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A couple that they forgot:
Oboist Flubs Passage, Doesn't Blame It On His Reed
Piano Player Loses Job -- Needed 65 Seconds for Minute Waltz
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Observations: -- I thought #8 was in very slightly bad taste. -- #6 made me laugh out loud. (RIP E.C.) -- Our O.P. Mr. Thracozaag modestly did not mention his own citation in this article! -J
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-- I thought #8 was in very slightly bad taste.
-- #6 made me laugh out loud. (RIP E.C.) Funny -- I thought #6 was in quite bad taste, and really don't see at all what you mean about 8. Sure, it's a ribbing of Cage (totally unintentional play on words, BTW)  but I don't see it being over any line. -- Our O.P. Mr. Thracozaag modestly did not mention his own citation in this article! Thanks -- I hadn't noticed that.
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-- I thought #8 was in very slightly bad taste.
-- #6 made me laugh out loud. (RIP E.C.) Funny -- I thought #6 was in quite bad taste, and really don't see at all what you mean about 8. Sure, it's a ribbing of Cage (totally unintentional play on words, BTW) but I don't see it being over any line. Wouldn't be the first time we disagreed! If I had to analyze the difference, I'd say that #8 jokes about how little people care about a dead composer, and #6 jokes about how much someone cares about a dead composer. That's why one feels sad to me and the other is funny. -J
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....but #6 is also about being eager for someone to die. IMO not good, even as a joke, maybe especially as a joke.
P.S. Actually I don't think we've disagreed that much!
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Are these for real? Or is this Jailyard satire? 
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.
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#1 makes me despair for the human race. 
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Are these for real? Or is this Jailyard satire? Nothing's real. I suppose #1 is sort of plausible but that seems made up too....
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I know I read elsewhere that the Gangnam Style video had become the #1 most watched video in history. I'm not sure whether the statistics about # of performances of the 9th symphony etc. bear out, but the claim is close enough to the truth to be depressing.
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Still think Krystian Zimmerman's rant at his solo recital at the Walt Disney concert hall was most exhilarating thing I've seen in classical music (happened a few years ago).. Not many people liked it, but as a live witness ( I didn't mind)..
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Are these for real? Or is this Jailyard satire? Nothing's real. I suppose #1 is sort of plausible but that seems made up too....I didn't think so...just checking.
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.
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