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iridium

penguin notes

Jan 22, 2007 11:37

courtesy of mrcairo: did you know that it was Penguin Awareness Day two days ago? i bet you didn't! and, in case you missed it and somehow managed to not spend the day in a tux wearing funny plumage and doing little penguin-dances, April 25th is World Penguin Day ( Read more... )

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tamnonlinear January 22 2007, 20:00:03 UTC

I want to be your personal penguin!

iridium January 22 2007, 20:08:01 UTC

hee! exactly.
*grin*

iridium January 22 2007, 20:42:56 UTC

me: All instruments and bass hippo performed by Michael Ford.

nacht_musik: "bass hippo"

me: Yep, bass hippo. But then, are there really tenor hippos out there?

nacht_musik: Yeah, they're most commonly played by children who are learning to play the hippo at a particularly early age. Many young children just don't have the handspan to play a full-sized hippo; the 1/3-sized tenor hippo (confusingly referred to as a "2 2/3' hippo" for historical reasons pertaining to the nomenclature traditionally used when constructing ranks of hippos for use in a pipe organ) sounds an octave and a fifth above the standard (bass) hippo, but much of the technique involved can be readily transferred to the standard hippo when the student is ready for the larger instrument.

me: ... I love you.

coraline January 22 2007, 23:22:54 UTC

...and that's why we love him!

also: apparently i was almost on time with my penguin post! who knew?

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skepticism snowninja7 January 22 2007, 21:47:54 UTC

penguins are the new monkeys.

I'll believe that when I see a pirate with a penguin on his shoulder.

Re: skepticism iridium January 26 2007, 01:47:44 UTC

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