Oh, heck! Bob, I'm afraid Rapaire has us nailed in his pre-view just above.

On a sit-com I was watching a few months back, one of the characters listened to a couple of old geezers sitting around clearing their throats. He said something like, "You guys ought to form a singing group. You could call yourselves 'The PhlegmTones!'"

I wonder if that name is copyrighted. If not, maybe we could. . . ?

I'm reminded of a couple quotes from the plays of the Immortal Bard:

Shall we clap into't roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
                              —William Shakespeare (As You Like It, Act V, scene 3).

And

An he had been a dog that should have howled thus, they would have hanged him.
                              —William Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing), Act II, scene 3)

Actually, our practice sessions are going pretty well, so if we have a good tail-wind, we should be able to lay down a pretty fair concert program.

Really.

No, really!

Don Firth