Dan Rempel wrote:
> Michael Cash wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:22:47 +0900, Declan Murphy
>> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>> inscribed:
>>
>>
>>> John W. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brett Robson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your stuff would be in Nashville. Lotsa banjos there. You don't want
>>>>>>> your stuff around banjos, do you? Might pick up some bad habits.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I forgot Nashville, I was thinking sunny Cali. I know there are many
>>>>> great musicians in Nashville but there would also be a lot of very bad
>>>>> ones as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> John W. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I maintain a banjo-free environment, though I was very tempted to 
>>>>>> buy a
>>>>>> dulcimer from Wal Mart for $100; came with an instructional CD and
>>>>>> everything.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Careful that is the thin edge.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was serious. Had it been a hammered dulcimer I would have bought it.
>>>> They have a mandolin and banjo as well; I'm very tempted by both.
>>>
>>>
>>> Everytime I listen to the Fargone Beauties I start thinking of buying a
>>> banjo. USD$100 heh? Cheaper than here for sure. Would be fun to learn to
>>> play, and very useful if I retire to somewhere like Queensland. Will it
>>> make any of my teeth fall out?
>>
>>
>>
>> You have to have a dentist's certification of lack of dentition before
>> you're allowed to buy one.
> 
> 
> Definition of perfect pitch: tossing a banjo into a dumpster without
> hitting the sides. (Feel free to insert favourite/least favourite
> instrument).
> 
Not pertaining to a banjo, but Bluegrass legends The Dillards said once 
that tuning a mandolin was like tuning bed springs.

John W.