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Location: big island | looks like a great "caption this" photo... |
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Location: big island | whammy bar prototype |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | His dog is really excited about it. |
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Location: big island | so's the catfish... |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | It's the Hurdy Gury Man!!! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Just seconds after I snapped the photo, the fish broke free and ate the woman in the white jacket. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Bloke playing instrument.
Look like it's a hurdy gurdy, for those not aquainted with that, it's like an auto-harp sort of, for those not aquainted with that it's like a harp or maybe guitar or even a lute or lyre.
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Location: big island | i've certainly heard of hurdy gurdys and, of course, donovan's song about the "hurdy gurdy man" but i did not know what one looked like or sounded like until now |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
It's the Hurdy Gury Man!!! YEPPER! |
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Location: big island | hey iffy, perhaps you and i should go into the detective business together? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by lanaki:
hey iffy, perhaps you and i should go into the detective business together? And wind up like moody?!?!? :eek:
BTW, it sounds kinda like a stringed bagpipe... |
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Location: big island | i thought about moody when i made the suggestion. but i'm not sure private investigators and detectives are the same thing. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Just seconds after I snapped the photo, the fish broke free and ate the woman in the white jacket. guess that can't call it a "maneater" then. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
It's the Hurdy Gury Man!!! exactly |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | This guy isn't as needy as he looks. He wasn't willing to wear Mr. Big for 10 euros, and I wasn't willing to stand there and listen to that awful contraption for one more second while bickering about a price. Plus the fish was totally out of control. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This thread caused me to do some YouTube research. I finally discovered that a Hurdy-Gurdy is a rotary violin. Very neat. But I bet those things ain't cheap, and I cannot see myself getting into actually Playing that kind of music.
That guy was pretty closed-minded. I would definitely wear the shirt for 10 Euros, even for 10 bucks! |
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Location: Ohio | In reference to the BAGPIPE reference?
You know why bag pipers march.
They are trying to get away from the sound.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Where in Munich was this? I don't recognize the fish. |
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| Cool instrument. I'd stick an electric motor on it and get rid of the hand crank..lol |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Or you could paint a picture of Roy Rogers on it and pretend you were a kid again. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Herr Bojangles? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Mark, downtown somewhere, but not exactly sure. We were being escorted by a friend who was pointing out buildings and such, but I was totally distracted by my preoccupation with this character, Mr. Big and a possible photo-op. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's in front of the Hunting and Fishing museum close to the Marienplatz. I probably saw it, but that was way back in April and I've forgotten. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Doesn't he know, only geeks still wear fanny packs. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Hey now, let's leave fanny packs out of this, ok...? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ....why is it called a fanny pack when it's worn in front?
Here's Sting playing a Hurdy Gurdy and checking out Alison...:  |
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Location: big island | today is alisson krauss' birthday, by the way. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Hey now, let's leave fanny packs out of this, ok...? Sorry Weas, I meant geek in a good way |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Well ok, no blood, no foul but there ARE lines you know... |
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Location: Right now? | I really dig hurdy gurdys. Weird, but creative. I wouldn't mind foolin' around with one. Watch this guy. He plays it a little bit differently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXkddXI7xaU
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Location: big island | willmuse,
the artist's info says this is a tribute to kaki king. |
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Location: Right now? | Lanaki,
So it does, haha! I missed that. Kaki's incredibly talented, but to be honest, I can't listen to her for very long. Not my cuppa tea, as they say...
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Location: Wichita, KS | The hurdy-gurdy was used extensively in the score for the film "Monster". I think it was a great choice in adding a strange, twisted feel to the story of a twisted serial killer. That CD is one of my favorite sound track recordings. |
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Seen on the street in Munich . . .