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Old 02-15-2008, 12:54 PM   #1
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A damn shame

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Old 02-15-2008, 01:30 PM   #2
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A damn shame there isn't more to your post....
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Old 02-15-2008, 01:31 PM   #3
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Old 02-15-2008, 03:32 PM   #4
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Crushing news. Crushing.
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Old 02-15-2008, 04:50 PM   #5
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what? a $1,000,000 violin doesn't come with a case?
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Old 02-15-2008, 04:55 PM   #6
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That should boost the value of the remaining violins.
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Old 02-15-2008, 10:31 PM   #7
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Violin / Violence.......When will it end?



"I had it over my shoulder in its case and I fell down a concrete flight of stairs backward,"
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Old 02-16-2008, 06:57 AM   #8
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good catch JR - I missed it.
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Old 02-16-2008, 08:22 AM   #9
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Insurance fraud?

Not a terribly sturdy case, evidently.
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Old 02-16-2008, 10:56 AM   #10
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Violin cases are meant to protect from dings, not major trauma like falling down a flight of stairs. They'd have to be twice as big and lined with inches of foam to protect a violin from something like that.
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Old 02-16-2008, 11:27 AM   #11
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who the hell carries a million dollar violin over their shoulder like its a gym bag?
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Old 02-16-2008, 11:33 AM   #12
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it's only fair that the prick should get looks, money and talent, but have the clumsiness to be able to fall backwards down steps. I hope, for the love of all that is fair and good on this earth, that he has a really tiny pee pee.
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Old 02-16-2008, 12:04 PM   #13
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I've heard that the difference between a violin and a fiddle is that a violin is carried in a case and a fiddle is carried in a sack.
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They'd have to be twice as big and lined with inches of foam to protect a violin from something like that.
In hindsight, that might not be such a bad idea, for a priceless, irreplaceable instrument.

Although I guess if he had hindsight he wouldn't have fallen over backwards.
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Old 02-16-2008, 12:54 PM   #14
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If I had broken a million-dollar violin that can't be replaced.... I'd probably be using the remaining strings to strangle myself to death.
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Old 02-16-2008, 02:50 PM   #15
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it's only fair that the prick should get looks, money and talent, but have the clumsiness to be able to fall backwards down steps. I hope, for the love of all that is fair and good on this earth, that he has a really tiny pee pee.
Even if he does, hot women will line up around the block.
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