The man is a human library, a treasure vault of priceless material, and apparently a quality post session brawler to boot. His prolific contributions to this site are profound. Another of the many reasons "I bother" visiting this place.
On my daily drive home, overlooking the freeway there's a billboard with a big red diamond enclosing large white copperplate letters: DOW. I think, hellz yeah!
LOL! You've got to give it up for the three variations of O'Boobigan's hornpipe in the space of like 15 minutes, or whatever the heck it was. ASTOUNDING!
The word seems pregnant with meaning, indeterminate but probably baleful. It's the sort you might find in a book of North Country folk-tales, in the kind of story that goes like this:
THE SPINDLESTONEHEUGH FARMER AND THE DOW
One winter an old farmer made a big mangel-wurzel clamp. It was very hard work, but when he'd finished he went to bed dreaming of spending the winter living on them and keeping his animals fed.
After dark, the Dow came. It was his particular pleasure to undo constructive work, even more so if doing this was difficult, laborious and entirely pointless. So he removed all the worzels and threw them in the river, and filled up the clamp with river-stones, with a pile of worzels put back in the front for looks.
When the farmer found out, he was not as upset as he might have been, for he'd taken out insurance and - after a satisfying bout of self-medication in a pub - he got the replacement of the worzels sorted out with a smart young chap in an office in Alnwick who concluded by saying, "A pleasure to help you, sir - my family has had a feud with the Dow since 1299." A squad of Poles was employed to fish the worzels out of the river and soon the clamp was back to new, with cameras and other distasteful gadgetry trained on it.
The Dow came back and saw all this. "I'm wasting my time here", he said to himself despondently. "Bloody interfering nanny state."
Getting away from the UK was one thing, getting into Australia was another. As the Dow approached the immigration desk, the officer with corks dangling from his hat towered over the offensive Northumbrian sprite. There was a long crocodile behind; it savaged his foot.
"What's *your* line, then?", the officer menaced.
"I am a traditional prankster".
"Arts Council b*ll*cks?"
"I said, "Traditional."
But the way he said, "traditional", woke up the immigration man: it came out as "Trhrhrhrhwwaditional"...and the man not only recognised another Northumbrian, but knew exactly who he was. "You're one of the Dows of Bedlam Loup, you helped my family against the Armstrongs in 1402!
'Look, I can't do very much for you, I mean, we normally only admit people who are beautiful or intelligent. But there's still the odd dwarf-hurling racket going on in the outback, and you'd fit the bill for that. I'll stamp you as "entertainer" and let you through."
Drawing himself up to his full height, and looking rather like a scaled-down version of Will Atkinson, the Dow gravely thanked the officer and set out to start a new life in the Lucky Country.
Dow?
Who?
What a strange name. Why doesn't this person come on here with a normal name like Mark Anderson, no that would be really weird... what about D Maneak Snorr?
Alternatively:
Drake Smannor
Snake Dram Ron
Ron Makes Darn
Draken's Manor
Snake and Mor
Dr. Sek Anamora
Dr. Ken Ramanos
Damn Reason K
.....the possibilities are (nearly) endless!
Hotspur, it's all just a bit of good natured wee-wee taking. No harm intended. Yer man can give as good as he gets. I've met him anyway and he is a good bloke.
All hail the mighty Dow
All hail the mighty Dow
300 tune submissions!
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by D.J.F.
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Oh yeah, I never noticed that. Nothing compared to the big guns like Gian Marco though!
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Dow
Move over Dow...
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GIAN MARCO
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by D.J.F.
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
The man is a human library, a treasure vault of priceless material, and apparently a quality post session brawler to boot. His prolific contributions to this site are profound. Another of the many reasons "I bother" visiting this place.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
On my daily drive home, overlooking the freeway there's a billboard with a big red diamond enclosing large white copperplate letters: DOW. I think, hellz yeah!
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by fidkid
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
LOL! You've got to give it up for the three variations of O'Boobigan's hornpipe in the space of like 15 minutes, or whatever the heck it was. ASTOUNDING!
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8515
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Markets:
* Dow: 12947 (+0.90%)
* Nasdaq: 2518 (+0.94%)
Get in there Dow! You're trouncing that stupid Nasdaq!
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Joe CSS
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
But Joe, Nasdaq is catching up 0.04% every time
What do we do?
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by D.J.F.
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I often send letters mistakenly addressed to the "United Kingdow", such is my forgetfulness.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by mehitabel23
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
The word seems pregnant with meaning, indeterminate but probably baleful. It's the sort you might find in a book of North Country folk-tales, in the kind of story that goes like this:
THE SPINDLESTONEHEUGH FARMER AND THE DOW
One winter an old farmer made a big mangel-wurzel clamp. It was very hard work, but when he'd finished he went to bed dreaming of spending the winter living on them and keeping his animals fed.
After dark, the Dow came. It was his particular pleasure to undo constructive work, even more so if doing this was difficult, laborious and entirely pointless. So he removed all the worzels and threw them in the river, and filled up the clamp with river-stones, with a pile of worzels put back in the front for looks.
When the farmer found out, he was not as upset as he might have been, for he'd taken out insurance and - after a satisfying bout of self-medication in a pub - he got the replacement of the worzels sorted out with a smart young chap in an office in Alnwick who concluded by saying, "A pleasure to help you, sir - my family has had a feud with the Dow since 1299." A squad of Poles was employed to fish the worzels out of the river and soon the clamp was back to new, with cameras and other distasteful gadgetry trained on it.
The Dow came back and saw all this. "I'm wasting my time here", he said to himself despondently. "Bloody interfering nanny state."
Getting away from the UK was one thing, getting into Australia was another. As the Dow approached the immigration desk, the officer with corks dangling from his hat towered over the offensive Northumbrian sprite. There was a long crocodile behind; it savaged his foot.
"What's *your* line, then?", the officer menaced.
"I am a traditional prankster".
"Arts Council b*ll*cks?"
"I said, "Traditional."
But the way he said, "traditional", woke up the immigration man: it came out as "Trhrhrhrhwwaditional"...and the man not only recognised another Northumbrian, but knew exactly who he was. "You're one of the Dows of Bedlam Loup, you helped my family against the Armstrongs in 1402!
'Look, I can't do very much for you, I mean, we normally only admit people who are beautiful or intelligent. But there's still the odd dwarf-hurling racket going on in the outback, and you'd fit the bill for that. I'll stamp you as "entertainer" and let you through."
Drawing himself up to his full height, and looking rather like a scaled-down version of Will Atkinson, the Dow gravely thanked the officer and set out to start a new life in the Lucky Country.
There is no moral to this tale.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by nicholas
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
In Scotland I have found a pub and a mortgage company named after Dow. Well done.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by TheSilverSpear
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I saw a sign outside a chemical manufacturing plant with "DOW" written on it, that was a good day.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by mehitabel23
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I don't know if our Dow would be very involved in the chemicals. Probably more likely to have a brewery connection.
But his manual dexterity is pretty good: he can disassemble, repair & reassemble his concertina within a couple of minutes if he's in the mood.
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by dogbox
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Dow?
Who?
What a strange name. Why doesn't this person come on here with a normal name like Mark Anderson, no that would be really weird... what about D Maneak Snorr?
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by danny flute whistle box
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Dow spelled backwards is woD.
Alternatively:
Drake Smannor
Snake Dram Ron
Ron Makes Darn
Draken's Manor
Snake and Mor
Dr. Sek Anamora
Dr. Ken Ramanos
Damn Reason K
.....the possibilities are (nearly) endless!
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by Joe CSS
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
WE ARE NOT WORTHY
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by Kenny
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I feel superior because I actually know the origin of the name Dow.
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by mehitabel23
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Our ears are flapping.
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by nicholas
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I know the extended Anderson family. I wouldn't be taking the p*ss If I were you!
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by hotspur
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Nicholas, why would anyone want to get of the UK for goodness sake?!
The Lucky Country?!
Getting luckier by the minute by the look of it.
# Posted on May 15th 2008 by duij
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Take the p!ss out of Dow? Unthinkable. Whatever gave you that idea?
# Posted on May 16th 2008 by danny flute whistle box
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
...not forgetting *Ron Mandrakes*, Joe.
# Posted on May 16th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Hotspur, it's all just a bit of good natured wee-wee taking. No harm intended. Yer man can give as good as he gets. I've met him anyway and he is a good bloke.
# Posted on May 21st 2008 by danny flute whistle box
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
You're alright too I suppose.
# Posted on May 21st 2008 by Dow
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I know hotspur's family too. I'd keep away from them - they're a bit weird.
# Posted on May 21st 2008 by Dow
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
I'm so impressed, I even play a Dow.
Like Tom Napper's one on this page:
http://www.turnstone.tv/instruments.html
# Posted on May 21st 2008 by Bren
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Yeah, I've met one of them as well - he IS wierd.
# Posted on May 21st 2008 by danny flute whistle box
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Will someone please tell me who the hell Gian Marco is ???
# Posted on May 24th 2008 by hauke
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
http://www.thesession.org/members/display/3080
# Posted on May 24th 2008 by Kenny
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Just noticed - 2 more, and he'll hit 600 !
# Posted on May 24th 2008 by Kenny
Re: All hail the mighty Dow
Thanks, Kenny, I see he's one of us.
# Posted on May 26th 2008 by hauke