On Oct 9, 2008, at 10:19 PM, Dave Land wrote: > On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: >> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Dave Land wrote: >>> On Oct 9, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: >>>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Charlie Bell wrote: >>>>> On 10/10/2008, at 2:39 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: >>>>>> I like hearing a Theremin. There's nothing in the world quite >>>>>> like >>>>>> waking >>>>>> up to a little blues group that includes a theremin. >>>>> >>>>> Especially when you can't remember letting them in the house. >>>> >>>> House? What house? I was camping! >>> >>> It's not camping if there's power for a Theramin. >> >> So, I guess Burning Man (which, just for the record, I have never >> been to) >> doesn't count as camping? They have generators right and left for >> sound >> systems.... >> >> Considering how much people gripe about the dust in their tents, I >> kinda >> thought it was camping.... > > The National Boy Scout Jamboree, held every four years at Fort A.P. > Hill, Virginia, consists of a tent city of 18,000 tents and a > population > of more than 40,000. I am reasonably certain that it counts as > "camping", and I'm positive that there's electricity. If I attend the > 100th anniversary Jamboree in 2010, I'll look for a Theramin. Might > even bring a digeridoo, if Peggy gets one. I ordered 30 Humanatones > for our troop the other day, so we'll probably bring those, as well. > And considering that one of our troop's patrols is the "Asian Invasion > Task Force" and another is the "Super Secret Ninja Service", there is > some likelihood of our having access to a Taiko, as well. > > Dave
I have to wonder how many Scoutmasters would be dreading the release of didjeridus and Humanatones among that large an assembly of kids, however well disciplined. It's sort of in same category as giving the electronic-noisemaker toy to the child of a not-particularly-well- liked relative simply out of spite.. :D "You wanna tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?" -- Toby Ziegler _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
