February 16, 2012 - Toot your own horn

Dunno what this is other than the obvious.

Caption says "Nan Weidong – właściciel jedynej na świecie fletni z marchewek i szalotek, twórca wielu innych podatnych na gnicie instrumentów, wirtuoz gry na kamieniach, butelkach i rurach…"
which came through google translator as:
"Nan Weidong - the owner of the world's only flute with the carrots and shallots, creator of many other instruments are susceptible to rot, a virtuoso on the stones, bottles and pipes ..."

From here

Would a mod please change this to February 16, 2012 please?
and then delete this post. ktxbai

That site has some amazing photos. Check out the carved pencils further down ...

Stop playing your food! There are starving musicians in China, ya know!

Toot your fruit!

lol - I thought of that too Sundae, but its not fruit. (sigh)

Toot your root!

A tutor who tooted a root
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it harder to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

Toot your root!

FTW... :notworthy

classicman;795729 wrote:

lol - I thought of that too Sundae, but its not fruit. (sigh)

The carrot can be considered fruit in European Law due to the official definition of marmalade.

Because carrot marmalade (usually a slightly bitter orange jam - traditional breakfast toast topping here) is a Portuguese delicacy, the carrot needed to pass as a fruit to make the laws make sense.

Yeah. Like carrot as a fruit makes sense.

Sheldonrs;795722 wrote:

Stop playing your food! There are starving musicians in China, ya know!

Like I told my mother when I was a kid, if I eat it, they'll still be starving.

I got hit for that.

infinite monkey;795730 wrote:

Toot your root!

A tutor who tooted a root
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it harder to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

That should be preserved somewhere.

Outstanding.:devil:

Gravdigr;795756 wrote:

Like I told my mother when I was a kid, if I eat it, they'll still be starving. I got hit for that.

That's a new one on me.
I came out with the other classic response "Send it to them then!"
I think I got hit for that too.

A tutor who tooted a root
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it harder to neuter
Or live your whole life as a fruit?

With apols to Infi, who I shamelessly stole from.
But I am a pedant and needed a proper limerick form before I could sleep.

I didn't write that tongue twister...it's as old as time.

Except for changing 'flute' to 'root.'

So I don't know what you mean by proper limerick form.

Sundae;795748 wrote:

The carrot can be considered fruit in European Law due to the official definition of marmalade.

Because carrot marmalade (usually a slightly bitter orange jam - traditional breakfast toast topping here) is a Portuguese delicacy, the carrot needed to pass as a fruit to make the laws make sense.

Yeah. Like carrot as a fruit makes sense.

Yeah, not like pizza as a vegetable. Now THAT makes sense.

I made a cake out of pizza and bread and carrots and onions, and some leeks.

infinite monkey;795763 wrote:

I didn't write that tongue twister...it's as old as time.

Except for changing 'flute' to 'root.'

So I don't know what you mean by proper limerick form.

Sorry chick, I thought you'd made it up on the spot. My changes were to make it conform to a style it was never intended to be.

Works good though, huh?

Me likey. ;)

Nah, I mean I'm clever and all, but that's an oldie. :)

Don't be so modest.
You're an oldie too.

:rotflol:
(sometimes I'm so funny I could just shit myself)

AND I'm mean and clever too also as well. :lol:

Amended that after you posted.
But it still applies.
Can you see into the future?

I can barely see into the present.

It's eggs.

I can see into the fruit.

Sundae;795782 wrote:

(sometimes I'm so funny I could just shit myself)

That wont be a problem when you're an oldie too. ;)

infinite monkey;795788 wrote:

I can barely see into the present.

Sundae;795790 wrote:

It's eggs.

How did I miss this yesterday? :lol:

At least when you get your present you'll appreciate it :eek:

Sundae;795769 wrote:

Sorry chick, I thought you'd made it up on the spot. My changes were to make it conform to a style it was never intended to be.

Works good though, huh?

It was a limerick. the "Or" just should have been on the end of the previous line.

IMHO, limericks need to rhyme. Even shifting the Or still leaves a repetition.

There's nothing new under the sun!
(Found this while searching for posts on crosswords ... :3_eyes:)