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The Things They Say!

Funny kids' responses to our questions during the Blindman's Holiday schoolshow extravaganza:

BMH: Why wouldn't the gypsies pop a piano in their backpacks (explaining the portability of the voice)?
kid: Because you could have someone's eye out!

BMH: What's this (pointing to goatskin part of drum)?
kid: lion skin!
kid: bamboo! (Linda heard it as "band aids" which was funnier)

BMH: What garden vegetable is this (demonstrating a gourd)?
kid: a pea?
kid: a pear?
kid: a carrot?
but the most common response is "punkin", which is close enough.

BMH: What's the job of the drummer in the band?
(our quiet asides: drink a lot; tell banjo jokes; dribble ...)
kid; play the drums (we get that a lot).

BMH: What are we playing (demonstrating SE Asian wooden frogs)?
kid: a crocodile!

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