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Did you know... that an obituary of
Neil Peart said he was "sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes"?
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Though he's far from dumb, my spidey senses tell me there may be a Ringo Starr angle here. Beyond that I'll just note that the author of I Drum, Therefore I Am: Being and Becoming a Drummer seems to be confused about the logical order of becoming something and being that thing; there might be a drummer joke in that right there.
EEng 16:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Hey! I play drums! This draft is pure OR, I say! Everyone knows the
viola players are the real butt of musician jokes. How do you prevent your violin from getting stolen? Put it in a viola case.Lev!vich 03:27, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Viola Jokes: A Study of Second String Humor, from Dundes, A., & Bronner, S. J. (2007). The meaning of folklore: The analytical essays of Alan Dundes. 247 ff. (This one has lots of good examples if you're into that kind of thing.)
It would probably be defensible to merge this draft with
Viola jokes under
Musician jokes, with sections on violists, drummers, sopranos, banjoists, and conductors.
FourViolas (
talk) 16:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Don't see why we can't do that, the draft is only 1.8k of prose which isn't a great deal. The reason this is at draft is because it was deleted at AfD (albeit 14 years ago, and this version is far better sourced).
Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 17:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)reply
I changed the name of this article from drummer joke to drummer jokes because this article is not about one particular joke, but about the genre of drummer jokes.
Kingturtle 17:01, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Deletion of the Jokebook
Jimbo Wales has announced that he will be deleting the Jokebook from Wikibooks within 24 hours. See
Wikibooks:Staff lounge.
Uncle G 16:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I don't get it
I really don't see what's so funny about these drummer jokes. Not that I don't get them (I'm a guitarist), but they just really don't seem that funny. I've never noticed drummer's being dumb or destructive (and what's wrong with that anyways?). - TMFSG
I've been a band member for many years and these drummer jokes pop up often among members for laughs. But that's not to say that there aren't jokes for the trumpet players, the clarinet players, etc. for the purpose of filling a stereotype--usually one that no one has really noticed before, but upon hearing the joke they'll agree with it. I have known many great percussionists, and yes, a few of them were "dumb" in the sense that they belonged to elitist cliques that had a general dislike toward the band members.
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
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... that
Neil Peart was sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes? Source: "Neil Peart was an extraordinary being sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes" (
[1])
Overall: This is the best hook I've ever seen since I began doing DYK reviews here.
Ritchie333, do you mind if I nom this as a hook for
WP:DYKAPRIL? Pinging
The C of E as the chief of staff of DYKAPRIL
😂. Regards,
Jeromi Mikhael(
marhata) 13:39, 30 December 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Jeromi Mikhael: You really don't have to ask my permission to place any hooks in DYK, you can just do it! As much as I'd love to, I hold no official role on April Fools for DYK, I am merely a zealous advocate that for one day, we can have a little fun on the front page. Besides, it's only about a week before the day that you get the scrutiny and arguments about inclusion. But for me, the more the merrier. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 13:46, 30 December 2020 (UTC)reply
You could see that I put a laughing emoji after the "chief of staff" mention. Regards,
Jeromi Mikhael(
marhata) 13:47, 30 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I was personally considering 7 January - the first anniversary of his death - but April Fools works for me too.
Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 14:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)reply