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Tuba Mantra
FOUND by Jessica Sutphin
in Harrisonburg, VA
This was found in a notebook leaning up against the wall of an almost empty parking deck.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Ah yes, but is he Master of his domain??
These pretzels are making me thirsty. I can't play my tuba.
OK, either I'm too tired, or I've been teaching too much literature. All I can see here are sexual metaphors.
Any chance this was written by a middle-school boy?
e said, "You gotta have good oral hygiene to play the tuba well," and hand us each a toothbrush and a special tuba toothpa
...I must play my tuba true. I must play better then my enemy who is trying to out-play me, I must play him before he plays first. I will. Before God I swear this creed: My tuba and myself are the defenders of my band, we are the masters of our audience, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no audience, but peace. Amen"
-United States Marine Corp
Make tuba music, not war!
@ Farmer ... "tuba toothpaste"?? You've crossed the line this time, my friend!
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What does "MRD Tubas" mean?
My Real Deal Tubas?
MR. D___ Tubas?
Make ouR Day Tubas?
MasteR of his Domain Tubas?
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This whole thing sounds like a daily affirmation written in a percussionists' 12-step program where they're weaning people onto wind instruments.
@Farmer and the "tuba toothpaste": You're really weird, but have a kick ass attitude and really make Found go faster! Have a great summer! Hope you and Librarian get married!
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@Feeling in coherent: Sounds like the opening voice-over for the movie Tubaline.
Night in Gale, you started it off for me...good one!!
Then Farmer made me choke on the bread.
I love this find. And the comments will keep me laughing for the rest of the day.
ahh... a disciple of the secret martial art of Tuba-Jitsu ...we must not fear the weasels who administer the wall hanging wedges, nor the girls who do weird things to themselves with their flutes at band camp...
Full Metal Tuba, didn't it win an award or something?
Tuba players really blow!
But what I didn't know was that "Tubby the Tuba" has an "official" web site:
http://www.tubbythetuba.com/
(It's a little slow loading at first. If you don't know the story of Tubby, follow the links to the 'History' section under 'Grown-Up Stuff'.)
If you're useless without a tuba, you're just plain useless. End of story.
I wonder if he named it "Charlene"?
http://foundmagazine.com/find/5804
This explains soooo much.
(oh. I meant to say, or Toni did, rather: "smells like..
tuba loo-o-ooove!")
MDR
My
Damn
Righteous Tuba
ugh! I hate when I read found tired and manage to mess up easy ones...
My
Righteous
Damn Tuba.....now its not quirky just sad :(
I think the "toothpaste" Farmer was referring to was the brass polish that tuba players use. Anyway, I like this one. I was, however, displeased to see that someone beat me to the "Charlene" reference. True story: My copy of "Full Metal Jacket" was given to me as a gift by a girl whose middle name was Charlene. She was a bratty, Mary Jane Rottencrotch type.
This one time, at band camp, I stuck a tuba...
Ahh, it brings to mind the good old days of the SDMB (straightdope.com) and the lovely, all-wise TubaDiva.
I like this guy
@Flargy - The answer to that depends on whether it was in the original movie or the sequel...
mystery solved.
The Marching Royal Dukes of James Madison University.
I was in marching band, but never thought I was useless without mt instrument. So I'm only half a loser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_Uni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0CKgSFJHt8
I think this was written (perhaps at an earlier stage in his career) by the same guy who wrote the book I am reading right now -- 'The Wagner Tuba: A History'.
His total and obsessive devotion to the instrument shines through on every page (not to mention the footnotes)!
This is a takeoff on the Rifleman's Creed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Rifleman's_Creed
The word "bathos" comes to mind.