What's your best/worst joke? (49 Viewers)

[conception_native_0123]

trumpet

it was a trombone you moron. =)

 

[NauticalGent]

trumpet = horn in that instance I believe. Not all of us were band-nerds in highschool...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

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It's a shame that isn't a movie because we could then see what happens to the poor bird about to fly through the cloud. Can you say "nosedive"? I knew you could.

 

[conception_native_0123]

why the hell are you reading them?

i read everything, silly or not.

 

[NauticalGent]

 

[jdraw]

Tony,

 

[CJ_London]

 

[murphybridget]

I play accordion, trumpet, play like I play electric bass, but my main instrument is organ. I have none of the other instruments after Hurricane Katrina flooded my house in 2005, but I have a Technics SX-F5 organ. It is a midi-compatible full "pop" console with 2x61 note keyboards and a 25-note pedalboard.

I'm curious, how did playing music affect your career?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'm curious, how did playing music affect your career?

It is not often appreciated outside of the programing community, but playing music from printed sheet music prepares you for the idea of performing distinct steps in a specific order. You learn about repetition (looping) within a longer sequence because of repeating the same musical phrase several times for different verses in a song. You learn about "case" statements when you have different words for verses or different musical verse endings for a repeat sequence depending on which verse you are playing. There is the "jump and return" concept when you play something that involves the "Coda" and "Dal segno al coda" constructs. Also happens when you have tradition verse, chorus, and a "trio" passage that then returns to the verse and chorus. AND there is the idea of parallel operations (multi-threading) if you have what is called contrapuntal harmony (a.k.a. "counterpoint") where two different but related passages are played at once, one on each hand. Programming can get more complex than most music, but music concepts helped me a lot.

I won't say that my ability to play music "the right way" made me a better programmer. But it did prepare me for a lot of advanced programming concepts. Then again, considering that originally I was trained as a chemist, there was a bit of a gap there. But it filled in nicely and I became a computer-literate chemist, which made me a multi-threat person.

 

[murphybridget]

It is not often appreciated outside of the programing community, but playing music from printed sheet music prepares you for the idea of performing distinct steps in a specific order. You learn about repetition (looping) within a longer sequence because of repeating the same musical phrase several times for different verses in a song. You learn about "case" statements when you have different words for verses or different musical verse endings for a repeat sequence depending on which verse you are playing. There is the "jump and return" concept when you play something that involves the "Coda" and "Dal segno al coda" constructs. Also happens when you have tradition verse, chorus, and a "trio" passage that then returns to the verse and chorus. AND there is the idea of parallel operations (multi-threading) if you have what is called contrapuntal harmony (a.k.a. "counterpoint") where two different but related passages are played at once, one on each hand. Programming can get more complex than most music, but music concepts helped me a lot.

I won't say that my ability to play music "the right way" made me a better programmer. But it did prepare me for a lot of advanced programming concepts. Then again, considering that originally I was trained as a chemist, there was a bit of a gap there. But it filled in nicely and I became a computer-literate chemist, which made me a multi-threat person.

It's very amusing to hear that music can help someone in getting to know their career.

 

[Cotswold]

As vets appear to be so afflicted with greed, do they need their own hospital to cope with the injuries metered out by furious pet owners?

Or it is only in Australia?

 

[KitaYama]

 

[CJ_London]

 

[The_Doc_Man]

This bug is.... Well, you gotta see it ....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765141276771389586

The bug is a bit of editing magic. I slowed that video down and manually controlled the video-progress slider. The bug resembles a "palmetto bug" (commonly found in/near palmetto and willow trees in New Orleans.) Such bugs are cold-blooded and therefore would become too lethargic to jump like that after being in a fridge for a short time. Also, the bug just appears in-frame from nowhere. But the video maker did manage a good "jump scare" scene, so gotta give him props for the effort.

 

[Cotswold]

As time goes by, you go to more and more funerals.

............last week I caught the wreath.


(another one specially for a groan from TDM )

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I would groan except that a couple of weeks ago I actually DID go to a funeral for a woman who was my childhood neighbor. She passed away in February at age 102. This woman had a daughter a couple of years younger than me. We were childhood sweethearts but then drifted apart. I remember when the neighbor revealed to her family that she had breast cancer. She later had the "double radical" surgery, but her daughter came over to cry on my mother's shoulder because she feared the worst. 70+ later, the neighbor passed - but not of cancer. It was sad, but at the same time a celebration of someone who had, as a barely-out-of-her-teens woman, worked for the WW II effort because she was a trained seamstress. She made ties for U.S. Army office and dress uniforms. Her kids grew up and are now themselves parents. Her grandson is a firefighter. Rest in peace, Miss Lucy!

 

[NauticalGent]

Good one Colin Tony!

 

[NauticalGent]

 

[NauticalGent]

Sad part it, the same can be said for the Republicans too!

 

[NauticalGent]

It is now transgender, hence the obscuring rectangle .....

Ahh...