Instrument Humor

So I thought I would put some amusing images up which I have encountered recently. And also some classic music jokes.
What's the difference between a trampoline and a violin?  You take off your shoes to jump on a trampoline.
Why are orchestra intermissions limited to twenty minutes?  So you don't have to retrain the drummers
How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb?  One, she holds up the bulb and the world revolves around her
How do you get a guitar player to play softer?  Give her sheet music
A conductor and violinist are standing in the middle of the road, which do you run over first?  The conductor, business before pleasure.
How do you get two flutes to play in unison?  Shoot one
Whats the difference between lawnmowers and saxophones?  Lawnmowers sound better in small ensembles.
the comic above btw is from tonedeafcomics.com

Me and Gaston

How I'm just as good or better than Gaston
1. Turning off intelligent women
2. Thick Headed
3. Hairy
4. Thinking I'm thinking
5. Coming up with zany plots
6. Quickly ascertaining the character of others
7. Going for the open and obvious shot
8. Seeing things through to the end

How Gaston is better at than me
1. Muscles
2. Guns
3. Interior decoration with animals
4. Sidekick and minions
5. Easily bowling over floozy girls
6. Eating Eggs
7. Cleft Chin
8. Spitting

Hrmm Why aren't I a Disney Villain

The Social Gospel

“Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free health care. You’re thinking of Jesus,” jokes the popular comedian John Fugelsang. While offered as a comedic reflection the reality of the jest is no laughing matter, at least not in American politics these days and certainly not in the pews of American Christian churches.

Battle lines have been drawn between Progressive Christians and those of the more conservative Religious Right and the raging battle is to be found on the field of American politics. While this is not a new battleground for Christians it is at least one of the most contentious fights of the 21st century.

At stake is not only political ambition, with elections looming, but perhaps more importantly for people of the Christian faith, the understanding of what it means to be an American and a Christian in light of the Social Gospel.

The Social Gospel was an intellectual movement out of the early 1900’s within primarily the Protestant Christian church. It attempted to address community needs and social problems from a Christian sense of compassion, outreach, and civil contribution as much as it sought to define Christian ethics and responsibilities in terms of community activism launched from within the church. The movement has seen a resurgence in the last ten years.

In the debate on health care reform and various other social programs presented by the Obama administration, battle lines have been drawn and the call to arms sounded. In the cross hairs, to borrow a popular phrase, is the basic understanding of what it means to be a Christian and an American and to love your neighbor as yourself, caring for the poor, the oppressed, and those who are sick, indeed the “least of these.”

Br'er Abbot

31 ¶When the ^aSon of man shall come in his ^bglory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

 32 And before him shall be gathered all ^anations: and he shall^bseparate them one from another, as a ^cshepherd divideth his^dsheep from the goats:

 33 And he shall set the sheep on his ^aright hand, but the goats on the left.

 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his ^aright hand, Come, ye ^bblessed of my Father, ^cinherit the ^dkingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

 35 For I was an ^ahungred, and ye ^bgave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a ^cstranger, and ye took me in:

 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye ^avisited me: I was in ^bprison, and ye came unto me.

 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave theedrink?

 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

 39 Or when saw we thee ^asick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have ^adone it unto one of the ^bleast of these my ^cbrethren, ye have done it unto me.

 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the ^aleft hand, ^bDepartfrom me, ye ^ccursed, into everlasting ^dfire, ^eprepared for the devil and his angels:

 42 For I was an ^ahungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the ^aleast of these, ye did itnot to me.

 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Pictures

 So this is mostly just a random post with various pictures I thought you could enjoy perusing. WARNING:  There are a lot of pictures in here. 

There is a Ring Fort at the top of a hill in Ireland and it has quite the view so I took a video while walking around it

There was once a crazy storm that came through and these are the clouds that came with it

There are lots of castles here in Ireland and some are in better shape than others.  This one isn't doing too well

I love the coast here

If you look at the large rock sitting near the cliff it is suppose to look like a camel but this picture doesn't do it much justice

I need to find people here who rock climb cause it would be legit.

Lame guy is blocking the gorgeous shot of the northern coast

Some afternoon tea to warm up

It is very green here.  I thought I would blow this picture up to its full size so you could appreciate the color

Hard to get a feel for the depth of that from the picture but it was quite impressive.  You should come and take a look.

A statue call Hands across the Divide.  This represents the willingness to start working together but the lack of contact portrays the hesitance of either side to commit to the total process.

artsy shot of previous statue

Ibid.

I discovered the panorama shot on my camera and really liked the lighting and color of this shot so I kept it

Sun coming in through the window and lighting up the house

Yah, you should come visit.

This is me fooling around with the panoramic shot but it didn't work perfectly

Keep Staring

Somehow Eddie from Iron Maiden got pressed into service in the six counties

Cool thing about this church is that it is comprised of two circles which touch in only one spot in the architecture.

If I could draw I have the perfect scene using this as a background

Some of us at the beach

A castle in better repair

It can get pretty cold here.  

James Joyce

People fleeing Ireland during the Famine

Imagine a harp

I went to my first MLB game with KC and Justin

KC and Justin

Comfy cap KC bought me

I won these playing pass the parcel.  Aren't they fun

The view from by bedroom window

This one time, I went flying in a two-seater

I love the architecture here

Nature can be soothing

The dry dock where the Titanic was assembled

I just went through and uploaded all the pictures from my camera so I figured it was time to show you a few of them.  There was no rhyme or reason to them.