Heh... I took an Irish flute of mine in to get repaired (recently purchased on eBay, knowing that it had a headjoint crack, etc...) The repairs guy at Brook Mays here took a little light and looked down inside the flute. We both saw (he wanted to make sure he wasn't seeing things) what looked like a little green wire sticking out of one key, which neither of us could find after he pressed the key (probably tarnish that had been on there long enough to develop cohesiveness, but I swear it looked like a little wire, and so does he). Anyhoo, I looked at him and said - very quietly so as not to create concern, and through a hearty laugh - "Ack! It's a bomb! Run!"

He set it down, looked at it, told me I should have mentioned that I purchased it from an IRA member, and - laughing like he hasn't had reason to in entirely too long - took off running in the other direction.

Maybe not so funny to some, but he and I both got a good laugh out of that. So did the other guy in the repair room.

Just my $0.02

-J