Ken's Custom Rogue

[kenbass4]

Paul,
 
We can call it Stocking-Speak!
 
:-)

[palembic]

Whaaaaaaaa-ha-ha-ha
LOL!!!

[bigbadbill]

Not content with having his own TV show, Professor Paul TBO has now invented his own language; Paul, I am not worthy (for the second time in  a week).The scary thing is it even looks pretty convincing!
By the way, it was a joke about the gymsocks....no, honest it was....no, really....  

[palembic]

Brother Shaun brother Shaun,
 
what do you mean by you are not worthy??
Impressed by my wabble???
Oh ...huh ...don't!
Oh, I know I can be pretty convincing. My brother said recently: why don't you go selling basses if you are so interested? You are the only man I know who will sell someone the bass suitable for him (note: I didn't say an Alembic), everybody will pay with a smile and go home happy with a good buy, you can be happy with a good sale.
Yes I tried to get that job but ...well ...I am too old they say.
 
And that language ...well ...euh ...being a Tolkien fan from my 12th year I read the Lord of the Rings 8 times I guess. Mind you ...I DIDN'T study it, I just enjoyed it. But ...well ...some sounds and typo just doesn't leave my head. And -as you all know- I have a lot of fantasy and am a creative man.
Alas ...I became a little bitter the last years seen my uncomfortable work-position.
 
That gymsock thing however puzzled me. Honestly ...I didn't understand the joke.
 
 
Paul the bad one

[kenbass4]

Paul TBO,
 
I'm thinking that he's refering to the sox being so...uhhh...USED that they are fermenting, making them capable of making one high if smoked. But it is just a guess...
 
Hey, I should keep you responding to this thread. You'll be up past 1000 in no time!
 
Ken (TEO)

[bracheen]

Don't tell me you're to old Paul.  Anyone who listens to Bow-wow-wow has got to be hip (is that still a valid word?).  
I think we're the same age.  I'm a '54 model.  

[palembic]

Misposted
 
(Message edited by PALEMBIC on January 23, 2004)

[palembic]

I was build Rock around the clock!
1955.
THEY say I'm too old!
Not me!
I just entered puberty!! Well ...in my counting!
 
Paul the bad one

[dadabass2001]

Paul tbo
My guess about the gym sock joke (a gym sock is a heavy cotton stocking worn typically during phys-ed class) would go back to a 1970s Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention live recording Dummy Up on Roxy & Elsewhere. Part of the fun is a dialog between two band members about grinding up damp gym socks and rolling them in a high school diploma and smoking them. This album is also a good chance to hear Tom Fowler on bass.
Mike

[bigbadbill]

Well guys, to finally put my joke to rest (my friends keep telling me I'm not funny; they're obviously right!),both Ken and Mike are (probably) correct. It was originally a line I got 2nd hand (can't remember where from)which really amused me at the time; I interpreted it exactly how Ken has. Given that it was 2nd hand though, my guess is that the original source was probably as Mike states (which puts me in the mind to listen to some Zappa). Hope that's all cleared up! Maybe I should stick to basses instead of jokes....and Paul, damn right you're not too old (whatever that is). I keep wondering when I'm going to feel like an adult...not for a while I hope!
 
Shaun

[dadabass2001]

After smoking the high school diploma stuffed with a damp gym sock, we'll try smoking an empty college diploma. That's right ... you get nothing with your college diploma
 
I miss Frank
 
Mike

[palembic]

My brother was/is a HUGE FZ fan and had all his records -what was here in Belgium in that time NOT evident talking 1970/72 or so!
Now you're talking about it ...I DO remember the line and the part.
As 15 year old kid it was rather difficult to figure out what those guys were talking about.
 
Paul the bad one

[alembic76407]

Mike , that's why I skipped college and went right to drugs, easier to keep lit!!!! besides gym socks make me cough
 
 
 
just kidding

[dnburgess]

Just like a penguin in bondage - boing! Oh yeah!

[kenbass4]

Fellow Alembic Club Members:
 
I recieved word from our esteemed Valantino this evening that my bass, Erin-Oromion, has been completed. However, for the sake of domestic tranquility, I will most likely need to wait until Friday to drive to Santa Rosa to retrieve her. The reason for the delay is most important: Tomorrow (the 28th) is senior management's birthday.
 
I will, of course, post pictures and give a detailed account of my impressions of the new bass when I've had a chance to give it a good workout. (...or maybe Mica can post something between now and Friday for us all to view)
 
Until then,
Auta i Lome, Aura entuluma!
 
Ken (TEO)