I keep having these recurring nightmares.
I wake up in a cold sweat.
I see these visions from HELL.
Strange, devilish instruments, which I can't even begin to describe, dancing menacingly in the moonlight around an innocent group of sessioneers, just waiting for the right moment to move in & devour them all!
I don't know if I am just being possesed by some evil spirit of Halloween or what, but hopefully someone here can help, end my torment?
Please tell me - what instrument comes out of a shakey egg - when it hatches?
Ptarmigan: you want someone to say "Bodhran" the instrument that comes out of the shakey egg. O.K. - I'll smoke some ganja with my dispossessed "Nawleens" brothers, get my mojo workin' and put some bodhran voodoo on ya. And we don't need be on de same island Mon!!! (since Bliss is preoccupied, I'll wind you up).
Ah Ceol, I see you live in the Sierra Mountains of California. Isn't that where the - "Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges" - scene, was filmed?
I feel da vibes Mon, but I'm still not truly convinced that the Bodhran is actually the end result of the dreaded egg.
I am possesed by the notion that something even more obnoxious & hideous than that, springs from the hatched egg.
I know it's probably hard for anyone to imagine that there could be anything more obnoxious, but nevertheless, this is the fear that overwhelmes me at present.
One time, I dreamed that one hatched - & the next thing we knew was this 'Alien' like creature was slowly lowering itself into the middle of our session, from the ceiling, playing both sides of a "Double Sided Bodhran" which had a small arsenel of percussion instruments attached to the rim, including cymbal & coconut, & boy was it drooling & slavering with evil delight at the sight of our horror stricken faces!
Boys o' Boys kjay, she does look evil. But I don't believe the dreaded egg produces evil she devils like her.
- & as we all know, the fiddle produces such sweet music that it couldn't be evil. I think the flames on the fiddle weren't real at all. I think there was trick photography at work there! Yeah, I really do.
But that Organ is certainly one evil looking dude, for sure. But could that really be the end result of a wee shakey egg? Wow!
I am not sure that the etiology lies with in what you eat before you sleep- but I sure would like to know what you drink/take! Be careful, this could turn into sessionophobia- or worse, melophobia.....(http://www.phobialist.com/)...
The egg is the lowest common denominator. You crack it open and inside is just another egg. And keep going for infinity. And that's the true horror of it. You dream there are tiny metal balls ready to spill out and go forth and multiply, but no, you can never ever ever get to the tiny little balls. They only exist in your imagination. The truth is simply egg after egg after egg after egg after egg after egg ........................
Showadd - Actually, I do have that Pantophobia, .......Oh no you don't, ..................Oh yes I do........... Look out, Showadd, the shakey egg is behind you!
Hey Show, | would have thought a man like yourself, living with a wife, 2 sheepdogs, 1 cat, 3 snakes & 2 lizards would be able to cope with anything - even Ptarmigan eggs!
scjandy - I couldn't believe there was a phobia called: "Bolshephobia- The Fear of Bolsheviks."
Although I must admit, I thought that was actually the fear of bull**it, but then if you suffered from that, you would be in no danger when you visited this site, now would you?
By the way, did anyone else spot: "Aulophobia- The Fear of flutes" - amongst the phobias?
Hey, talk about scary, that's a true nightmare picture you are painting there MG! I just hope that story was a lot of Ball! ...................At least I think that's how you spell the word?
I just love the last line of that page, where it says -"There you have it: the egg banjo. Thrill your friends, and disarm your enemies with a group sing-song around an egg banjo."
I once took a youth club camping, but the night before I went to the place we were going, and put a dozen quails eggs in a "nest" near the campsite, so that I could "find" them next day. This makes the kids on the camp want to find another nest, and they will occupy themselves until dark falls.
Just after we arrived at the campsite the next day I broke a leg.
What hatches out of a shaky egg ?
A little baby lagerphone !
I thought everyone knew that.
Food required is mainly XXXX beer with some pork scratchings on the side.
A broken leg eh Showadd? I'd say it served you right for trying to deceive those poor kids.
Worst thing I ever did as a kid was rob a Moorhen's nest of all it's eggs for my collection - only, when I got home & tried to blow them, I discovered they were all just a few days from hatching & I couldn't, but it was too late to take them back.
I gave up egg collecting that day!
Perhaps that's why I have a Horror of shakey eggs?
Hi Ptarmi... Iv'e tried to resist but i can't any more..it's got to come out (and i don't mean an egg)! What came first? The Ptarmigan or the shakey egg!? lol!! sorry...i will crawll back to my dark corner and lurk somemore! But ptarmi do you rattle when you shake? go on give us a wiggle!! xx
That would be great, eh? If you bred a chicken with a rattlesnake you would get a rattle-chicken; you'd always know if one was about to inflict a mortal peck and you could take evasive action!
*cough* The Phantom Button is right... it DOES sound kind of cool when you play the bodhrán and use a shakey egg. I guess that's the stuff other musicians' nightmares are made of...
just had strange experience were lots of things were made to be shaky!!..especially fish tins from Lidls!! lol... i never knew mackeral was so tuna-ful ! Shoot me please!.......aparently the tin was full of cus-cus!AAAARRRGGHH!!! best thing was it was covered in cling film!!
Oh fiona, I'm pretty sure Shakey Eggs have been around since the age of the Dinosaurs &, although most days I may look it, I'm actually not quite that old - yet!
& to answer your 2nd question - when I walk - I Shake, Rattle & Roll, cause I'm a teenager of the 60's - Baby! ...........Can ye dig it?
Chris - Dulcimers, Naw. No such luck. If that were the case, the eggs would be more trapezoid shaped - & then pity the beast that has to lay them!
fisstle - I word of advice - never admit that you actually have superiors - it's a sign of weakness!
Conan - or a snakechick - & hey, I've known some snakey chicks in my time .......................(yeah - in my dreams)
quirl - shaky stevens eh? You really think every session should be inflicted with one of those, do you?
Conan, tell me, are we actually allowed to sing here?
Oh, & did you make sure he took that taxi?
Kaytee, ... no it doesn't it sounds kind of cruel! Cruel is the word you were looking for, not cool - OK!
Fiona, now be honest, when was the last time you actually heard anything - in a vacuum?
P. S. You'll be pleased to hear that I ate no melted cheese tonight, so sweet dreams, ye all ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.....................
Ptarmigan: Were you at the 2000 New Years celebration and see the 35 ft bodhran? The bodhran player was seated atop the drum.
If you are talking about a two sided bodhran with weird add ons, I guess we would have the same session issue. However, I did jam with an Alzhiemers Granny playing bass saxophone before. I made sure she felt loved before leaving for the evening. ( ^ :
I'm afraid I missed that wonderful experience Ceol!
Was Bill Wright of Galway, responsible for this abomination?
Here's a quote about this man:
"Wright makes tunable drums to order from laminated birch stained a variety of colors, with calf-skin heads.
He charges around Ir £150.
He recently made what he called The World's Largest Bodhrán, at 15½ feet in diameter!
It's a bodhran on one side and a lambeg on the other."
Can you just imagine the chaos one of those brutes would cause at YOUR session?
HORROR of HORRORS!
HORROR of HORRORS!
HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!
I keep having these recurring nightmares.
I wake up in a cold sweat.
I see these visions from HELL.
Strange, devilish instruments, which I can't even begin to describe, dancing menacingly in the moonlight around an innocent group of sessioneers, just waiting for the right moment to move in & devour them all!
I don't know if I am just being possesed by some evil spirit of Halloween or what, but hopefully someone here can help, end my torment?
Please tell me - what instrument comes out of a shakey egg - when it hatches?
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Oh Ptarmigan--when will you learn not to eat fried cheese before bedtime?
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3874/silas1.html
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by John Galt
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Ah ha - "a nightmare brought on by overindulgence." You could be right mickray.
But that still doesn't answer my question, does it - what does hatch out of those abominations?
You see, I'm obsessed as well as possesed! Oh & obese too, which may indeed have something to do with the late night 'rarebits'!
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Ptarmigan: you want someone to say "Bodhran" the instrument that comes out of the shakey egg. O.K. - I'll smoke some ganja with my dispossessed "Nawleens" brothers, get my mojo workin' and put some bodhran voodoo on ya. And we don't need be on de same island Mon!!! (since Bliss is preoccupied, I'll wind you up).
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by CeolCairdeas
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This is what hatches from a Shakey Egg
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1049337/a/Instrument+of+the+Devil+%2F+Rachel+Barton,+Patrick+Sinozich.htm
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by kjay_bc_box
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No, probably this
http://www.longwoodgardens.org/Organ/Organ.htm
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by kjay_bc_box
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Ah Ceol, I see you live in the Sierra Mountains of California. Isn't that where the - "Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges" - scene, was filmed?
I feel da vibes Mon, but I'm still not truly convinced that the Bodhran is actually the end result of the dreaded egg.
I am possesed by the notion that something even more obnoxious & hideous than that, springs from the hatched egg.
I know it's probably hard for anyone to imagine that there could be anything more obnoxious, but nevertheless, this is the fear that overwhelmes me at present.
One time, I dreamed that one hatched - & the next thing we knew was this 'Alien' like creature was slowly lowering itself into the middle of our session, from the ceiling, playing both sides of a "Double Sided Bodhran" which had a small arsenel of percussion instruments attached to the rim, including cymbal & coconut, & boy was it drooling & slavering with evil delight at the sight of our horror stricken faces!
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Boys o' Boys kjay, she does look evil. But I don't believe the dreaded egg produces evil she devils like her.
- & as we all know, the fiddle produces such sweet music that it couldn't be evil. I think the flames on the fiddle weren't real at all. I think there was trick photography at work there! Yeah, I really do.
But that Organ is certainly one evil looking dude, for sure. But could that really be the end result of a wee shakey egg? Wow!
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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I am not sure that the etiology lies with in what you eat before you sleep- but I sure would like to know what you drink/take! Be careful, this could turn into sessionophobia- or worse, melophobia.....(http://www.phobialist.com/)...
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by scjandy
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I saw one of thse shakey eggs hatch once... and this is what came out: http://www.TipsyHouse.com/sessiondevil.gif
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Phantom Button
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Sh*t scjandy! How the heck can I sleep after reading about all those phobias!
What is the fear of phobias by the way, cause I think I have it, after reading that lot!
One I know I have is:
'Bogyphobia'- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. But around here, a Bogey is a thing that comes out of your nose!
NO, Button, that's TOO horrible! TAKE IT AWAY! TAKE IT AWAY!
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Where do you guys find this stuff? I laugh till I cry!
Any instrument stuck on reel scares me.
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by feardearg
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"pantophobia: English. Etymology. Noun. pantophobia. the fear of everything."
Do Ptarmigan eggs rattle when you shake them?
What kind of egg did YOU come from?
Ptarmigan, you're starting to frighten me.
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by showaddydadito
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The egg is the lowest common denominator. You crack it open and inside is just another egg. And keep going for infinity. And that's the true horror of it. You dream there are tiny metal balls ready to spill out and go forth and multiply, but no, you can never ever ever get to the tiny little balls. They only exist in your imagination. The truth is simply egg after egg after egg after egg after egg after egg ........................
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by ...
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Man goes to take his rubbish to the dump. There he finds a fellow chucking tambourines out of a big lorry into the pit.
"What are ye doing?" says our man.
Whispers the other fellow: "I'm getting rid of these banjo eggs before they hatch"
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by quinn
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Showadd - Actually, I do have that Pantophobia, .......Oh no you don't, ..................Oh yes I do........... Look out, Showadd, the shakey egg is behind you!
Hey Show, | would have thought a man like yourself, living with a wife, 2 sheepdogs, 1 cat, 3 snakes & 2 lizards would be able to cope with anything - even Ptarmigan eggs!
scjandy - I couldn't believe there was a phobia called: "Bolshephobia- The Fear of Bolsheviks."
Although I must admit, I thought that was actually the fear of bull**it, but then if you suffered from that, you would be in no danger when you visited this site, now would you?
By the way, did anyone else spot: "Aulophobia- The Fear of flutes" - amongst the phobias?
I wonder, does anyone here suffer from that?
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Hey, talk about scary, that's a true nightmare picture you are painting there MG! I just hope that story was a lot of Ball! ...................At least I think that's how you spell the word?
No Quinn, you've got it all wrong man. This is an Egg Banjo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A776054
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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I just love the last line of that page, where it says -"There you have it: the egg banjo. Thrill your friends, and disarm your enemies with a group sing-song around an egg banjo."
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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I once took a youth club camping, but the night before I went to the place we were going, and put a dozen quails eggs in a "nest" near the campsite, so that I could "find" them next day. This makes the kids on the camp want to find another nest, and they will occupy themselves until dark falls.
Just after we arrived at the campsite the next day I broke a leg.
Bummer.
But I still wonder what happened to the eggs.
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by showaddydadito
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I dreamt that Elvis was in my fridge - playing bodhran!!
I must stop eating curry late at night.
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by geoffwright
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What hatches out of a shaky egg ?
A little baby lagerphone !
I thought everyone knew that.
Food required is mainly XXXX beer with some pork scratchings on the side.
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Guernsey Pete
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So if it wasn't Elvis, who was really playing bodhran in your fridge Geoff?
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by showaddydadito
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Ptarmi, you haven't been watching Christmas Carol again, have you?
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Trevor Jennings
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Hey, if Elvis was in my fridge, late at night, playing Bodhran - I'd eat Elvis!
Uh Hu Hu! ....Uh Hu Hu! .... Oh Yeaaah.................
Cor Blimey Pete, I thought you just made that Lagerphone up, but they are real: http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s916156.htm
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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A broken leg eh Showadd? I'd say it served you right for trying to deceive those poor kids.
Worst thing I ever did as a kid was rob a Moorhen's nest of all it's eggs for my collection - only, when I got home & tried to blow them, I discovered they were all just a few days from hatching & I couldn't, but it was too late to take them back.
I gave up egg collecting that day!
Perhaps that's why I have a Horror of shakey eggs?
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Hi Ptarmi... Iv'e tried to resist but i can't any more..it's got to come out (and i don't mean an egg)! What came first? The Ptarmigan or the shakey egg!? lol!! sorry...i will crawll back to my dark corner and lurk somemore! But ptarmi do you rattle when you shake? go on give us a wiggle!! xx
# Posted on November 15th 2005 by fionarua
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I'm afraid it could be hammered dulcimers ---AAARRRGGGHH
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by kris
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i hope whatever hatches out of it doesnt have avian flu, or i may have to report it to my superiors. i wonder if chickens rattle.....
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by flisstle
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That would be great, eh? If you bred a chicken with a rattlesnake you would get a rattle-chicken; you'd always know if one was about to inflict a mortal peck and you could take evasive action!
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
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What hatches out of a Shaky egg? Why, none other than Shaky himself, the Welsh Elvis - still Shakin' after all these years, I believe.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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You drive me c-rayee-ayeee-zeee! Top tune
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Confession time
I once held a shakey egg in the same hand with my tipper and played the bodhrán like that... and thought it sounded kind of cool.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Phantom Button
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Taxi for Gilder
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
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*cough* The Phantom Button is right... it DOES sound kind of cool when you play the bodhrán and use a shakey egg. I guess that's the stuff other musicians' nightmares are made of...
Oh well! I like being scary!
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by kaytee83
Re:Phantom be ashamed!!!
Shakey eggs sound cool in the vacuum of space OK? were no body can here you scream!!
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by fionarua
Re:shakey anything....
just had strange experience were lots of things were made to be shaky!!..especially fish tins from Lidls!! lol... i never knew mackeral was so tuna-ful ! Shoot me please!.......aparently the tin was full of cus-cus!AAAARRRGGHH!!! best thing was it was covered in cling film!!
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by fionarua
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Oh fiona, I'm pretty sure Shakey Eggs have been around since the age of the Dinosaurs &, although most days I may look it, I'm actually not quite that old - yet!
.......................(yeah - in my dreams)
& to answer your 2nd question - when I walk - I Shake, Rattle & Roll, cause I'm a teenager of the 60's - Baby! ...........Can ye dig it?
Chris - Dulcimers, Naw. No such luck. If that were the case, the eggs would be more trapezoid shaped - & then pity the beast that has to lay them!
fisstle - I word of advice - never admit that you actually have superiors - it's a sign of weakness!
Conan - or a snakechick - & hey, I've known some snakey chicks in my time
quirl - shaky stevens eh? You really think every session should be inflicted with one of those, do you?
Conan, tell me, are we actually allowed to sing here?
Oh, & did you make sure he took that taxi?
Kaytee, ... no it doesn't it sounds kind of cruel! Cruel is the word you were looking for, not cool - OK!
Fiona, now be honest, when was the last time you actually heard anything - in a vacuum?
P. S. You'll be pleased to hear that I ate no melted cheese tonight, so sweet dreams, ye all ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.....................
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Night, night, sleep tight, don't let the bodhrans bite.
http://www.celticmusic.com/alfonso_bodhrans/runamok.html
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by TiiiM
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Ptarmigan: Were you at the 2000 New Years celebration and see the 35 ft bodhran? The bodhran player was seated atop the drum.
If you are talking about a two sided bodhran with weird add ons, I guess we would have the same session issue. However, I did jam with an Alzhiemers Granny playing bass saxophone before. I made sure she felt loved before leaving for the evening. ( ^ :
# Posted on November 17th 2005 by CeolCairdeas
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I'm afraid I missed that wonderful experience Ceol!
Was Bill Wright of Galway, responsible for this abomination?
Here's a quote about this man:
"Wright makes tunable drums to order from laminated birch stained a variety of colors, with calf-skin heads.
He charges around Ir £150.
He recently made what he called The World's Largest Bodhrán, at 15½ feet in diameter!
It's a bodhran on one side and a lambeg on the other."
Can you just imagine the chaos one of those brutes would cause at YOUR session?
# Posted on November 17th 2005 by Ptarmigan