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Old 09-15-10, 09:44 PM   #1
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Kid rocks a ruler.

Pretty impressive actually

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Old 09-15-10, 09:49 PM   #2
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One day, a talent scout saw him and he earns 100m$ per month,
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Old 09-16-10, 12:55 AM   #3
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It sounds like a cross between a Sitar and a Rolf Harris Wobble Board, two of my favourite instruments.
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Old 09-16-10, 01:01 AM   #4
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Same principle as what we used to call a jew's harp.



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Old 09-16-10, 01:53 AM   #5
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Same principle as what we used to call a jew's harp.



And a great tool for removing teeth it was. Why is it called a jews harp, doesn't look like either...
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Old 09-16-10, 02:02 AM   #6
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I can teach you that!

100 bucks a month for lesson how to use your ruler to make music

I'll teach you how to make the first seven notes then I leave making the music to you LOL
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Old 09-16-10, 03:45 AM   #7
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Apart from that annoying noise the ruler makes, that version of Pachelbel's canon is just a rape of the original

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Old 09-16-10, 05:32 AM   #8
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What a waste of a good twelve inches
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And a great tool for removing teeth it was. Why is it called a jews harp, doesn't look like either...

The etymology of "Jews Harp" is unclear. There are some theories, some rather derogatory, but nothing definitely proven.
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Old 09-16-10, 09:30 AM   #10
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The etymology of "Jews Harp" is unclear. There are some theories, some rather derogatory, but nothing definitely proven.
It's a basterdization of "Jaw Harp" which was the original slang term for them.
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