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80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 12:48 pm
by walldaja
Went into a random dollar store and was looking for pencils to stash in various cases so I would have them. While there I saw paperclip for sale. Package was from Canada and labeling was in French and English. I didn't know the French called them trombones! They do look a bit like them.

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 2:01 pm
by greenbean
I have seen some labeled as trombones! It is a good name.

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 4:56 pm
by Vegastokc
Darnation!

I fell for the click bait again.... :?

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 6:26 pm
by BGuttman
walldaja wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:48 pm Went into a random dollar store and was looking for pencils to stash in various cases so I would have them. While there I saw paperclip for sale. Package was from Canada and labeling was in French and English. I didn't know the French called them trombones! They do look a bit like them.
You got ripped off. I used to buy them in boxes of 100 :cool:

And yes, in French they are called "trombones". They consider the instrument to be in the shape of a paper clip.

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 6:34 pm
by LeTromboniste
BGuttman wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 6:26 pm
walldaja wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:48 pm Went into a random dollar store and was looking for pencils to stash in various cases so I would have them. While there I saw paperclip for sale. Package was from Canada and labeling was in French and English. I didn't know the French called them trombones! They do look a bit like them.
You got ripped off. I used to buy them in boxes of 100 :cool:

And yes, in French they are called "trombones". They consider the instrument to be in the shape of a paper clip.
The other way around, we consider paper clips to be in a similar shape as the instrument!

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 7:48 pm
by walldaja
Well said LeTromboniste!

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 9:29 pm
by JLivi
My contacts list has an emoji of the instrument the person plays next to their name so I can filter by instrument when looking to call people. I use the paper clip for trombone players because there’s no trombone emoji.

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 5:37 am
by MrHCinDE
I thought this might be a thread about track 10 of this

https://www.amazon.de/London-Trombone- ... B001VK9ZAE

available from Amazon and all good retailers for a Dollar + change, but then I realised there are only 76 of them

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 9:00 pm
by Posaunus
MrHCinDE wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:37 am I thought this might be a thread about track 10 of this

https://www.amazon.de/London-Trombone- ... B001VK9ZAE
It's a nice recording. Recommended! :good:

Re: 80 Trombones for $1.25!

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:49 am
by ldmitruk
Those are actually trombone seeds.