[1194] in Humor
HUMOR: The Gerbil Ate It
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Nov 10 14:54:58 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:38:02 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:08:36 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
Subject: HUMOR: My gerbil ate the clavinova
I *hate* it when that happens.
From: "Karen Kienitz" <MA.KJK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
From: pce@cfcl.com (Patricia Erickson)
Received this news flash from friend Andrea in NYC. She is not making this up.
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Subject: Delays in my musical training
I have been unable to practice piano today because Miranda's gerbil ate the
Clavinova.
Last night Miranda put Dernwyn the gerbil on the keyboard. (to teach him to
play) The gerbil ran into the machine and would not be enticed out by pieces
of apple. Miranda did her usual "But I didn't know there was a space
there" . I sent Miranda out into the cold dark night to her piano lesson
("Hiromi, I didn't practice because ..... ) while I guarded the keyboard
and tried to read the Clavinova manual (nothing under rodent infestation).
Fortunately the Yamaha advice center answered their phone. Most fortunately
such services awake from their normal easy-going torpor when a challenge such
as mine is given to them. Ed crushed my hope that the soul of the machine
was sealed. He was pleased to hear Dernwyn is a desert animal ("aha - water
conserving" ) but still prepared me for the worst "You may find him dead
with his little jaws clamped on the AC converter. "
Ed stayed on the phone ("I will be with you - we are now on rodent retrieval"
) while I lay on the floor under the piano with the telephone cord around my
neck and a set of screw drivers beside me. During all this time we could
hear CHEWING sounds.
I got the top opened, retrieved the gerbil and counted chewed wires. Ed
told me not to plug it in until a serviceman had seen it.
This morning I called Sam Ash repair service. Kathy said "Excuse me, I
didn't understand you." "No " said I "You did not believe me." She
then misunderstood and thought that the gerbil was still inside. That
cleared up ("He need not worry about gerbil bites") I also had to give them
directions on how to get to far-away Brooklyn by car. The service person
is supposed to come this afternoon.
I have not figured out Visual Fox Pro. I need do nothing but clean up after
Miranda to live a life full of challenge and variety.
Prayers are requested for the Clavinova.
