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WTF Are People Saying
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WTF, I guess he is going to eat them while playing his trumpet.
A classic: WTF?!?!?!
…This guy is terrifying.
@dream
Yeah, he’s going to trip out and play the solo of his life! LOL
@Goldenthrush
That is absolutely true! If George Lucas had chosen this guy as Anakin/Vader for episode 1 – 3 it wohld have been a massive improvement!
This is actually the cover to a very well-known mushroom hunting guide from the seventies – he is a little creepy, though…
I found this book, actually. The woman at the bookstore tells me it’s still the most well selling mushroom hunting guide out there. People buy multiple copies… and this pic is still the cover.
nothing is better than play trumpet being high of mushrooms
@nops
and he knows that
My preciousssssss loves the trombone solo
No we hates it
@Influenza
And the leprechaun as Sidious? Total improvement!
This is a perfect WTF. I have an incredibly hard time imagining a rational scenario for this photo. Was the guy about to perform in a symphony and got distracted by some really awesome wild mushrooms on the way into the concert hall? Was he caught as he was about to play a practical joke on the rest of the orchestra by stuffing mushrooms into all the clarinets? Seriously, what could have been going on here?
@Goldenthrush
Totally! Maybe this guy is also applying as Indiana Jones. The Plot of Part 4 was originally based on mushrooms and not alien-skulls. Unfortunately Indianas whip was also changed to a trumpet.
here’s the mushrooming book that Breesus mentioned
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/All-That-the-Rain-Promises-and-More/David-Arora/e/9780898153880
and a wikipedia article about the author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arora
when I was a kid, my parents rented out a room in our house to a woman who was dating this guy. not sure if I ever met him though…
…still doesn’t explain the trombone or the tux.
Not necessarily WTF – Realizing your life goal of finally achieving the first chair trombone position in the Greater Canton Orchestra then REQUIRES the judicious use of ‘shrooms in order to merely carry on. The stash he just scored will keep him going for quite some time.
Hey I have this book! The Hip Pocket Guide To Mushrooms…
Hate to be the buzz-kill but it’s a bass trombone, not a trumpet. And it’s actually a deer’s pelvis bone that he stole while she was sleeping.
thank you! definitely a freaking trombone!!!
http://www.whycindywhy.com/?id=1listtayvfjfx8b31smsdsnps58to
I want to see the next frames when he trips over that log. Slow motion, frame by frame as he falls, takes the slide in the eye and mushes his prize fungus all over that button down shirt. Explain that when returning the tux to the rental place.
I hated the trombone players. They were always empyting their spit valves on the woodwind section.
That is indeed the book. Pretty nifty, it featured on Something Awful in “Real Books That Look photoshopped” or the like.
Look it up, you should be able to find it, PIUtards
I have the book as well!! I always imagined he was playing in a band for a wedding, and they were outside before the reception began and he spontaneously found some delicious mushrooms. And hey, I’d be that excited too – I’m pretty sure the kind he found right there go for $40 something a pound. Not morels, but not bad…
The title of the book is “All that the rain promises and more”. The caption on the picture inside the book (identical to the cover) is “”Before the Concert.” Mushroom lovers are opportunists, always ready to grab a mal when one presents itself. Five minutes before a chamber music concert, this trombonist was spotted gleefully gathering chanterelles outside the concert hall”. The species of chanterelles he is collecting, based on the size, color, and placement in the book, is Cantharellus cibarius.
lame photoshop skills 101
Ever wonder what happens when kids who play in the highschool band get older?
The 2009 Bill Bailey Look-a-Like Mushroom Hurling contest winner (brass section) , Mr Gary Nasalpassage demonstrates his victorious log ‘skipping’ technique at this years gathering at Mrs Clusterfucks party in Castleton.
His brother Geoff was injured whilst attempting the same manouvre last year in Dorest.
This is from the cover of “All the Rain Promises and More” a mushroom guide.
@dream
trombone
@x
Thank you x! I knew I’d seen that before, and had giggled about it.
Weird, my fiance and I were looking at a list of books about a week ago on some site and when he saw that one he said it would be perfect for Picture Is Unrelated. And look, here it is!
His name is “Rusty”
@joiex
It isn’t a result of photoshop, it is a legit photo. I know because I’m the guy in the picture. It isn’t a bass trombone, it is technically a large bore tenor trombone with an f attachment (a Bach 42B). I really was seen collecting Chanterelles wearing a tuxedo at this site. I was indeed waiting for a concert to begin (Peter and the Wolf). I do play trombone.
Ah…”large bore tenor with an F attachment”…I should have guessed. Watch the potty mouth mister…we don’t use language like that around here…for gawd’s sake, what about the children…doesn’t anybody care about the children???
BTW…if I buy a copy of the book, will you sign the cover for me? I’ve always wanted to know what the delicious-looking mushroom (chartreuse with salmon pink dots) that grows in the back forest is called…
My father hated mushrooms (probably because you find them growing where the dog or your little brother has just peed) but because of this wonderfully weird guy in the photo, who my father (we’ll call George) was so proud of, he began to at least appreciate them, still not enough to eat them. Hurray for crazy trombone players who love mushrooms. I’m not this guys mother or receiving any compensation just a doting sister-in-law.
@The What Now?
It also boggles my mind trying to come up with a logical explanation for this. I really need to know the backstory!
Who ordered the trombone, hold the mushrooms?
Q:
Ever notice how most of the comments on this site appear to be written by 8 year old kids?
A:
Maybe they are.
R:
Indeed.
Hey, I have this book too! Dan,g I should ahve figures it would make good PIU material.
It is a good book, tho. Mushroom-hunters get a bad rap in the US. They get much more respect in Europe.
no wonder his trumpet notes were so ‘HIGH’
Jethro had an epiphany, and suddenly decided he was going to dedicate the next 13 months of his life to writing:
“A Trumpeter’s Guide To Fungi”
@dream
Trombone, actually
I loved this book. And the photos inside were even stranger than this one!