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Offline orlandopiano

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Is there anything worse than...
on: September 07, 2005, 02:11:58 PM
learning piano music written by amateur (and non-pianist) composers? 

Offline chopintod

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #1 on: September 07, 2005, 02:17:30 PM
Yes.

Offline jeremyjchilds

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #2 on: September 09, 2005, 07:44:30 AM
I dropped my toothbrush into the toilet this morning.... :'(
"He who answers without listening...that is his folly and his shame"    (A very wise person)

Offline bernhard

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #3 on: September 09, 2005, 08:00:46 AM
I dropped my toothbrush into the toilet this morning.... :'(

what about, your wife dropped it but forgot to tell you... :o
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. (Hunter Thompson)

Offline leahcim

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #4 on: September 09, 2005, 09:25:22 AM
learning piano music written by amateur (and non-pianist) composers? 

Failing to learn it? :)

Offline Waldszenen

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #5 on: September 09, 2005, 09:37:05 AM
I dropped my toothbrush into the toilet this morning.... :'(

At least you can buy another toothbrush - my grandpa dropped his dentures into the loo once.
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Offline BoliverAllmon

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #6 on: September 09, 2005, 01:11:01 PM
learning piano music written by amateur (and non-pianist) composers? 

there are alot of things worse.

Offline stevie

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #7 on: September 09, 2005, 02:57:50 PM
what about, your wife dropped it but forgot to tell you... :o

hahaha, classic seinfeld quasi-reference.

Offline allchopin

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #8 on: September 09, 2005, 10:50:07 PM
hahaha, classic seinfeld quasi-reference.
Sounds like it to me ;)

Offline ted

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #9 on: September 10, 2005, 08:39:20 AM
My auntie once had a few too many and puked her false teeth down the lavatory. My uncle got out of bed, rushed outside in his undies, put his hand down the sewer vent in the street and caught them as they went past. Auntie could chew her late night supper after all.

Just following the lead of Bernhard and Jeremy here.
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

Offline quantum

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Re: Is there anything worse than...
Reply #10 on: September 14, 2005, 04:14:01 AM
hahaha, classic seinfeld quasi-reference.

No soup for you!!!!!


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