By the way there was no urinal in the whole room. James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I am only as good as my last tuning" ---------- > From: ralph m martin <rmartin30@juno.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: embarrassing add > Date: Monday, December 15, 1997 2:10 PM > > Hi James > In the west of Ireland we identify the rest rooms just for guys like you. > They are labeled: Mna and Fir.(irish) The Engish speaking tourist usually > glances at both doors and reasons that Mna must be men and Fir must be > female.......Wrong!! > It's actually done deliberately for fun. > > Ralph Martin > > On Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:40:29 -0600 "pianoman" <pianoman@inlink.com> > writes: > >Is that worse than going into the bathroom in a theatre and wonder why > >all > >the women are in the mens bathroom only to finally figure out I was in > >the > >wrong place.? > >James Grebe > >R.P.T. from St. Louis > >pianoman@inlink.com > >"I am only as good as my last tuning" > > > >---------- > >> From: ralph m martin <rmartin30@juno.com> > >> To: pianotech@ptg.org > >> Subject: embarrasing > >> Date: Sunday, December 14, 1997 7:43 PM > >> > >> Hello list > >> I wonder if the following has ever occured to any of you guys? > >> > >> One day last week I was seated at a piano in a customer's home and a > >spun > >> around to face the elderly couple to explain what a "pitch > >correction " > >> was and why it seemed necessary for their piano. > >> > >> All the while I was talking they both smiled, almost as if they > >though I > >> was trying to snow them. Finally, when I had finished explaining > >(they > >> were still smiling) I turned back to the piano to perform my little > >> "operation"......and I noticed, with a great deal of embarrasment, > >that > >> my fly was wide open. This, apparently, was the reason for their > >> continuous grins. I just started tuning!! > >> > >> Then, at that moment I was reminded of a letter I had received last > >year > >> from a religious organization. The letter explained about their > >> particular phylosophy and about a man named Clyde who would sit up > >front > >> during the sermon. He was placed there to show, graphically, the > >> disasterous results of living a life of sin. They said he would sit > >there > >> during the entire sermon, red-eyed, picking his nose with his fly > >wide > >> open. > >> > >> In the next paragraph they informed me that poor Clyde had finally > >passed > >> away and that my name had been submitted as a possible replacement.! > >> > >> I don't know who sent the phoney letter, but it entered my mind just > >as I > >> realized my fly was open...and I burst out laughing. The elderly > >couple > >> evidently thought I had discovered the wide open fly and was > >laughing out > >> of embarrasment.....and they were dead right!!! > >> > >> May it never happen to you! > >> regards > >> Ralph Martin > >
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