I find that if I loan some of my instruments to friends, it feels like I have fewer instruments and therefore I feel completely justified in acquiring more. :-)

At least now I know I'm not the only one afflicted with this condition.

Floating somewhere around my house now are 4 5-string banjos, 2 4-string banjos, 2 guitars, 3 bodhrans(which I am liscensed to carry in public), 1 mandolin, 1 Highland bagpipe, 1 set of small pipes, 1 fiddle, 4 penny whistles, 1 low D whistle, 1 kalimba, 1 concertina and 1 hammered dulcimer (which I find much more enjoyable to turn upside down and clog on)

-Kaleb