In one case, the head of an orchestra had two skilled violinists and had to decide which would play a solo on opening night. He picks A about five minutes before the performance is meant to start. When he goes to get A, he finds A has been killed, and then has to pick B. Haledjian decides that it must have been B who did it, because B walked onto the stage, sat down and began to play, when he should have tuned his violin and rosined his bow first. Like it's totally unthinkable that someone with an equal chance of getting a part would get themselves ready to play it, especially if the choice wasn't going to be made until about five minutes before it was meant to begin.
I don't want to add it to this example as it stands since it's already pretty long, but my daughter took to playing the violin a few years ago. A good rosin rub on an already-treated bow hair takes a good five minutes as it is. When she had to get a new bow, it took over 15 minutes before the thing was properly rosined. Author Ignorance in full flight.
Edited by CandiComing back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
I don't want to add it to this example as it stands since it's already pretty long, but my daughter took to playing the violin a few years ago. A good rosin rub on an already-treated bow hair takes a good five minutes as it is. When she had to get a new bow, it took over 15 minutes before the thing was properly rosined. Author Ignorance in full flight.
Edited by Candi Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett