One of my brother's friends
is a rather fucked up aristocrat. He spent one summer building a trebuchet which he set up on the lawn of his parents' country pile, where he used it to fire old pianos across the grounds.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:10, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

So a bit like the siege of Minas Tirith
but with more pianos and less Orcs. Presumably
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:11, Reply)

I want to be rich enough to do this

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:13, Reply)

What a waste of a piano :(

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Several pianos, I understand.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I'd just feel sorry for the groundsman who has to clear up yet another piano
It's got to be one of the more unusual requests.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:17, Reply)

* twitches*
I miss my piano.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I should learn to play mine really

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Do do do
It's so wonderfully relaxing.

I've not played in about 8 months. It's actually quite sad :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:28, Reply)

'come on and do the con-gaaaa'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:35, Reply)

it's my gf's really
but is just sat in the kitchen. I don't really know how to start. I don't remember how I went about learning guitar....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:35, Reply)

Start by listening to Little Richard & Jerry Lee Lewis repeatedly.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:36, Reply)

that sounds sensible
I'm only interested in that sort of piano playing

that reminds me, I need to re-upload those squirrel tracks. 2nd one has some great honky-tonky piano on the end
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:39, Reply)

UR JOOLS HOLLAND AICMFP
EDIT I really do want to hear it
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:41, Reply)

we're quite proud of it
it's got everything you could want

rock
metal (with glorious pinched harmonics)
ambient house
one of the best guitar solos I've ever played.
honky-tonk piano
thunder

everything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:45, Reply)

Give the Jim Jones Revue a go, then.
You will fucking love it. JJ is a personal hero of mine from the 80s.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I would like to know
how he orchestrated this.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:19, Reply)

I'm trying to work out if I should beat you with a frying pan or if that was just an accidental pun.
Accidental? Pianos? Maybe? No.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:23, Reply)

A little off key.
-but on the scale of things here ...
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 20 May 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Calm down, no need to lose your tempo.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:24, Reply)

The appeal of these jokes has rapidly diminished.

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Well that fell flat.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

You're sharp today

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 20 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

I know, one cup of coffee and I'm all keyed up

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Hoping that one gets a chordial reception

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I could come up with some great ones if you'd give me a minim.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Don't fret, it will.
Just don't string him along.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Give it a rest.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:35, Reply)

if you keep this up you'll become a quavering wreck

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Ok, we'll talk about something else to bridge the gap.

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Piano jokes aren't my forte, I'm afraid.

(Cave Duck, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:42, Reply)

*coughs*


*points down*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:46, Reply)

We've already had that one
Try to key-p up, old boy.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Bah. Now it looks like I'm pedalling second hand jokes.

(Cave Duck, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Yes, it's tanto-mount to plagiarism

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:53, Reply)

I apologise. I'm an upright, if not grand, sort of a chap, normally.

(Cave Duck, Thu 20 May 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Fine.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

(I'd award you treble points for the subtlety of that one,
though it does leave me struggling for what to bass my next pun on)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I take my capo off to you, sir.
I apologise, that was a minor disaster.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:36, Reply)

Nice one
I'm struggling to breve after that.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:37, Reply)

If I were a man
I'd have a semibreve

*winces* Oh that was bad.

Duly noted.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Yeah that was ten(or)uous.
No symphony from me for that one.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I'll think of alto-native ones

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:42, Reply)

If you like I can Jota few down for you...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:45, Reply)

It's just the way I conduct myself.
www.sadtrombone.com/
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

You have a clef lip'n'palate

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:36, Reply)

You're going to have to stave off an attack after how horrible that pun was

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Sorry - puns just aren't my forte.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:38, Reply)

You really are on a (barca)roll(e) today, aren't you?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Gigue-us Christ, that was convoluted

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:41, Reply)

Yeah, they're starting to depart from the realms of common senza...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I'm going to punch you in the harpsicord.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:42, Reply)

Not if I kick you in the seguidilla first

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:43, Reply)

You coda thought of a better reply than that, surely?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:45, Reply)

No(te)

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:45, Reply)

this is getting bad
I'm going to have to fire you out of a canon
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:46, Reply)

Well, it might alleviate
the Te Deum
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:50, Reply)

These puns are magna opera

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:57, Reply)