Be On Your Guard Today...

[Dan Schultz]

Today, December 12th, is National Ding-a-Ling Day, a very special day to "Ring your Bell". Nope, we're not talking about the Salvation Army Bell Ringers, standing with their bells and kettles, outside of every store in the country. On National Ding-a-Ling Day, you should brace yourself for bizarre and crazy behavior, from all of the people you encounter today. Even normally conservative people have been known to go a little crazy on this day.

Some people say this is a day for wackos, lunatics, and others who are off their rocker. We say, it is simply a day to cut loose, act a little weird.

What do you do to celebrate this day? Be ever vigilant to the ding-a-lings that will come out of the woodwork. Ding-a-Lings will be everywhere: on the road, on the street, in stores, and even in your house! We suggest you get into the holiday spirit, and become a ding-a-ling yourself......But, please do so for just one day.

For the record: Ding-a-Lings and Ding Bats are not quite the same thing.

[Dan Schultz]

I've heard there are some of these who pay upwards of a thousand dollars to buy a tuba...!?!?

I think also that the guy who stole a tuba last week from a local university five miles from here and tried to sell it to me the next day sort of qualifies!

[Ace]

Today, December 12th, is National Ding-a-Ling Day, a very special day to "Ring your Bell". Nope, we're not talking about the Salvation Army Bell Ringers, standing with their bells and kettles, outside of every store in the country. On National Ding-a-Ling Day, you should brace yourself for bizarre and crazy behavior, from all of the people you encounter today. Even normally conservative people have been known to go a little crazy on this day.

Some people say this is a day for wackos, lunatics, and others who are off their rocker. We say, it is simply a day to cut loose, act a little weird.

What do you do to celebrate this day? Be ever vigilant to the ding-a-lings that will come out of the woodwork. Ding-a-Lings will be everywhere: on the road, on the street, in stores, and even in your house! We suggest you get into the holiday spirit, and become a ding-a-ling yourself......But, please do so for just one day.

For the record: Ding-a-Lings and Ding Bats are not quite the same thing.

There are no "wackos, lunatics, and others who are off their Rocker" on this board. Nor are there board members who "cut loose and act a little weird". Well, maybe one or two.

Ace

[Tubajug]

Watch out, after the sun goes down all the weirdos turn crazy!

[Dan Schultz]

I've heard there are some of these who pay upwards of a thousand dollars to buy a tuba...!?!?

I think also that the guy who stole a tuba last week from a local university five miles from here and tried to sell it to me the next day sort of qualifies!

Again, I hope that guy doesn't have any burly relatives who are into "paybacks"...and I hope that guy (if enough intellect to do so, which I kinda doubt) considers the concept of "karma" before being released (as I would expect that he'll be out in a few weeks, if not already).

I received a drug-related text on my cellphone last Saturday morning during a Dixieland rehearsal. I deleted it before making a note of the number it was sent from. But... reflecting... I'm almost certain it came from the cellphone of the 'bad guy'... who had called me the day prior to coming to my shop to try to sell me the horn.

Heck, Joe... there were four folks killed in a 'freak accident' on I-164 a couple of miles from here three days ago. I don't think one tuba thief is going to bother me! There are plenty of other 'crazies' out there and the odds of getting done in by one of those 'random acts' are probably much higher that the return of the tuba thief.