There’s nothing wrong with cats that a good marinade wouldn’t take care of.
just joking
Dave
I don’t see why we need to stop at eating cats. Dogs have been eaten for a long time too. Dog eating in China has gone back far into history and you can still eat dogs in Hong Kong and mainland China.
By the way, it is said that if one eats a dog, the dog smell will be on you for a while. So this will attract attention of other (living) dogs.
On 2002-01-23 17:15, tuugaalik wrote:
I do notice that on the cover of the book of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, he is playing his WHISTLE with TWO hands. It looks like he is playing a G, and I’m sure the flare on the bottom of the whistle is just artistic licence. Either that or Kate Greenaway is also part of the conspiracy.
I think K. G. was unfamiliar with the realms of whistledom, or she’d never have mad the thing look like a clarinet! In the next printing it’ll probably be a nice Overton Low D.
Definitely a 2-handed playing position, I was wrong in supposing a tabor pipe would be the thing.
I suppose the modern thing would be to suck up the rats in a big Hoover 
and fire them into the next county!
Can anyone suggest a good tune name for such an event?
A few dumb names…
They Moved Out of the County
Some Say the Rats are Gone
Pied Piper the Hero
Spewed by a Hoover
I’ve got the pied piper book, and the close up pictures reveal no finger holes. The mouthpiece has a bugle-like form, so I would assume he can only play 3-4 octaves, all the same note.
Take care, JohnZ
If the mouthpiece has a “bugle-like form” it could be a shawm or a bagpipe chanter with a “pirouette” used to hold the double reed.
“Piper” can mean “reed piper” too!
On 2002-01-24 09:06, Martin Milner wrote:
I suppose the modern thing would be to suck up the rats in a big Hoover >
There has actually been such a machine invented. Someone built it to clear out prairie rat, er, dog, villages in a humane(?) manner. It amounts to a huge vacuum cleaner mounted on a truck. It removes the objects of interest from their burrows through a large hose, and deposits them in a large, specially-designed, padded compartment on the bed of the vehicle. They are then transported to a more convenient location and released, who knows with what ceremony or lack of it.
Can anyone suggest a good tune name for such an event?
The Wind that Shakes the Prairie?
I’ve often said that for all I know cat might just taste good. As long as I don’t know the kitty’s name.
Long, long time ago when times were kinda tough the husband and I ate lots of stew for supper. Tough meat cut up fine cooked in a crock pot for hours that we’d add lots of vegetables to. Tasted pretty good but we used to laugh that there was another cat missing in the neighborhood that night.
da mouse
Mary
I used to have several pet rats and they all loved the whistle they would all watch and listen to me intently. If I was playing music or listening to the radio they would also run their wheel in time to the music…now my dog on the other hand is not a music fan–especialy when it comes to whistles.
Its kind of strange…The dog and cat RUN when we pick up our whistles. Not only that
The Owls and Seagulls also vacate the area
Dan
Graphics Guy, I think maybe you’re playing the wrong whistle!
I kid you not, when I go sit by the canal and play my Copeland D, the seagulls and ducks come running, er flying. Not a scrap of food do I give them, yet there they stay, cocking their heads this way & that, until I’m finished. My audience!
Well Raymond…I dont think its the wrong whistle…More likely, Its my playing LOL
Dan
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On 2002-01-28 00:51, Graphics Guy wrote:
Well Raymond…I dont think its the wrong whistle…More likely, Its my playing LOL
Dan
Yea, that’s got to be it; his playing. Cause when I play my whistle the cat pratically sits on my lap. Of course, this may be to avoid the dog…
Kari
Thats only because your playing is wayyyyy
better than mine Hunny Bunny, My playing is actually funded by the Dept. of Defense
they feel that it could possibly be a weapon.
Dan
See what happens when a Harper/Pianist
picks up a whistle ?