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tubatooter1940 wrote:There was once this great tubaist from Texas.
Who thought he knew what good sex was.
Your soul speaks through your music.
Say what you mean.
Say it with a Mike Finn Mouthpiece.

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Mike Finn wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote:There was once this great tubaist from Texas.
Who thought he knew what good sex was.
Kama Sutra he'd do
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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windshieldbug wrote:
Mike Finn wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote:There was once this great tubaist from Texas.
Who thought he knew what good sex was.
Kama Sutra he'd do
Every position he knew
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the elephant wrote:
lgb&dtuba wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:Kama Sutra he'd do
Every position he knew
Until his knees he could no more un-flex-as.
Nice, although that was the perfect opportunity to rhyme "horn" and "dorn".
(Any resemblence to a tub(a)ist from New York is purely coincidental)
:shock:

Anyone up for some Haiku? I'll start:

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Mike Finn wrote:Anyone up for some Haiku? I'll start:


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windshieldbug wrote:
Mike Finn wrote:Anyone up for some Haiku? I'll start:


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Haikus are for string players.So put some hair on it and lets get back to the limericks.Here's a softball for someone:(now don't let me down...)
There once was a tubist named Horatio....
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MikeMason wrote:Haikus are for string players.So put some hair on it and lets get back to the limericks.Here's a softball for someone:(now don't let me down...)
There once was a tubist named Horatio....
Who really did love the Adagio
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lgb&dtuba wrote:
MikeMason wrote: There once was a tubist named Horatio....
Who really did love the Adagio
He pushed in for "D"
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bloke wrote:glanced over at she,
and said,...

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There once was a hot heiress named Paris,
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When stopped by two lookers that day
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duckskiff wrote:
iiipopes wrote:When stopped by two lookers that day
The tubist had just this to say
One octave lower
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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windshieldbug wrote:
duckskiff wrote:
iiipopes wrote:When stopped by two lookers that day
The tubist had just this to say
One octave lower
Um...I think I might know her...
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TMurphy wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
duckskiff wrote: The tubist had just this to say
One octave lower
Um...I think I might know her...
From that audition in the hay!
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A tuba player got braces...
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TMurphy wrote:A tuba player got braces...
and could only play lines, not spaces!
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windshieldbug wrote:
TMurphy wrote:A tuba player got braces...
and could only play lines, not spaces!
To oompah was painful,
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Bruckner was disdainful,
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Dean E wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
TMurphy wrote:A tuba player got braces...
and could only play lines, not spaces!
To oompah was painful,
the resonance shameful,
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