefer wanking to doing it with other people because...
...you associate with a better class of person wanking.
(the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:28, archived)
# Well they're quite small
so I can't imagine taking a few days to pick one up....sorry.

I've been working on the bleedin' banjo for a year now and I still haven't managed to pick it up!
(I helped save b3ta! dr_fonz, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# They're small...
...but they are made out of the same stuff as black holes - that's what makes them so heavy.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:22, archived)
# That's one more of us...
...and one less of them.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:15, archived)
# I like your
music.
How do I play this thing?
I don't know what the tuning is.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:16, archived)
# The tuning...
...is

1st B
2nd F#
3rd D
4th A

...so unlike most stringed instruments, the 4th string is actually higher in pitch than the 2nd or 3rd.

[edit] These pople want to tune it a full tone lower than me. Weird.

www.hotrodguitars.com/ukulele_tuning.htm
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:18, archived)
# thanks kind sir
I was rather taken aback when I noted the 4th string as being thinner but soon overcame my shock.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:22, archived)
# notes are different in america
it's like shoes.
(I helped save b3ta! PeterSeychelles, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:22, archived)
# George Formby
apparently could only play in one key, and had a differently tuned ukelele for each song.
FACT!
(I helped save b3ta! Spherix What, with these feet?, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:32, archived)
# George Fornby didn't play the ukelele
he played the banjolele.


FACT!!!
(I helped save b3ta! dr_fonz, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:34, archived)
# In that case
I just changed my username.
(I helped save b3ta! Spherix What, with these feet?, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:39, archived)
# yay!
i too have a uke - although it was a shit cheap one, so it doesnt have geared pegs and falls out of tune really easily:)
(I helped save b3ta! monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:29, archived)
# he he he...
...so does mine!
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:39, archived)
# hmmn
mine too, it was £19.99 though so I can't really complain.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 17:44, archived)