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Re: Women in bands - 10 good reasons - one liner (or so)

I REALLY must take issue with Murray's posting:  It really is out of
order.

"Fetus" is spelt "Foetus" in english....  Unless you are american,
Murray?

<can we have an award for how many nationalities/groups/minorities etc
etc we can hack off with one posting>

<hehehehehehehe>  ROFL  Wipes tears from eyes.

Steve, Euphonium
http://www.mtb-brassband.com


Murray Aitken wrote:
> 
> 10 GOOD REASONS FOR HAVING WOMEN IN BANDS
> 
> 1.  Bring packed lunches onto the coach
> 
> 2.  Can sew on blazer badges
> 
> 3.  Release men from having to play the "girls instruments" (flugel and t
> enor
> horns)
> 
> 4.  Keep band room tidy
> 
> 5.  Very effective at high pitched squealing in response to good contest
> results
> 
> 6.  Are occasionally attractive
> 
> 7.  May have attractive friends
> 
> 8.  Get changed on the coach (see 6)
> 
> 9.  Organize raffles/make tea etc at concerts
> 
> 10. They might let you snog them (see 6)
> 
> PS  My wife plays (tenor horn obviously) in the same band as me and it is
> 
> hell. She did however manage to play at the Area Contest in 1997, one wee
> k
> before giving birth to our son who remains a big fan of Lowry Sketchbook.
>  It
> has to be said though that he had already been described as a brass band
> geek
> well before his second birthday. I suspect that he is already deeply
> psychologically scarred by his exposure to brass bands as a fetus.
> He enjoys conducting with a baton given to him by Jeremy Wise (no less) a
> nd
> has only poked one of his eyes out with it (thanks Jeremy).
> 
> Murray Aitken
> Eb Bass
> Aveley and Newham Equal Opportunities Band
> 
> "Judith Hayes" <judith.hayes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Gillian wrote...
> > >When I first started playing in about 1969, I was the first girl in my
> 
> > >band.
> > And by the time I came through the band a few years later, it was nearl
> y 50
> > percent girls.  Only the basses didn't have a female representative!  W
> ell
> > done that Mum!
> >
> 
> > Allan Hawley wrote...
> > >But really, is it because when women join a band, men suddenly find th
> eir
> > >styles being cramped? You know, can't tell those dirty jokes, or swear
>  when
> > >the bloke next to you empties his water key all over your shoe
> >
> 
> > Er... Allan, if the stories are true (I'm sure they are - no-one could
> > invent the things I heard!) then if it's just dirty jokes and the odd
> > expletive then things are much improved in these men-only bands (not
> > singling any particular one out, that wouldn't be prudent).  I would fe
> ar
> > for the personal safety of a lone women on one of their coaches...
> >
> 
> > Paul Warder wrote...
> > > (iii) Women get pregnant and leave you with an empty chair for severa
> l
> > >months or more often than not (and quite understandably) don't come ba
> ck at
> > >all.
> >
> 
> > Not in our band, matey.  My mate went into labour at half time and was
> back
> > at the next rehearsal.  In any case, it's not as if you are getting tak
> en by
> > surprise, like you are when a stroppy bloke leaves in a huff!
> >
> 
> > And as a last blast on this subject, all Monkey's recent mournful rebut
> tals
> > are just coming over as an attempt to make him sound the reasonable one
> , and
> > all those expressing perfectly reasonable outrage sound as if the probl
> em's
> > theirs!
> >
> 
> > Anyone who now wants the last word - you're welcome to it.
> >
> 
> > Judith.
> >
> 
> >
> 
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