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OT Ron Marr & Extreme Predjudice
OT Ron Marr & Extreme Predjudice
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orphan
444 posts
Jun 09, 2015
6:34 PM
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Hey Rontana, I just read your article in the Missouri Life magazine. That is hilarious. Great article! I thought it might be you when I read,
"I happen to know that cows hate harmonica." -- "I wailed those trespassing future hamburgers back to their pasture. They've not returned. I hate rude behavior in a cow. I won't tolerate it."
Very entertaining and funny!!!
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Rontana
100 posts
Jun 09, 2015
7:41 PM
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Thanks Orphan . . . I really appreciate that. Plus, that piece gave me a chance to use the term "harmonicapocalypse."
True story . . . I had no idea bad harp playing was effective at herding cows until they invaded my front yard and started molesting my mailbox.
Thanks again for the kind words.
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Last Edited by Rontana on Jun 09, 2015 7:48 PM
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STME58
1324 posts
Jun 11, 2015
5:20 PM
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I have found harmonica works to herd goats, they can tell where I am without looking and they follow a bit better than if I am not playing. Is't is traditional for goatherds and shepherds to carry instruments for this purpose. Come to think of it, didn't cowboys carry harmonicas?
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Rontana
103 posts
Jun 12, 2015
4:49 AM
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STME58: You know, that's true. There's also quite a bit of singing goes on with cowboys (real ones . . . not just the Roy Rogers genre). Seems to calm the critters, though I doubt they'd like metal/amps.
I don't know if harp would be good to herd sheep; they're scared of everything. In Montana the herders pushed them down the road with the help of llamas, and left burros in the pastures to kick the crap out of coyotes.
Here's the part of the column Orphan was talking about (the whole thing was sort of longish . . . and there's no link yet)
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(June issue: Missouri Life magazine)
However, what really bothers me is a nagging feeling that our crass behavior is spilling into the animal kingdom. For instance, just the other day my front yard was invaded by 50 of the neighbor’s cows. The barbarian bovine horde munched and stomped young trees, left hoof-ditches in the muddy grass, and deposited large piles of steaming ordure. One depraved cow perversely licked my mailbox like it was an all-day sucker . . . and smiled.
Such an affront cannot stand. With extreme prejudice, I took action.
I happen to know that cows hate blues harmonica (they may only hate it when I play blues harmonica, since dogs and people exhibit identical revulsion). Whichever the case, I tore out the door, barefoot, with harp in hand. I started with a deep-low version of Amazing Grace; the cows looked up in fear. I launched into Sonny and Cher’s The Beat Goes On; they began trotting away with terror-filled eyes. By the time I hit the theme from Sesame Street they were fleeing the impending harmonicapocalypse, stampeding down the gravel road. I wailed those trespassing ungulates/future hamburgers back to their pasture. They’ve not returned.
I hate rude behavior in a cow. I won’t tolerate it.
If only it was so easy with people.
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Marr's Guitars
Offering custom-built Cigar Box Guitars for the discriminating player of obscure musical unstruments
Last Edited by Rontana on Jun 12, 2015 4:50 AM
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