Mrs Trellis
Well-known member
Surely that should read "bagpipes" not banjos.

A gentleman is a man who knows how to play an accordian but refrains from doing so.I think it was Malcolm Sargent who said
A good musician is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes and doesn't
Tommy - "Madam, you have a beautiful thing between your legs and all you do is sit and scratch it."
Allegedly the "Tommy" was Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 – 1961)I heard this from a lady cellist in the BBC Orchestra, Just after the conducor had used hose words to lambast her during a rehersal!