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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Wilderness Just Because It's a Pristine Piano in Perfect Working Order with a Matching Bench Doesn't Mean It's Not Litter

Posted by on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:03 AM

KIRO shares a report on the mystery piano found deep in the Cape Cod woods:

The Baldwin piano, which had a matching bench, was set up as if someone was about to sit down and play, reported WCVB-TV in Boston. Despite efforts by police to locate its owner, or at least explain how it came to be in a conservation area, police Monday said no one has contacted them....The piano is so heavy that it took more than a half-dozen men to load it onto a truck. Because the piano had not been damaged, it could not have been pushed out of a vehicle, police said. Someone took great care to place it in the conservation area in superb condition. Police said they have no idea how long it had been in the woods.

If littering one bag of fast-food garbage makes a Native American cry a single tear, ditching a whole honking piano will likely result in several dozen Native Americans committing suicide.

 

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1
"No more musical instruments have been found, police told the Cape Cod Times."
Posted by cdc on November 25, 2008 at 10:07 AM
2
If a piano plays in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
Posted by beelzebufo on November 25, 2008 at 10:08 AM
3
What, are you kidding? That's one of the best pranks I've heard of in years.
Posted by Greg on November 25, 2008 at 10:10 AM
4
What I can't stand is all these neighbor kids leaving their pianos lying around in my front yard!
Posted by flamingbanjo on November 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM
5
I'd take a piano over some beads any day.
Posted by prenks on November 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM
6
"Deep in the woods" my hairy ass. The easy-walking trail they found the piano on is a quarter-mile from the road. It's a standup piano, not a grand or anything - easy wheelin' for fun loving piano video artists. Then leave it for publicity. No biggie.
Posted by tomasyalba on November 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM
7
Looks like someone else wouldn't pay jacked-up All My Sons moving fees either.
Posted by D503 on November 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM
8
So that's where the moving company put ECB's piano!
Posted by pragmatic on November 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM
9
Can we please stop making a joke of suicide?? It's not funny. I made a suicide attempt a few years ago and I haven't been able to laugh about it since.

Seriously Stranger! Suicide = Not Funny

oh - and

Native American Suicide = Even more not funny and very very offensive.
Posted by nearlydiedatmyownhand on November 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM
10
Why didn't Charles cover this article? It seems perfect for him.

"If the psyche music in ourselves (through several years in the woodlands) can never be found, barring the aching caress of the true note (the brother, the nipple, the penis-mother), how then to explain the neural map of the taut wire and ivory beneath the pines?"

And then there'd be a picture of a penguin.
Posted by Coraline on November 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM
11
Why wouldn't they leave it there? Police hate beauty?
Posted by jrrrl on November 25, 2008 at 10:27 AM
12
well mr schmader, considering that native youth are most at risk for suicide i guess your right.
Posted by jiberish on November 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
13
really boring.
Posted by tatata on November 25, 2008 at 10:43 AM
14
"If littering one bag of fast-food garbage makes a Native American cry a single tear, ditching a whole honking piano will likely result in several dozen Native Americans committing suicide."

Not me, I hate the piano.
Posted by AJ on November 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM
15
You know that guy from the commercial, Iron Eyes Cody, wasn't Native American at all, but of Sicilian ancestry, right? And why draw Native Americans and suicide into this?
Posted by mike on November 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM
16
What's the difference between litter and art?

Cops won't cart away litter.
Posted by ReverendZ on November 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
17
@15: for people of a certain age, the word "litter" instantly conjures up ol' Iron Eyes.
Posted by Fnarf on November 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM
18
@9
Get over yourself
Posted by The CHZA on November 25, 2008 at 12:01 PM
19
But is it art?
Posted by RG on November 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM
20
@18 - CHZA - (Jizza?) - maybe you should think about trying a suicide before commenting.
jerkwad.
Posted by nearlydiedatmyownhand on November 25, 2008 at 12:47 PM
21
@ 10 - Perfect!

Thanks for the mid-day LOL!!!


Posted by merry on November 25, 2008 at 1:45 PM
22
"What'll you have?"

Hmm, think I'll try a suicide.
Posted by PdxRitchie on November 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM
23
@9

Why in the world would a Native American suicide be any more tragic than a white person committing suicide?? That makes less sense than a piano in the woods.
Posted by Nate on November 26, 2008 at 7:23 AM
24
Actually, those several dozen Native Americans would probably gather 'round the piano and sing "Indian Outlaw."
Posted by J.R. on November 26, 2008 at 11:40 AM
25
Conservation Area = Conservatory = A room where musical instruments are played and kept.
Posted by Morgan on November 28, 2008 at 5:14 AM

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