Should They Be Banned

[teacake44]

Should Scotland be banned from playing the bagpipes with this airborne virus about.

[TheDevil]

LOL, no.

[pixie374]

Yes. (Although nothing to do with the virus).

[AuntPollyGrey]

Absolutely. Its a cruel practice, those poor bagpipes squeal in agony when they get air blown up their bum -and who knows how the virus may effect them?

[THECORBYLOON]

What about brass bands then?

[aelmpvw]

it's as good a reason as any

[albaqwerty]

and the Irish and the Canadians and the Americans lol

Bagpipes have the cure, they stalk wild haggis, kill cleanly and devour the innards thereby killing any and all viruses

[Ken4155]

Leave brass bands alone. Those 'working girls' need to drum up business, somehow:-)

[naomi24]

Haha! It's a good excuse. ;o)

[shoota]

I love brass bands - all that triple-tongueing...

[AuntPollyGrey]

Gosh I forgot about Haggis - what if they caught the virus off the bagpipes -Burns Night just over....you are all doomed!

[Deskdiary]

For bag pipes are the equivalent of finger nails scraping down a blackboard - they set my teeth on edge and I just have to get away from the noise.

They're an instrument of torture - not a musical instrument.

Awful awful noise, so anything that stops them being played would get a massive thumbs-up from me.

[Theland]

And other things described as blow?

[Theland]

Blow me down!

[The Builder]

"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet."

... anon (or just hiding)

[steg]

//For bag pipes are the equivalent of finger nails scraping down a blackboard - they set my teeth on edge and I just have to get away from the noise. //

Take you teeth out, experience the braw sound, then put your teeth back in after

[emmie]

no of course not.......

[Togo]

They are safe after they have been deep fried.......and sound better.

[albaqwerty]

Went to a 'do' once, heather, tartan and shortbread, the type which makes you cringe when you watch it on TV.
Piper came out, played a skirl or two right next to where I was sitting.

Couldn't hear for a week afterwards and I trembled for an hour which prevented me from gulping me whisky.

[rowanwitch]

Just fit them with filters. Big sound muffling filters,...

[mushroom25]

if they're saying that coronavirus arose from a species crossover, then bagpipes is surely it - you can't get closer than wrestling an octopus....