<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, </FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please see below, Huge deletions = involved!</FONT> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" = type="cite"> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR>"You have reached the office of the piano technicians at = the Florence Foster Jenkins School of Music at <name = withheld>".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have known many musicians that are = 'proud graduates' of the FFJSM.</FONT><BR><BR>Oddly enough, it was a raging = success with literally everyone except the Dean, who was not amused...but, = then, neither was I.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Indoublity!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anna Rusell, The = "Ring"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brundhilde...that bitch. = :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>Pete Barbudi is a name one truly seldom hears any more...sad = to say.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes!</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Huge snips follow...</FONT> <DIV><BR><BR><BR>"What people forget is that, in the early days of = television, the audience was very different. assuming certain kinds of = cultural and more.<>  More importantly, the average educational level of = the average viewer is now much, much lower< >U.S. is now down to = about 6th grade - hg.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stastic manipulation involved.. as always..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assuming that there are 18 = million  in the NYC Metropolitarian area, and the functional illiteracy rate is = 28%..that means that there more dumb asses in NYC than the entire population of Mississippi. (No adgenda, just observation thank = you).</FONT><BR><BR>.  Rather than evolving as tools to elevate, cultural reflections (such = as TV, music, films, etc) have taken the lowest-common-denominator = approach.  Thus, the number of folks who can appreciate things like Anna or = Florence, or any number of other things goes down  both as to real numbers and = as to percentage of population.<BR><BR>hmmm....well...anyway, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Horace!</FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bass Trombonist.....:-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <DL> <DD><FONT size=2>The aim of an argument or discussion should = not be victory, but progress<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD> -- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher</DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT> <DD>Who somehow managed to survive both the Revolution and Napoleon = in spite of himself.<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Don't we all hope!<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Cheers<BR></FONT><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Hubert Liverman<BR> <DD>Opelika, AL<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <HR> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <DD>From: <A href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net">Richard = Moody</A> <DD>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> <DD>Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 1:49 AM <DD>Subject: RE: Joke -- OTOT<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>Please folks,   tell me = about the paste below between the dotted lines.  I would like to = respond off list to JK but his email address is not included.   What = does pianotech-bounces mean?    Can we get the email = address of who gets bounces?  </FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>    I would not = want to bore the list with a get back for anyone who pun--ishes me with a = horrible pun but since I can't respond off list, I must respond to Jim K's "key = of sea" here.    <DD>    Do you tune three theater pianos twice a = week in a dark theater?   And at such times, do you have  = nothing to think of but to go one up on the worse puns that have ever been = uttered? Please let it  be known I did not think of "Can you tuna a = fish, Yes if it has scales" ---- I can't remember where I saw it.  On = the internet I think.   If you dreamed up "only in the key = of sea"  please say so and we will give you oceans of due credit.    </FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>---rm </FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=tahoma = size=2>----------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------- <DD>-----Original Message----- <DD>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf = Of Jim Kinnear <DD>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 7:14 AM <DD>To: Pianotech <DD>Subject: Re: Joke -- OTOT</FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif, = Geneva"> = <DD>---------------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------</FONT> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message----- <DD>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf = Of Jim Kinnear <DD>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 7:14 AM <DD>To: Pianotech <DD>Subject: Re: Joke -- OTOT<BR><BR></FONT> <DD>Sorry, no matter how many scales it has, you can only tua fish = in the key of sea . . . . <BR> <DD> <BR> <DD> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <DD>From: <A href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net">Richard = Moody</A> <DD>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> <DD>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:26 AM <DD>Subject: RE: Joke -- OTOT<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva">Q.  Can you tuna = fish? </FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva">A.   Yes,    if it has scales. </FONT> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message----- <DD>From: <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> = [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf = Of Sarah Fox <DD>Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:28 PM <DD>To: Pianotech <DD>Subject: Joke -- OTOT<BR><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Q:   What do you get = when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?</FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>A:   A flat = minor.</FONT> <DD> <BR> <DD> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Hopefully this joke strikes a = chord with someone....</FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2><Ahem>  I'd better quit = while I'm ahead.</FONT> <DD> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Peace, <DD>Sarah</FONT> <DD> </DD></BLOCKQUOTE> <DL></DL></DD></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>