Today’s pet peeve: a piano is not “a harp in a box”.
A piano is a dulcimer in a box.
A harpsichord is a harp in a box.
To be even more pedantic, it’s a hammered dulcimer in a box. Dulcimers are a pretty broad family and not all are, well, hammered.
A piano is the result of a frustrated dulcimerist going “what I really need is to be able to wield more hammers at once. No, more than that. More.”
To be fair, I’d say a harpsichord is more of a guitar/lute/etc. in a box, given the twanginess of it.
Proposal: rescore all of J S Bach’s harpsichord concertos for six-string banjo.
One of my coworkers once described an accordion as “a piano that squashes”.
Strictly speaking, an accordion is a mutant harmonica.
slight correction: a BUTTON accordion is a mutant harmonica. a piano accordion is a box of oboes
a glockenspiel is a baby xylophone
teacher: your homework will only have 4 problems!
homework: 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e
me as a prosecutor: final question- what is the defendant’s zodiac sign?
the defendant: i’m a scorpio
me, giving a smug smile in victory to the defending lawyer who quietly curses and bangs his fist on the table in anger: no further questions your honor
the prosecutor is probably a libra
Something Just Happened With Net Neutrality!!!
But I don’t understand it. Can someone explain? Kinda Freaking out!
Basically it means the vote is formalized, so now is when pushing back really matters because now the Senate can pass a vote to overturn the FCC decision. So now is the moment to call and raise awareness!
