To have thrown my daughter's recorder out of the bathroom window?

[freddiefrog]

It was that, or it got shoved where the sun don't shine.

No one needs to tunelessly blow a recorder while they're in the bath do they? Especially as they've been blowing the bloody thing all day, every day since bloody Christmas.

I may shove the thing up the arse of the comedian who bought it for her

The space hopper is next on my hit list!

Come here and listen to my daughter sawing the cat in half under the pretext of violin practice.

Or her sister seeing how much volume she can get out of her saxophone

They can play both instruments reasonably but they seem to delight in torturing me.

Their brother blows the recorder usually hard enough that it is almost silent.

Recorders come straight from hell! YADNBU!

It's a musical instrument and musical instruments have souls! YABU.

Assuming that this is a lighthearted thread

Then YANBU

Alternatively, you could always teach her 'Londons Burning' the 'fire fire' part is particularly moving I find

Pound shop stocking filler recorders do NOT have souls! And neither do the people who give them as gifts!

YANBU at bathtime you could have shown her how to play it underwater, or in bubble mix....what's she doing with the space hopper to test your sanity?

(I have boys, sooner or later everything gets turned into a weapon)

I have not read any responses. YADNBU. My DD had recorder as part of her music curriculum. She was the only child not able to practice. Her recorder lived in the car. It would leave on Tuesdays for lessons and stay the rest of the week in Neptune (DD named the car).
On the rare occasions that she had to practice, a folded up piece of paper down the slanty bit stops the noise.

YADNBU. The recorder was an evil invention to torture parents,
Even played well it still sounds like shit.

I really really hope you are my next door neighbour.

Ah, the recorder, you've just sent me back years to my school days. I think I'll buy one for my niece, it will annoy the hell out of her parents

You need to teach her this www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGwwJEE7k48

manic that's

I have a friend whose dd can play 2 recorders at the same time. She is prodigiously talented.

manic that link is bloody hilarious.

DH is beside me in bed trying to read. He is but I am

I do remember being seriously pleased with myself when I learnt how to play Jesus Hands are Kind Hands on the recorder through my nose.

I feel your pain...but... I have a 9 year old learning the violin.
I say learning, what I really mean is screeching. Constantly.
Why on earth did I think a musical instrument was a good idea????

And why can't they just learn it at school? Why the actual fuck can't they leave it at school??

My DDs are both learning clarinet at school. Unfortunately the dog hates it and howls every time they play them at home.

My mum let me learn the violin as a child, I was bloody awful and i don't know how she put up with me! My recorder playing was positively useful in comparison.

My sister came home with a canter once which is the pipe blow bit from the bagpipes with no bag It's what you start out on before learning the bagpipes. Thankfully she lost interest!

What an aggressive and over the top way to react. YABU

My twins are learning the recorder at school this year. I've told them the recorders have to live at school

Tantrums my DD is learning the violin too. What the actual fuck? My ears were bleeding in her last impromptu kitchen concert