June 5, 2002     

The Top 6 Signs You’ve Been
Living with a Musician Too Long

6> Pile of wood shavings from used drum sticks almost as high as
drum throne.

5> You can define your sexual technique as “verse, chorus, verse,
chorus, bridge, modulation, verse, chorus, coda.”

4> There is now nothing in the house that *hasn’t* been used as a
percussion instrument

3> Lately, your arguments about household chores have crescendoed
from a tolerable mezzo-piano to a blaring fortissississimo –
and subito, she’s holding a fermata about all your dirty
clothes strewn about the place.

2> He’s not quite as precise hitting the ictus with his baton, if
you know what I mean.

and the Number 1 Sign You’ve Been Living with a Musician Too
Long…

1> There’s a song in your smile, a poem in your heart, and about
a million cockroaches fighting over the last package of Ramen
Noodles.

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Credits:

Selected from 14 submissions from 6 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

David Toth, Charlottesville, VA — 1 (2nd #1!)
Brian Foster, Fairfax, VA — 2, 3
Jeff Conner, San Jose, CA — 4, Topic, RU list name
Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY — 5
Terry Mingle, Cortland, NY — 6
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — Banner Tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro