Swamp Yankee
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I will admit that it does appear to be a dragon that is not wholly lacking in certain moose-like characteristics.
You play it right? Does it sound mellow like a moose or bright like a dragon?
I haven’t had a chance to play it yet—bought on eBay and am cleaning and treating the fingerboard, cleaning and prepping the tuners, and cleaning but “doing no harm” to the body. I just hope it doesn’t sound like a 70-year-old shoebox.
Awesome, now I’m going to have to really look at the backs of all my ukes, especially the Martins.
There is a hook-nosed old goblin that lives in the tiles on my bathroom floor. He stares at me with a wicked smile every time I take up the throne.
That's interesting, MopMan, as I am similarly greeted by a peaceful image of Abe Lincoln (coincidentally, I live in Springfield, Illinois) in my bathroom linoleum.
In the attached photo, you can spot him just about in the center, kind of a head-and-shoulders angle... and yes, I realize I've wandered way off-topic!
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Poor old Abe is looking rough these days! Have you looked for any more presidential images in the linoleum? Your bathroom could rival Mount Rushmore.
John Colter.
pfft... anyone can see that's Ernest Hemingway.
Ha! Yes, you have a point there, Yankee! Well, in any event, your observation got me thinking that I never really became familiar with Hemingway's works, so I just did a little looking online and was reminded of how many treasured novels and short stories he authored, and for the life of me I don't recall ever reading even one of them (unless it was in high school and I wasn't paying as much attention as I should've because I had my mind on learning whatever songs by Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, the Beatles, or Creedence Clearwater were popular at the time!). So, I just might grab the Kindle version of one of those Hemingway works and give it a whirl-- any suggestions for the first try?
Ha! Yes, you have a point there, Yankee! Well, in any event, your observation got me thinking that I never really became familiar with Hemingway's works, so I just did a little looking online and was reminded of how many treasured novels and short stories he authored, and for the life of me I don't recall ever reading even one of them (unless it was in high school and I wasn't paying as much attention as I should've because I had my mind on learning whatever songs by Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, the Beatles, or Creedence Clearwater were popular at the time!). So, I just might grab the Kindle version of one of those Hemingway works and give it a whirl-- any suggestions for the first try?
Look up "pareidolia". A very interesting subject.
Look up "pareidolia". A very interesting subject.