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Expert: - 1/4/2007


Question
TELL ME THIS. WHY THE HELL DID MY PARENTS NAME ME SNUFFALUFAGUS? WHY!!!!

ps. do you know who ate my lunch?

Answer
Dear Coolcat (a.k.a Snuffalufagus),

Great question.  As a bagpipe expert, it is one I get very often.

As you know, snuffalufagus is a Latin name, derived from the great Roman leader "Snuffius Alufagus".  He was the general that single handedly defeated Ghenngis Khan.  Later he went on to invent silly putty and "blogging".

As for your lunch, I must admit that I was the one who ate it.  You see, I just moved in with my girlfriend who is a vegetarian, which makes me a vegetarian.  Since I can't eat meat in the house, I couldn't help but eat your ham and cheese sandwich.

Well, I hope I was able to help answer some of your questions.

Sincerely,
Arash

p.s.  Please do not put mustard on your sandwich tomorrow as I am allergic.

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Arash Ebrahimi

Expertise

I can answer general questions about the Great Highland Bagpipe and the Spanish Gaita, how to go about learning to play the pipes, basic pipe maintanence and can point you in the right direction to almost any question you can think of. My main interest is piping influence in rock and roll and alternative music.

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I have been playing the Great Highland Bagpipe for almost 3 years and have recently starting learning to play the Gaita. I am a member of a Northern California pipe band.

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I have a bacherlor's degree in Psychology and Master's coursework in Social Work. I am currently studying piping music and music theory with a private tutor.

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