Bit of news, chance for a few puns. Easy humour, why not? No one fights, no one swears, no one gets banned. Is it any different to someone, theoretically say, copying political or religious elements from say the guardian or bbc website?
A long time ago... A sound rental company I know of looked after a certain singers backing band... On one tour,the sound crew and a couple of members of the band had a somewhat "difficult" working relationship. The,(muslim),guitarplayer/MD and the drummer were the main causes of....friction. The tour ended/gear came back/everyone got paid off/end of story...or so they thought. Three days after end of tour,my guy picks up a call in the office: "Is so-and-so there?.(somewhat threatening tone from geezer on the other end,asking for one of the sound guys who were on the tour) "He's not here,he's a subbie,yadayadayada",my man replies..."whats up"? Matey goes into one,shouting and hollering... Turns out he was E*rr*ls drummer,his kit had gone to his mums front room for storage..she said something in your kit stinks. Drummer goes round to investigate,sticks hand into kick drum,finds paper bag...that someone has unfortunately shat in. My man can barely contain his mirth,(as he knew what had transpired on the tour),but assured the aggrieved drummer it wasn't anyone on the sound crew. Two days later,a hysterical guitar player is screaming down the phone,having found a half-eaten pork pie in the back of his very expensive effects rack.... Moral of the story? No matter how famous and important you think you are,don't f*ck with the crew....
