YSaC, Vol. 643: Hit me with your rhythm stick!
2010 April 21
Music Cymbel 20 inches Zildjian
Selling now a 20 inch Zildjian K Custom Dry Ride Music Cymbel ..circle shape…. Excellent conditions… pay $250 money or negoshtitions..Make bitchin’ music sounds believe me….
Noises………Hit with stick – make big bang music sounds…just like professional….
Looks…………….Beautiful golden colorifacations!- Adore!
Letters ………….One big K
Spelling………Looks like words, but aren’t quite.
Clue……………….Nope, unless it begins with a big K.
Suck……………..At Craigslist!- You!
How on earth did this person get “Zildjian” right TWICE and yet misspell “cymbal”?
Thanks, Chapman!
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Tacosplody!
Oh, not again. We just fixed that taco yesterday. Now our taco insurance premiums are going to go way up.
You got Taco fixed? Now how is Taco Jr. supposed to have brothers/sisters?
We need to find that hidden code and get it fixed. It is impossible to work with equipment that’s too sensitive. Well, not impossible, but there is no room to run either….
No tacos were injured in the making of this univers.
look what I stumbled across just a few seconds ago (not by me)
http://basalt.deviantart.com/art/Taco-Magic-161453049
haha!
*makes note of location of Magic Taco truck in case visit to New York happens*
Holy Crap!
That must be the factory where I come from!
That implies there is more than one TacoMagic running around, which is somewhat frightening. The world may implode from the weight of the snark.
Circular Cymbel? Gosh how very ordinary.
Come back when you have a square one and I’ll be open to negoshtitate.
Square? You mean 7 x 5 don’t you? Please be specific!
Of course I mean 7×5. How big do you think a square usually is?
Jeeze, people need to study their geometronomy most closely.
Just making sure my CatMath commutative and distributive properties were in order:
cat + circle = circle + cat = big round pussy
cat(square + circle) = squarepussy + roundpussy = chubbypussyinabox
Very good MS, but remember that multiplication is not commutative under CatMath:
cat x circle = roundpussy
circle x cat = Bea Arthur
Gee Muddy, it’s tough to argue with your logic and catmath skills, but I may go have some of the special ‘tea’ and try again later.
*Toddles into kitchen to brew tea for everyone*
Mine goes in the Large Mug with the red bird on it. 8)
Selling… pay 250 greenish stuffications or red table substificutions…. Make female dog in heat sounds believe me…
Noises…. hit with beef jerky make sound of universe asploding… just like mine hors…
Looks… bootiful sparklicious spanglifications of glitterdom- Homage!
Letters… One big ‘kay?
Thank goodness it’s not a music symbol, because $250 for a treble clef or a sharp seems kind of steep.
My musical instrument knowledge is more guitar-oriented, and the only two cymbal brands I can think of off of the top of my head are Zildjian and Paiste … neither of which feature a “K” in their names. Can anyone corey on whether this actually is a “special” or custom Zildjian? Their name is usually rendered in a calligraphic style, so a K that looks like something from a Kmart sign makes one wonder.
I am totally tempted to call my cousin, a drummer, and ask him about this. He’s the sort who, if I explained, would actually be amused by the question.
I think it’s Zildjian’s K series cymbal line … or at least that’s what I can parse out of the ad.
Edited to add: I was beaten to it by Lilly.
Since the K series corey is taken I will add my useless knowldge that in addition to the aforementioned, there is also Sabien (might be spelled Sabian, not.a.drummer) which is the company that was born out of a split between the Zildjian owners. Apparently Sabien still makes the originals but Zildjian remains preferred because of the name.
Blame my drummer husband for this useless nugget.
Cymbalic of today’s lowered literate expectations…….
Sometimes they can manage to copy correctly, so there is ‘some’ hope. It’s the reproductions that need to be stopped.
“colorifacations”=my new favorite word. ADORE!
I also think we now need an “adore” button, rather than stupid, ordinary +1
Adore.
Once, more, Sexy, with feeling: Adore!
“When the moon hits you eye
like a big pizza pie….
that’s adore…..
When your heart starts to swoon
like a taco balloon….
that’s adore….”
Je t’adore ♥
Is that a French Prudential adore or just an ordinary one?
Je’t ski
There’s just something about this ad that makes me happy! Adore!
This, with tacos.
Now I’m going to be obsessing about tacos all day. At least it’s taco Tuesday at my favorite local place!
*Ahem*
It’s Wednesday, dear.
Minus one for no tacos on Wednesday! 🙁
Wait, where’d Monday go????!!!!! WHERE DID MONDAY GO?????
We’ve secretly replaced Meredith’s Monday with a competing brand of Tuesday. Let’s watch.
I knew that Cat Math Catlender was a bad idea. I think it says today is Tuesday, the 42nd of Lavender Parsley.
Wasn’t Monday Coffee Day? The Coffee Fairy visited all the boys and girls and gave them espresso and crullers.
Call the doctor, I can’t feel my Wednesday!
Doctor, Doctor give me the news,
I’ve got a bad case of missing Tues…
Meredith, you must always keep spare tacos in your taco box for situations such as this. At the very least, always be prepared and keep extra stuffings for tacos – then if you don’t have a taco shell, you can fill some other object with the fillings – like an ice cream cone.
Mmmm- Taco cones, when just one won’t fill you up!
You know… a corn tortilla would convert rather readily into a waffle-style cone if said tortilla was of appropriate size. And it would solve the problem that hard shell tacos have with holding all their ingredients during crunch initiation…
*Wanders off to go play in his kitchen*
And it appears that some fellow backpackers already have a working prototype.
It’s OK, Meredith… I keep thinking it’s Tuesday, too. But that might have to do with the fact that I got nitrous oxided at the dentist this morning. Yup, that’s my excuse…
Maybe it’s Waco Wednesday? Hmmm. It’s burrito night at my house, anyway.
The [corey] in me insists.
Well, “Waco” (wha KOh)was the name pf a large, semi-disposable glider in WWII.
Not very colurific as it was a olive green sort of color, but with distinctive black-and-white “invasion stripes” on wings and fuselage.
Not very “punchy” though. The McClendon Co seat is a bit colorful, it being wildflower season, the pollen counts possibly making some reach for their cymbalta.
City of Waco (WAY coh) Texas has both nice taco joints and the home of Dr Pepper, and is a bit wacky on days ending in “y”. The Waco (pro. unkn.) in Kentucky is home to a travel trailer museum IIRC, which likely counts for wacky. If not cymbolic.
Wish, command.
ADORE!
Adorably Awesome!
ADORE + ELEBENTY
Adore! (Though the button seems to be missing an exclamation point…)
Adoration for the llamanun. Adore!
A window?
In response to Meej:
I thought about it, but the double punctuation (Adores!: ) made my inner punctuation geek go crazy. There’s nothing technically wrong with it, but it still made me twitch.
I guess you could have awindow in adore – ‘cept not in the bathroom.
drmk: Yeah, looking at that it’s definitely twitch-inducing. Thanks for sparing us!
And that concludes another episode of Llama Knows Best!
Wait, wasn’t “Colorifacatios” some sort of eastern mystic or sage or thyme?
@Lola — the K series is a custom Zildjian, so at least they had that right
http://www.zildjian.com/En-Us/products/default.ad2?catalogID=1008
Corey Credit!
Been a while since we’ve given one of those out.
Thanks Lilly – the link didn’t work for me for some reason but I’ll take your word for it. So they’re right about that, and, as Dan pointed out, they correctly manage to spell Zildjian, which, when I first saw them, I couldn’t even pronounce correctly – but the rest of the ad is a mess. It’s like the facts are right, but the presentation is like EFL (English as a Fourth Language, or possibly English as a Failed Language). Regardless, the imperative “Adore!” cracks me the hell up.
Hey! I wrote this one!
Adore!
A Doré!
O read!
uh-oh, Lola! Minus elebenty!!
Yes, but I DID point that out while you were writing it. Is someone spying on us?
drmk edit: I’d already planned on including that observation, though.
No, Dan, Lola’s just as sorta-psychic as you’ve been lately.
Wait, what? I don’t know what I did or didn’t do, or did or didn’t know, or when I did or didn’t know it.
I’m totally confused.
Erm, I was talking about the OP, not your post, O Llama-Nun. Does that help to clarify?
Today is apparently sh*t-eating day at work, and now I’m eating it on the net, too.
*sigh*
*gets coat*
Whose on first?
SF: I’m ignoring you. La la la la
Real life: I’m ignoring you. La la la la
To clarify, Lola (and I think there’s no need for a coat):
You wrote something about Dan pointing out the speeling non-prolbem;
drmk objected, as she wrote the post in which the non-prolbem was pointed out;
Dan noted that, in fact, he had pointed it out to her, even though she typed in his pointing-out, and wondered if you were stalking them;
and I made a joke about Dan’s sort-of-psychic volcano post and $1 tool post.
TM- Psst, I think you mean “who’s”
THIRD BASE!
I don’t know?
Whose gonna fill Bianchi in? I don’t have the heart.
I don’t want to burst bianchi’s bubble. He’s all lower-case and everything today. La la la la.
*returns, hands Meej coat and a tip*
To clarify, I was just speculating on the reasons for drmk’s point that the specs are correct, but little else is; I wasn’t implying that her post was badly written. I think that was pre-coffee … and roughly the time Dan posted, and I didn’t realize it.
I began the day insufficiently caffeinated, encountered a potential problem at work that left me nauseatedly adrenalized with fear until it was (PHEW) fixed and no longer an issue, and now I and my low blood sugar are modifying the coffee IV to take a whiskey bottle. I’m pleasantly surprised that I’m still coherent at this point! I’ll be in the living room* with whiskey and nachos (and probably chocolate) if anyone wants to join me.
*There’s probably a cat involved, too, if that’s an issue.
I’m totally amazed that they can write so many words to describe a cymbal. Apparently the instrument is more subtle than I have been led to understand through observations at Hollywood Undead concerts. Go figure.
Well, some Craigslist writers are known for their elaborate cymbalism. In fact, this posting might be the work of one of the French Cymbalist poets, perhaps in fact Efrem Cymbalist Jr.
“Noises………Hit with stick – make big bang music sounds…just like professional….” I think there are a few words missing.
“Ugh Thog like Noises Thog need shiny plate Thog Hit with big stick make big bang music sounds make Thog just like professional music maker then Thog get girls”
Ugh.
Change Thog to Thag and it’s a Far Side cartoon. (at least, it is in *my* head)
Change ‘Thag’ to ‘Shag’ and it’s a carpet.
Make big bang music sounds?
Is that the sort of music of the spheres the Sten Hawking understands?
OOH!
MysUnderStood Ctmbals opening for BIGbangMusic
at the 40TeraWatt²²² 2NiTe
Quit banging that cymbel! You keep giving me a headache with your ‘music sounds’, I’m gonna colorifacate your negoshtitions so hard, you won’t be able to use anything but the letter K for months.
ADORE!
“How on earth did this person get “Zildjian” right TWICE and yet misspell “cymbal”?”
You don’t know many drummers, do you?
Rim shot!
Riddle:
Through what do you enter a house?
Adore!
Only if I can find my key, otherwise… it’s a window.
Thank God, I have a small child I can boost up there.. now if he was only strong enough to turn the lock on the door. 🙁
Thanks Mudsy, knew I could count on you to finish the joke :).
I’m sharp as a wet noodle here on this Tuesday/Wednesday.
*pass me a burrito, will ya?*
YSaC meets Engrish.
‘Twas the first thing that came to my mind… Said I to meself, “I do believe this is Engrish!” How can you tell? Get ’em to pronounce… oh… say… lollipop. It’ll come out “rorripop,” I bet.
(We wuv you, Engrish-speakers!)
Woo Hoo! FINALLY… an ad to reflect the [/corey credits]…
A “Do you know your credit score?” ad.
*my entertainment bar is set extremely low today*
The last time I heard big bang sounds just like a professional was at the corner of Fifth and Main last Sunday. I think there was also a payment of $250 or negotiations going on, too.
That’s only in your country Hartster.
… or in Vancouver on Robson & Park Royal
😉
In my country, it would have occurred at the intersection of Fifth Oktober and Most Supreme General Addison Q. Main streets. Just for clarification.
What do you expekt from a kountry that refuses to rekognize the letter “c”….
… and I thought that was Red Oktober Kuldesak anyway.
Nope. “Kuldesac” is not only French, but the translation of such is, uh, the anterior portion of oneself. We tried to get Norman the architect to suggest building the new government offices on a Kuldesac, but he was afraid to do so.
Kuldesacs have a certain pomme de terre.
Psst! drmk! I’m feeling punchy today. Who is my next victim?
*whistles and looks innocent*
I think this was an explanation. He was hit with a stick by a professional, and made a big bang sound. Now he can no longer spell, and he has a fear of sticks, so he must sell off his drum set piecemeal.
Also, he’s a big fan of “Wicked”. Hence ‘colorifacations’.
Shoulda gone to “Getting Hit on the Head” class, only £1 2 10
*taps screen*
Read that too quickly. Thought it said snores:
Asnore!
Yep.. I added another ‘s’ again…
*bonks head* stupid eyes
S’mores
I’d love some more s’mores! I still have Peeps I’d like to eviscerate and immolate.
And now to spend the last hour and a half of work clickety clicking on the Circuit City ad..just cause.
Clickey click click click!
Hey, I’ve got a “Secret Automatic Post to Craigslist While You Sleep” ad – explains a WHOLE lot.
I would say this post is very cymbal-ic of the posts we see here every day.
Made by the cymbal minded?
cymbal Simon met a pie man….
This ad is a perfect example of why one shouldn’t drink and craigslist.
Got a… fridgeadigerator for sale…. real good… make things cold… *hiccup*
I hate waking up in a pile of vintage cereal boxes. I have to unplug my internet when I’m drunk to prevent those moments.
Could be they enjoyed some of the “special” brownies.
Believe this ad written by Yoda I do.
Make bitchin’ music sounds believe me. Powerful noises it makes. Powerful noises. Negoshtitate not. Buy. Or buy not. There is no negoshtitate.
Well, if you wrote a bit better, maybe I could make bitchin’ sounds believe you.
Bitchin’ sounds have always remained agnostic of me.
But that’s fine, I still believe in them.
I’ve heard lots of bitchin’ sounds. My mother curses like a sailor on shore leave.
Ugh, I really hate a dry ride. Reminds me too much of junior high school.
I could hardly resist this one.
Oh, my poor senseofhumerus, it has been fractured.
Traction, splint, check peripheral CMS, position of comfort. Alternately, delurk and let the healing powers of YSaC do its magic.
Emasculated wombats – make big bang music sounds – when Hit with stick – I heard.
Erm, – been told.
I think I may have translated part of the ad…
Sparky: “Pay $250 money.”
Female drummer: “But I don’t have any money.” (Narrator refuses to make joke about paying with $250 carrots, or $250 alpucas)
S: /tilts head questioningly “Ne?”
FD: “Sorry. Will you take anything else?”
S: “Gosh! Titi
ons?”Gee, wait (oops, in CLspeak, that’s “wieght”) but I have $250 in effemiinated wombat, and they are REAL WOOD with no squigglies!
Tonight at the 40Watt-
Beautiful Golden Colorifacations! playing their album “Big Bang Music Sounds” in its entirety. With Circle Shape and The Excellent Conditions.
Only $25 money or negoshtitions!
One Big K better be on the playlist too – that’s my favorite!
Just guessing, but I bet this was posted on 4/20…
Nope. April 12th.
Pray, oh wise and careful editrix, Sparky is responsible for the cubic elipses, yes?
SO…. everyone has avoided the 20 inches..
I don’t blame ya, I’m a little skeered of it too.
I thought about it, but I couldn’t work it into my translation…
I’m not touching that!
*(*giggle*
“That’s what she said!”
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.)*
I checked, and it’s physically impossible to cram more sexual innuendo into such a small, tight space.
Unless I just did it right now.
*wink*
Or unless you read today’s Facebook post.
I don’t know, I’ve been known to moonlight as the Chief Innuendo Officer from time to time.
Edit: And apparently Chrome doesn’t like the reply button anymore.
In loving memory and hope that he one day comes back to YSac: This is for Ed Snyder!
In Soviet Russia, Cymbel bangs you.
…I have nothing to say to that, other than you just made me laugh so hard I can’t see because of the tears.
For whatever reason, I was noticing the background of the photo … considering the white scribbles, lotion bottles, automotive vehicles, bees, and sundry irrelevant items that we often see, this photo seems surprisingly coherent. The guy on the right in the background has what looks like it might be a Rickenbacker bass and the left looks like it might have … vinyl records? Was this item, even with its poor composition (and mysteriously correctly-spelled words), actually featured in a photograph with a subject-appropriate background?
I’ve waited as long as I could, but the Punchee has not shown up today! In any event, KYouell, here’s your Punchity-Punch-Punch!
Oh, holy crapola. I missed it! Arrrrgh.
So, what did I say?
PS – Y’all can call me Kath, btw. 😉
Kath – drmk/dan liked your “therapy for Stoner Hitler’s birthday” comment (I did, too). 🙂
Bet there’s some kinda sumptin’ in the forums that woulda told me that, huh? But, I already spend too much time on the computer!
🙂
(I love it here. Don’t tell my husband. I think the kids already know.)
So Sparky thinks that someone out there is willing to pay that much for a cymbal and understands the significance of Zildjian but needs to be told what shape a cymbal is and how it is played? I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Sparky was selling off an ex’s or evicted tenant’s stuff.
Money or “negoshtitions”, which are crunchy and good with ketchup.
I think this entire post is cymbellic of greater underlying problems with Sparky’s command of the English language.
Command. Digi, you are either super ironic or don’t know what that word really means. Place Princess Bride quote here.
That was worked into his negoshtitions with a dictionary.
Huh. I was in the box all day with Dave and Dan, and all I noticed were the ferrets. I must be easily dis–squirrel! I mean, Punchity Punch Punch!
Good Morning, Percussion Family!