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17 Nov 05 - 07:20 PM (#1607662) Subject: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: Tyke Called into the Hobgoblin Shop on Call Lane in Leeds Thursday to find that they had changed the shop round. Moving their stock of melodeons away from the door way and putting their stock of Banjos in the doorway instead. When I asked them the reason I was told it was to cut down on shoplifting. In fact Hobgoblins ploy had worked and had you losses from shoplifters by 50%! The change round took place a month ago and in a recent stock check the found that they had 5 more Banjo's than they started with! Apparently they are considering another change round in the shop. However the had ruled out putting the Bowrons near the door instead of the Banjo's. |
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18 Nov 05 - 06:41 AM (#1607997) Subject: RE: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: Mo the caller didn't know melodeons had leads |
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18 Nov 05 - 07:50 AM (#1608047) Subject: RE: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: Dave Hanson Bodhrans. eric |
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18 Nov 05 - 10:35 AM (#1608183) Subject: RE: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: GUEST,anti squeeze |
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18 Nov 05 - 10:51 AM (#1608196) Subject: RE: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: GUEST,anti squeeze My last post having been censored by the elves, I will moderate my language to the extent that I will merely observe that it is forbidden by statue to have more than two melodeons in any one room. In this context a shop is classified as a room, and the surplus instruments are liable to be removed by the CRS (Captive Reed Society) to be converted into fire bellows, which are permissible under the aforesaid statue as they are mostly silent. Banjos are exempt from any such sanction but tend to breed prolifically when placed in proximity to each other, hence the over supply of mandolin banjos dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century. This tragedy happened because in 1897 that notorious banjo retailer, John Alvey Turner, turned a blind alvey to a cluster of pubescent bisexual zither banjos with disasterous results. Were I a shareholder in Hobgoblin, I would sell out now, before things get any worse. |
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18 Nov 05 - 11:41 AM (#1608239) Subject: RE: Stolen Melodeons Leeds From: Tyke Blame Bill Gates Eric and his spell check! Unfortunately I am Dyslexic but it could be worse. Are you a Banjo Player by any chance or is it the Drum thing? |