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tut. this a a perving thread, chaps, not a serious music discussion. we'll have ian in here next...  On what grounds - that it's a perving thread, or that it's a serious music discussion? Both sound quite attractive, even better if they are combined. |
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Combined?.....
I wonder how ladies with large breasts play the violin.
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tut. this a a perving thread, chaps, not a serious music discussion. we'll have ian in here next... Indeed; it's a pity the title really predisposes it to heterosexist bias (given our membership demographics). |
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« Reply #33 on: 18:59:13, 12-07-2007 » |
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I wonder how ladies with large breasts play the violin.
Perhaps they use them as additional support to rest the instrument on? (Sorry) |
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are we talking about large breasts or LARGE breasts?
ian, i assumed you'd be attracted by the serious musical comment, but you're no different to me; which is unfortunate for you...
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Combined?.....
I wonder how ladies with large breasts play the violin.
(please don't answer that. Sorry A)
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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I thought that was why there weren't any lady snooker players, and yet they play the accordion well enough, don't they?
(I'm surprised Ian hasn't object to the word "lady" yet.)
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« Reply #37 on: 21:08:55, 12-07-2007 » |
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You don't see many lady accordion players. I used to play one - you can position them more to the side and further down. Hedge shears are in another league! It's a much more aggressive action. Men being stronger can perhaps hold the shears further away and still give a strong cut. However, the further away from your body you hold the shears, the weaker the action. I used to post on the Radio 4 message boards and they hate the word "lady" on there. Men and women alike. I used to wind them up on purpose!  |
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« Reply #38 on: 21:21:28, 12-07-2007 » |
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Yes, Milly. We had a similar and equally silly discussion in the oher place some years ago. I was brought up to refer to strangers as ladies and gentleman because it was the polite thing to do. It's that simple and implies nothing other than good manners, respect and courtesy.
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Hmm, I am reminded of a work by the rightly famous avant-guardist, Bruno Heinz Jaja. It set, in German, of course, the words "Who was that lady I saw you with last night? That was no lady, that was my brother, it's the way he walks."
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There's nothing wrong with the word lady, as long as it's used alongside gentleman. Otherwise I think it should be men and women. I've never understood why Wimbledon has ladies' and men's competitions. And, with all respect to Simon, I'm never keen on the "it's the way I was brought up" argument. It's akin to saying: "disagree with me and you insult my mother".
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Combined?.....
I wonder how ladies with large breasts play the violin.
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Combined?.....
I wonder how ladies with large breasts play the violin.
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How ladies with large or any other size breasts play the violin (or even more so the viola) is obviously of far less consequence than the matter of how well such ladies might play either instrument per se, irrespective of the size of their - er - talents and attributes of whatever kind - but I am nevertheless minded to recall an occasion when a certain violinist gave a lunchtime recital in my presence (a sonata each for violin and piano by Mozart, Beethoven and Grieg) not only without a chin rest but also without even a shoulder rest. The breast size question is (I'm sorry to disappoint anyone here who might be hoping otherwise) of no obvious contextual relevance or pertinence whatsoever in this case, since the violinist was one Erich Gruenberg (the pianist, incidentally, was the composer John McCabe), but one may nonetheless be tempted to speculate on the possible significance of this unencumbered manner of playing if one feels inclined to imagine that certain mammary attributes of appropriately substantial dimensions might be called upon to substitute for either one or both of those violinists' rests when a "lady", rather than Mr Gruenberg, is playing...
A soprano of my acquaintance apparently began professional life as a violinist; although I have never heard actually her play the violin, I am sure that her decision to prioritise singing was by no means a boob on her part...
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There's nothing wrong with the word lady, as long as it's used alongside gentleman. Otherwise I think it should be men and women. I've never understood why Wimbledon has ladies' and men's competitions. ,
I agree Tony and "ladies" in this context suggests amateurism as well, like there used to be "gentleman" cricketers (who were often paid -under the counter - and sometimes far from gentlemanly ) Being too politically correct is fraught with danger. You'd expect "woman and man" from any official source but in many parts of the country it's "lads and lasses" up to middle age. Visting my "ancestral" county in my late teens, I was greeted by a matronly but attractive 40 ish shopkeeper with "Can I 'elp you, my luverr?" Didn't offend me at all! |
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