Musical Instruments
So I live with a tribe of professional musicians. I don't know how familiar b3tans might be with the species, but we do tend to get very, VERY excited over instruments. Especially musical ones.

This leads to problems. Especially since most musicians are 1. Pathological Ebayers 2. Fueled by Alcohol and 3. Ridiculously competitive. Conversations include:

"Look, look! I've bought a new tenor horn!" "But... it's completely tarnished! And there's a big hole in it. It won't make a noise!" "IT DOESN'T MATTER I CAN PUT BEER IN IT AND DO WHIT FRIDAY IN MIME!!"

"I bought a new 'cello yesterday." "Don't they cost, like, hundreds of pounds? And you've never played 'cello in your life!" "Well, that sod Mike said it was difficult to play, and I wasn't letting him get away with that. I can play the flute, this will be easy... and I'LL SHOW HIM!"

Purchases this year also include 25 ukeleles ("I'm staring a uke choir!").

And what do we do with all these lovely musical instruments? Well, when someone sleeps in, we play Gaudete really, REALLY badly outside their door to wake them up. And that's pretty much it.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 3 May 2012, 23:19, 9 replies)

but, but, but
isn't gaudette acapella?
(teasus likes tea, Fri 4 May 2012, 1:44, closed)

Since we're playing it on
toy xylophones, ukeleles, trombones and sitars, I don't think we're too concerned with authenticity. ;)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 4 May 2012, 9:50, closed)

I totally understand
I have an issue with guitars.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Fri 4 May 2012, 9:34, closed)

Yeah
me too. One day they'll invent a way to look young and thin and cool again, like I did in 1991, and not like the fat, balding 42 year old tool I am now, with all my spikey, pointy Heavy Metal guitars littering the place.
(Rsoles, Tue 8 May 2012, 22:30, closed)

"I can play the flute, this will be easy"
*click*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 4 May 2012, 14:24, closed)

I used to find that funny too. :P
Having had several students who refuse to practice because they're already good... at a completely different instrument... I've gotten a little bit annoyed by it.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 5 May 2012, 23:54, closed)

25 ukulele?
Lovely ;)

I'm in Hawaii, and we've only got one in the house. It's a Kamaka, koa of course, but still.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Sat 5 May 2012, 21:06, closed)

Weirdly, the Uke collection is the only thing that's got a serious reason behind it
In that one housemate is a music teacher in a local school, where she's junior to 3 other music teachers. The senior one runs the choir, where they sing show tunes and NO harmonies whatsoever, and then she has to try to teach them about harmony- and they have no experience of it. She's not allowed to interfere with the choir, so instead of teaching them choral stuff she's started the Uke choir where they have to sing in harmony for the songs, as well as play. It's working well. :-)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 5 May 2012, 23:53, closed)

That's a nice solution, and very Hawaiian ;)
And a good reason to hoard ukulele!
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Mon 7 May 2012, 8:46, closed)