Zimbabwes yoddeling xylophone wacking virtuouso
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Zimbabwes yoddeling xylophone wacking virtuouso Urs Tikumu showed really quirky performances. New music links kept Jethro inspired. His global folklore events defied common beliefs
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that he was in fact a talentless wacko; every time he played was an attempt to dispel that myth. He tested the tuning on his xylophone-guitar combo and counted the beat; then he
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went into his famous rendition of "Baby Elephant's Walk." There was some difficulty with his "xylotar" strumming the chords while tapping the melody. His mom clapped in time.
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Dad tried to tap his foot and clap in time, but couldn't get his feet or hands on the same beat; this made the "Baby Elephants Walk" sound like they were drunk. Xylotar's are hard
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when thrown at someone's head, and my father was lying on his back, bleeding. But that's what he gets for destroying my favorite Henry Mancini song, I took the Xylotar and
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played a quick victory tone. LEVEL UP! Okay, maybe this was rather sociopathic of me. For then it occurred to me that dad wasn't getting back up.
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I cast a healing spell on my dad and an anti-grounded charm on myself. At level 36, I upgraded my axe to "dark temptation" and went to the Bar sector of the Downtown region. A girl
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with the eyes of the morning sun sat behind the counter. She asked for my drink, but her eyes had me in a trance and I could not find my tongue to answer her question. She asked
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"Is this your tongue sir?" pointing at the pink slab of flesh lying on the counter. "Hnghhh, hnnmmg" I put my tongue back in, "That's much better, thanks, I'll have an Americano
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Decaf with skimmed milk. But I was talking to empty space since the poor server had seen too much horror for the day and died of a heart attack. No coffee today, alas!
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- 2011-06-05 20:17:45
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- 2012-02-10 19:34:22
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SlimWhitman Feb 10 2012 @ 19:41
Back in the day, when the challenge was writing a fold with alphabetically sorted words... I like this one because it almost reads "normally".
murielschipp Feb 10 2012 @ 19:50
Very cunning.... the sign of a true master!
BlastedHeath Feb 10 2012 @ 22:09
Well now I finally appreciate your rather turgid first sentence. ;-)
SlimsBro Feb 11 2012 @ 01:47
What about "O"? You forgot the "O" bro.
SlimWhitman Feb 11 2012 @ 04:50
O'crap.
Chaz Feb 11 2012 @ 04:53
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' :)
SlimWhitman Feb 11 2012 @ 04:53
Anyway, the story's a winner.
SlimWhitman Feb 11 2012 @ 05:36
It would be nice if the comments also had a time stamp (like to folds).
noah Nov 19 2012 @ 10:16
Hey Slim. We just added links to comments so you should be able to link to them now from anywhere. Sorry for the epic delay!
SlimWhitman Nov 19 2012 @ 18:08
Epic delays for epic features! see here for more... http://foldingstory.com/00gts/#2164