In old movies, whenever you see a pair of women's legs in stockings getting out of a car, it's a safe bet they'll be accompanied with a smoky saxophone solo. When they show a skeleton on a childrens' show, odds are good they'll be playing xylophone music to go with it. But what instrument should you play when the earlobe is the bodily part under consideration? And how about the pancreas? This game is an attempt to address the issue. Either suggest a bodily part, and the music to go with it, or just the part, or just the instrument, and see if the colelctive wisdom of this forum can help out.
Raak - A low, soft
drum roll on the timps. What would capture the uniqueness of the
bellybutton?
irach - An entire
naval band of course. How about the
cutucles, though?
irach -
...cuticles, that is. Simons Mith -
Finger cymbals [Pen] Interesting - I reckoned teeth, for triangle, meself. Nice shiny white tooth - ting!
All right, what about the bagpipes? Try to keep it clean if you can :-)
Raak - A large bag, purifying a constant stream of air into music: must be the
liver. What for the
eyes?
Simons Mith - [Raak] Oh, that's what it does. I often wondered.
irach - A
waterphone, since the eyes are like limpid pools. Yet, what's an appropriate instrument for the
appendix?
Software - Something practically useless? Ah, of course, the
Suzaphone. Now what about the
philtrum?
penelope - A looping note from the
swannee whistle 'switswoo'! Apologies if I take things downhill, but this has been puzzling me. The, um,
arse cleavage?
Darren - As with any valley, it's full of hollow echoes, which ring like
tubular bells. What about the
shoulder blades?
irach - An African blade
Balafon would do. Now, I wonder, what goes with
vertebrae?
Raak - Very spiky: the
harpsichord (the sound of which has been described as "two skeletons copulating on a tin roof). What about the
arch of the foot? And would it be different for flat feet?
ImNotJohn - I think that would be a
musical saw - handles any curvature of arch. How about the
elbow?
irach - A
musical bow would be both elbow-shaped and as comical as the funny bone; yet I wonder about the musical accompaniment to the
tonsils.
Simons Mith - I'm not entirely sure why, but I think
cowbells. Just a gut feeling. What about the
occiput?
Raak - A
Tibetan singing bowl. The
eyebrows?
Simons Mith - If they're big thick bushy eyebrows, I suggest the cello. For thinner ones, a lighter stringed instrument - perhaps the viola? Now, what about the
hippocampus?
irach - I believe hippocampus is reminiscent of a campy hippo, so a
double bass that sounds like a bellowing campy hippo in heat would be appropriate. But the
fibula?
Simons Mith - Clearly a tricky one.
Ponders… Aha! Given that the shoulder has a wider range of movement than just about any other body part, it needs a very flexible instrument. The
theremin's already been taken, but what about the
daxophone? Perfect!
Next part: Toenails
irach -
Castanets, I'd say. They kind of sound like the click-clack sound of grossly overgrown toenails hitting on a wood floor. Now how about the
prostate?
Raak - A
garden hose with a trumpet mouthpiece inserted, this being about as sensible as the prostate. The
larynx?
irach - A
viola perhaps. This one should be easy- the
eardrum?
Software - That's easy. Ringing in the ears with a
Tamborine, but what about the
vagina? Kim -
Cello. Beecham (it is said) once remarked to a lady cellist thus (or roughly thus): "Madam, you have between your legs something that has fascinated the minds of men for generations and all you can do is sit there and scratch it!". Who here plays the
Armpit?
Raak - The
French horn. How about the
spinal cord?
ImNotJohn - That's a
Gamelan if I'm not mistaken. I'm not so sure about the
Collar Bone irach - A Ukranian
Bandura, I think- it's curve resembles that of a collarbone. But how about the
Stapes bone?
Raak - The
one-stringed fiddle has a suitably thin, stretched tone.
Are we running out of parts? The brain has to be the mighty Wurlitzer ascending from the cinema pit, with fifteen manuals, three pedal boards, a vast array of stops and couplers, and played by the mad organist whose brain it is. Little does he know that he is merely providing commentary for the pictures on the screen, not creating them.
Simons Mith - We may not be running out, but I think we've covered all the bases, pretty much. Bones, joints, limbs, organs, have all been well-represented. Ah, here's a new one:
the coccyx.
irach - A
Pushtu rabab fits the bill. The pegboard at its one end resembles the point of the coccyx. How about the
nasal sinuses?
Graham III - The
Duduk fits the bill perfectly. How about the
lymph nodes?
Simons Mith - Something pretty obscure, obviously. And as the lymph nodes are intimately related to the immune system, I suspect something wierd and mysterious. Perhaps the
Great Stalacpipe Organ? On which note, b'dum tish, I think we should finish this game off.
- Audience - *shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Simons Mith*
KagomeShuko -
The hurdy-gurdy (it plays all of two notes) . . .
Giertrud - The appendix. Used in the middle ages and renaissance, but not so useful anymore. The appendix, is theorized to have been useful in the past, but now is a vestigial organ. But what about the Lute? Will this question bear fruit?
KagomeShuko -
The Lute - why, the
uvula, obviously! Now, it's time to tell me why
An instrument should be used to accompany a
thigh! Giertrud - A Cuica. A squeaky chafe-y sound... Some people claim it sounds like a chicken. Mmmm Chicken thigh. How about nose hair?
Simons Mith -
Jew's harp? (Rather late, I admit, but that one just came to me while I was browsing this old game.)
This is the end of the line. There is no more.