Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 28, 2014

I totally forgot about Jimmy’s kid.

Isn’t it time for little “Stix” Thudpucker to be showing-up in the Freshman Class at Walden?

@Leo Autodidact

He is old enough to be a tenured professor by now.

Who wants their kid to be a drummer. Way too much noise!

Not a “Drummer” a “Percussionist!” They get to play ALL KINDS of stuff from wood blocks and cowbells (“I need MORE Cowbell”) to stuff like Gongs and REALLY exotic items. All you need is a PERFECT sense of timing and really good Eye-Hand co-ordination.

What’s going on? Some load, some won’t but I can click to enlarge and see. Doonesbury I can’t see no matter what.

Q: What does it mean when the drummer drools from both sides of his mouth?A: It means the stage is level..—learned from a band member friend

Excuse, please, but as I commented late last night:

@LightBuzzYears

“High notes are tails down, low notes tails up, to fit them on the stave.”Yes, I’m aware of that, LightBuzz. But when notes are tails down, the tail drops down from the left side of the note, and its flag curves or points up toward the right. Please seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_note

You mean the punctuation police.

Can pedantry ever really be misplaced?

@steverino

Never underestimate the importance of a

good drummer.

But we are shown anecdotal evidence it is expressed in this case.

:-D Thanks, LightBuzz. I just didn’t want people thinking I didn’t know that notes toward the top of a staff have down-hanging tails. Don’t like to pull grammar-, usage-, or punctuation pedantry unless someone is beating up on someone else.