Do you suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder?
Do you suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder?
Do you exhibit any of these early warning signs? If so, you may suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder:
You can't use the lavatory unless you bring your Pennywhistle with you.
You become distraught when you realize your wife has tossed your "lucky session T-shirt" into the dustbin
While listening to your i-Pod at the gym, somebody catches you playing "air-accordion."
Your wife catches you staring lustily into the computer screen late at night only to discover you are looking at the Clareen Banjo web-page again. (Mother of Pearl Oooooh baby...)
You own a bumper sticker that says "I Love Diddley-Dee Music" - and you actually put it on your car
You rearrange the family vacation so you can sneak in a few tunes at a nearby pub. "Just keep standing in the cue for the roller coaster son, I'll be back before you know it..."
You spend more than 10 minutes a week on this web site.
Do you exhibit any of these signs dear friends?
What have I left out?
Re: Do you suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder?
So many tunes..so little time. Bit like the universe really... never ending.....If only I could settle for Saddle the Pony and the Sally Gardens and just leave it at that, but no, there is this insatiable greed for more and more tunes.... It's an obsession that's what it is.
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I actually witnessed this one: A gal spilled her purse at our local and out came two containers of rosin, a tiny electronic tuner and (gasp! horror!) a lovely multi-colored shakey egg. Everyone began taunting her with chants of "session geek!" Poor woman.
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...you have tickets to see your favourite band, the band that got you involved in playing in the first place, and they haven't toured in your area for years, and although you're really excited about seeing them, there's a niggling voice in the back of your head asking, "...but is it worth missing your lesson for this?" (Verdict: yes, it was: they were *fantastic*. But I wish I hadn't missed my lesson!)
And, oh, Bren and kennedy - me too, me too! I'm an early riser, and half the time I can't even get to work on time for the late shift, because I can't very well put my fiddle away after I bungled that reel, now, can I? And I travel all the time on business, and recently had a choice between travelling to City A or to City B. How did I decide? Why, I checked out the local session scenes in both.
...
A few months ago after a lesson, when I'd just started attending sessions, my teacher asked me if I'd be over at the pub later that evening. I answered in the affirmative, and then muttered, "I can quit anytime I want to, you know." And my teacher looked at me, deadly serious, and said, "I don't think you can." And then he ominously intoned, "It only gets worse." And he's right.
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"because I can't very well put my fiddle away after I bungled that reel, now, can I?"
Exactly. But that's the hook, because you can't put it away after you bungle something, but you can't put it away after you play it well, because it's always, "well, that went well, I'm on a roll now, let's see if I can do the same with that jig" and so on...
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Oh, EXACTLY. When you nail something, that's the best time to practice it, because you'll reinforce the habit, right? But if you mess something up, you'd better correct yourself at once so that you don't end up practicing your mistakes.
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Shush, what's all this talk of putting your instruments away? And you call yourselves obsessed?!
Amazing what they can do with skin grafts these days, and it turns out curly maple shares 87% of our DNA, so the anti-rejection drugs work quite well. An extra coat of varnish perfectly camouflages where my hand and the neck meld. A bit awkward in the shower, but the acoustics in there make up for it....
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I love it when you post Bliss - you're like the neighborhood curmudgeon who every so often sticks his head out the window to shout "Hey you kids! Feck away off me lawn!"
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Jaysus Jusa nutter, do I know you? Because you seem to know me. And not just shouting, out with the hurling stick threatening violence. Mind you, the kids have just knocked down 24 apartments next door, so.............
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But I need more information. I NEED HELP!!!!!
Its good to know I'm not alone though.
As far as bringing the tin whistle to the bog with me...... I bring my mandolin too..... or my guitar....... and ... i once brought my fiddle...... og god I need help!
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"I NEED HELP!!!!!'
I'm so sorry. There is no help available. As far as I've learned, it appears to be a life-long ailment. The symptoms can be treated with pints and tunes, but that's about it. There is no cure yet to date.
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When you're looking out for a better bodhran beater at every festival stall when it's only your fifth, sixth, seventh instrument anyway..........and you can't even spell it right without checking with Mr Bliss......and you buy postcards of concertinas at the museum to send to your friends........( I've done both of these things in the past week )....
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HA HA!!! Whistle in the bathroom.. I have that! I used to carry my whistle in my shoe when there was no better way to keep it on my person. Being without it is llike loosing an arm. And I tend to play "air whistle" on the steering wheel, and occasionally on the pew at church!
Any Session-goers anonymous in the chicagoland area?
Do you suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder?
Do you suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder?
Do you exhibit any of these early warning signs? If so, you may suffer from Ob-Session Compulsive Disorder:
You can't use the lavatory unless you bring your Pennywhistle with you.
You become distraught when you realize your wife has tossed your "lucky session T-shirt" into the dustbin
While listening to your i-Pod at the gym, somebody catches you playing "air-accordion."
Your wife catches you staring lustily into the computer screen late at night only to discover you are looking at the Clareen Banjo web-page again. (Mother of Pearl Oooooh baby...)
You own a bumper sticker that says "I Love Diddley-Dee Music" - and you actually put it on your car
You rearrange the family vacation so you can sneak in a few tunes at a nearby pub. "Just keep standing in the cue for the roller coaster son, I'll be back before you know it..."
You spend more than 10 minutes a week on this web site.
Do you exhibit any of these signs dear friends?
What have I left out?
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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You open your car glove box, and there is no room for gloves because of all the trad CDs in there.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by AlBrown
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So many tunes..so little time. Bit like the universe really... never ending.....If only I could settle for Saddle the Pony and the Sally Gardens and just leave it at that, but no, there is this insatiable greed for more and more tunes.... It's an obsession that's what it is.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Free Reed
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You've changed your work computer settings to the colors of this board so the boss doesn't know how much time you spend here.
You have an fiddle in almost every room so you can just pick it up and play when the mood strikes.
The mood strikes more often every day.
You say thank you to your fiddle for a good practice session.
You give up that date with the hot guy because you want to play..........OH NO I DO HAVE AN OBESSSION!
Mary
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Antikhntr
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Sorry for the typos.
Gee, maybe I should play less and study spelling more.....never mind that's no fun.
Mary
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Antikhntr
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Hi, my name is Pete, and I'm a tradaholic.
"Hi Pete..."
It has been 4 days since my last session. But I'm starting to feel the urge to go to another one!
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Reverend
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"You've changed your work computer settings to the colors of this board so the boss doesn't know how much time you spend here."
Brilliant! Truly brilliant. I'm on it. Thanks, Mary.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by fidkid
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Tradaholic. I like that.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Innocent Bystander
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"You rearrange the family vacation so you can sneak in a few tunes at a nearby pub."
guilty
business trips too
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Bren
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You're regularly late to work because you just had to play a few more tunes before getting ready to leave the house...
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by kennedy
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I actually witnessed this one: A gal spilled her purse at our local and out came two containers of rosin, a tiny electronic tuner and (gasp! horror!) a lovely multi-colored shakey egg. Everyone began taunting her with chants of "session geek!" Poor woman.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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When you find yourself playing tunes as you look for a lost item in your house!
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by dannym
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My favorite T-Shirt is a spiffy white number with a green shamrock on it. Superimposed over it is the word:
CRAICHEAD
I think that sums it up nicely.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
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...you have tickets to see your favourite band, the band that got you involved in playing in the first place, and they haven't toured in your area for years, and although you're really excited about seeing them, there's a niggling voice in the back of your head asking, "...but is it worth missing your lesson for this?" (Verdict: yes, it was: they were *fantastic*. But I wish I hadn't missed my lesson!)
And, oh, Bren and kennedy - me too, me too! I'm an early riser, and half the time I can't even get to work on time for the late shift, because I can't very well put my fiddle away after I bungled that reel, now, can I? And I travel all the time on business, and recently had a choice between travelling to City A or to City B. How did I decide? Why, I checked out the local session scenes in both.
...
A few months ago after a lesson, when I'd just started attending sessions, my teacher asked me if I'd be over at the pub later that evening. I answered in the affirmative, and then muttered, "I can quit anytime I want to, you know." And my teacher looked at me, deadly serious, and said, "I don't think you can." And then he ominously intoned, "It only gets worse." And he's right.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
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"because I can't very well put my fiddle away after I bungled that reel, now, can I?"
Exactly. But that's the hook, because you can't put it away after you bungle something, but you can't put it away after you play it well, because it's always, "well, that went well, I'm on a roll now, let's see if I can do the same with that jig" and so on...
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by kennedy
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Oh, EXACTLY. When you nail something, that's the best time to practice it, because you'll reinforce the habit, right? But if you mess something up, you'd better correct yourself at once so that you don't end up practicing your mistakes.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
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...you steer your car with your knees because you are playing whistle and trying not to let that cop over there see you...
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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Shush, what's all this talk of putting your instruments away? And you call yourselves obsessed?!
Amazing what they can do with skin grafts these days, and it turns out curly maple shares 87% of our DNA, so the anti-rejection drugs work quite well. An extra coat of varnish perfectly camouflages where my hand and the neck meld. A bit awkward in the shower, but the acoustics in there make up for it....
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Will Harmon
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Submitting silly threads to this site, that's another sign.
Wouldn't catch me or Mr llig doing that.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by bodhran bliss
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I love it when you post Bliss - you're like the neighborhood curmudgeon who every so often sticks his head out the window to shout "Hey you kids! Feck away off me lawn!"
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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If you own more than 5 pennywhistles and you don't consider it your main instrument.
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Why Bother?
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This is starting to sound like a Jeff Foxworthy show...
"if you can tell the difference between the sound of cane drone reeds and bronze drone reeds, you might be a craichead..."
Pete
# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Reverend
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Jaysus Jusa nutter, do I know you? Because you seem to know me. And not just shouting, out with the hurling stick threatening violence. Mind you, the kids have just knocked down 24 apartments next door, so.............
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by bodhran bliss
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I'm only messin' Bliss - I really do enjoy your posts, hurley sticks and all.... ;-}
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
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"...it turns out curly maple shares 87% of our DNA, so the anti-rejection drugs work quite well..."
Game, set, and match. Really, there's no point in anyone else posting to this thread.
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
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But I need more information. I NEED HELP!!!!!
Its good to know I'm not alone though.
As far as bringing the tin whistle to the bog with me...... I bring my mandolin too..... or my guitar....... and ... i once brought my fiddle...... og god I need help!
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by session savage
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Any pencil in the table is my practice chanter... always checking if there's someone looking in the back.. this couldn't be good...
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by Llibert
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"I NEED HELP!!!!!'
I'm so sorry. There is no help available. As far as I've learned, it appears to be a life-long ailment. The symptoms can be treated with pints and tunes, but that's about it. There is no cure yet to date.
# Posted on August 31st 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
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When you're looking out for a better bodhran beater at every festival stall when it's only your fifth, sixth, seventh instrument anyway..........and you can't even spell it right without checking with Mr Bliss......and you buy postcards of concertinas at the museum to send to your friends........( I've done both of these things in the past week )....
# Posted on September 1st 2007 by Guernsey Pete
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HA HA!!! Whistle in the bathroom.. I have that! I used to carry my whistle in my shoe when there was no better way to keep it on my person. Being without it is llike loosing an arm. And I tend to play "air whistle" on the steering wheel, and occasionally on the pew at church!
Any Session-goers anonymous in the chicagoland area?
# Posted on September 2nd 2007 by Red Crow