If only I was 20 years younger

cpatch · May 4, 2009

So I'm in a college town a few weeks ago visiting family and I take my nephew into a guitar store to get him something for his birthday. While he's messing around with heavy metal effects boxes I wander over to the uke section and start messing around with a Kala soprano. Within a few minutes two attractive coeds come over and start asking me about the ukulele, whether it's easy to learn, what a happy-sounding instrument it is, blah blah blah. Number of attractive coeds chatting up Mr. Heavy Metal? Zero. Did he notice? Oh yeah.

Spooner · May 4, 2009

Chicks dig the uke.

It's a Freudian thing.

cpatch · May 4, 2009

Spooner said:
It's a Freudian thing.

When they ask why you play such a small instrument just tell them you're compensating for something.

Spooner · May 4, 2009

cpatch said:
When they ask why you play such a small instrument just tell them you're compensating for something.

LOL...I just say that the neck is comparable.

ukudele · May 4, 2009

cpatch said:
When they ask why you play such a small instrument just tell them you're compensating for something.

hahaha, Its true, i play my uke around campus and the ladies dig the koa!

UkuLeLesReggAe · May 4, 2009

Spooner said:
LOL...I just say that the neck is comparable.

i think i just finished my dinner

ricdoug · May 4, 2009

So did "Mr. Heavy Metal" get a uke or a guitar for his birthday, Craig? Maybe you should have stroked your nephew's ego and told him the babes just wanted to get closer to him...NAH! Let him drool! LOL! Ric

dberlin · May 4, 2009

Spooner said:
Chicks dig the uke.

It's a Freudian thing.

Really?

*grabs his Uke and rushes to the local park* :nana:

ichadwick · May 4, 2009

cpatch said:
When they ask why you play such a small instrument just tell them you're compensating for something.

It's reverse psychology. Like cars. Guys who drive small cars are making a Freudian statement that they don't need to compensate for small tackle or some psychological handicap.

Guys who drive Hummers and SUVs - well, what can I say? They're like the guys who buy the biggest amps and the wildest, can-opener style electric guitars.

cpatch · May 4, 2009

ricdoug said:
So did "Mr. Heavy Metal" get a uke or a guitar for his birthday, Craig? Maybe you should have stroked your nephew's ego and told him the babes just wanted to get closer to him...NAH! Let him drool! LOL! Ric

No, he got a death metal effects box. But between the girls in the guitar store and me showing him Jake's "Strawberry Fields" video I did change his impression of what the uke is capable of. Baby steps!

Oswegan · May 4, 2009

cpatch said:
So I'm in a college town a few weeks ago visiting family and I take my nephew into a guitar store to get him something for his birthday. While he's messing around with heavy metal effects boxes I wander over to the uke section and start messing around with a Kala soprano. Within a few minutes two attractive coeds come over and start asking me about the ukulele, whether it's easy to learn, what a happy-sounding instrument it is, blah blah blah. Number of attractive coeds chatting up Mr. Heavy Metal? Zero. Did he notice? Oh yeah.

Maybe it's just your magnetic personality.

cpatch · May 4, 2009

Oswegan said:
Maybe it's just your magnetic personality.

It definitely wasn't my playing.

Myala509 · May 4, 2009

Awesome! Man this might be true and might have happened to me!

The chick at the music store saturday didnt start flirting with me until I started talking to her about ukes!!!!

Pippin · May 4, 2009

ichadwick said:
It's reverse psychology. Like cars. Guys who drive small cars are making a Freudian statement that they don't need to compensate for small tackle or some psychological handicap.

Guys who drive Hummers and SUVs - well, what can I say? They're like the guys who buy the biggest amps and the wildest, can-opener style electric guitars.

:biglaugh:

I love that "can-opener style electric guitars" description.

Link · May 5, 2009

Last summer I went to the park 3 or so times with my guitar, and hardly anyone stopped to talk. But last week I went to a less populated park to practice for an upcoming open mic, hoping I could sing louder than in my apartment. I had 4 seperate groups of people approach me to talk about uke. Haha. Got barely any practice in... but who cares, its awesome to talk about uke.

And some of them were girls. And I got a number. Haha that's actually one of 2 stories I have of uke getting the girl. The uke is a wondrous thing on all fronts.

buddhuu · May 5, 2009

Link said:
[...]The uke is a wondrous thing on all fronts.

So is a girl...

mwalimu · May 5, 2009

I had the same thing happen to me in a music store in Napa, CA. Three pretty young things came over and did a mock hula while I strummed Ukulele Lady and then started chatting me up. I would have to have been 30 years younger though. If I only knew this when I was a kid.

It did occur to me that they were talking to me precisely because I was an old fart with a uke.

Opportunity knocks at the least opportune time.

UKISOCIETY · May 5, 2009

buddhu said:
So is a girl...

And backs. don't forget the backs.

Howlin Hobbit · May 5, 2009

Link said:
The uke is a wondrous thing on all fronts.

buddhu said:
So is a girl...

UKISOCIETY said:
And backs. don't forget the backs.

I love a lady with a muscular back. One of my former sweeties visited me at the Pike Place Market a couple weeks ago and gave me a hug. I'd forgotten what a lovely, strong back she had (she's a dancer and is nicely muscled pretty much all over).

She doesn't play ukulele though.

PoisonDart · May 5, 2009

yeah, i remember the back of this french canadian rock climbing gal out in BC when I spent the summer there back in the day....

Wow.

If only I was 20 years younger

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Active member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Super Moderator (Retired)

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Similar threads