a few days ago I had the smart ass idea of posting a pole to vote on who is the most SURLY of us all, but I feared Joesph E would beat me with a huge double reed, so I surily showed restraint 
Tansy
Surly: (from the Urban Dictionary)
1.Rude, aloof. Used to describe someone who considers themselves better than others, and treats others as if they aren’t even worthy enough to tie his/her shoes.
“The surly man rolled his eyes and told me to go away when I asked him for the time.”
2. To exhibit the behavior like that of a dick wad.
“Quit being so damn surly!”
3. An IT specialist who refuses to help and makes you feel stupid on purpose.
“Paul is surly, he won’t help me fix my computer’s error and keeps insisting it is “operator error”.”
Wow! you learn new things every day!
Oh geez, what next? I am quite sure that it is a very small number of people whose feelings are hurt by being called “surly” in the forum description. The proof lies in the fact that there have not been any threads locked because of a heated discussion concerning the use of the word “surly” to describe this forum 
. So most everyone must like the term as a joke or think it is pretty close to the truth. I guess I wouldn’t go so far as to change the description from “A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the surly people who play them.” to “A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the dick wads who play them.” though.
Oh, listen. I’m just apologizing for offending people by calling them surly. I’m not withdrawing from calling them surly!
For a perfect example of “Surly,” check out this ebay listing:
The offering has been noted on this board before, but deserves to be revisited, as the Surliness of the listing, and the Surlocity of the Seller (which this Board is intimately familiar), is exquisite and unmatched.
I love it.
I cried myself to sleep at night.
djm
Fair play.
- To exhibit the behavior like that of a dick wad.
“Quit being so damn surly!”
and Brother Nano would call them a langer…(Refrain…)
I’ll send you a hankie.
…when I’m being PC, of course: “langer” sounds pretty harmless in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. You’ve heard some bonafide shameful stuff leave my mouth. After all, our language has such a capacity for choice epithets, whether classic, or crying out to be newly made, that it’s hard not to try and fit invective to case like a cheap suit.
Should there be a 12-step program for surly? I’d never fall off the wagon 'cause I’d never get on in the first place. Har.
I’m not surly, but I don’t mind being called so… sure beats being called “Wilty-Petunia-Twisty-Knickers”.
I took up the pipes and joined this forum to get in touch with my inner surly child.
My therapist says I’m making good progress and should someday be a bona fide crank. 
Doc
I’m a bit disappointed in the new tagline below the link to the Uilleann Pipe Forum, “A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the people who play them.” I think that an addition to the previous version, along the lines of : “A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the surly, but sensitive (and a bit petulant) people who play them.” would have rounded things off nicely.
If piper’s can’t take a joke, and a bit of good-natured (or otherwise) poking, how are they going to get through their first 20 years of piping??? 
dave boling
If flute players have an embouchure, do uilleann pipers have an armpiture? 
(Can’t lie, I lifted it from Caroluna)
djm
Bring back “surly” in the tag-line! It’s what keeps us flute forum folks feeling superior for the gentility of our discourse (pause for big larfs).
Rob (lurking flutherer / fluthering lurker)
My wife, a fiddler, makes the distinction as “Spit instruments” (whistles and flutes) and “Arm pit instruments” (pipes).
Well, at least not solid plans.
I agree that the Forum Description is a bit tapioca now. What, if not “surly” would each of you suppose?
“A forum about Uilleann Pipes and the BLANK (people) who play them.”
Leather-necked?
Obstreperous?
Wackos?
Masochists?
Pompous arses?
I tend to agree with Cynth that the term “dick wad” is in appropriate. It overuse has lessened its meaning.
How about “Richard Wad” instead? - or Richard Weed, Richard Less, Richard Head, Richard Face, Richard Breath, (I could just go on an on) … 
djm
Hey! How come “THEY” get to be Surely and we can’t!
Non-Uilleann Piping
The Wonderful World of … Other Bagpipes. All the surly with none of the regs!
Moderators rich, Dale, Alan, Redwolf, Nanohedron, Joseph E. Smith
On the reverse side of that djm, Little Richard, Little …
No offense intended to the Rock-n-Roll legend.
I never thought of that. Good golly!
djm