You might just be a Barbershopper
Selected by Tina Gunther (with permission) from Harmonet
messages from Matt Swann, Ann McAlexander, Paul Agnew,
Dave Jacobs, Rob Baltensberger, Kate Firthuk and Tina Gunther
If you hear a car horn and immediately reach for your pitch pipe, you
might be a barbershopper.
If you wonder why the seats on a plane aren't FOUR across, you might
be a barbershopper.
If the person sitting next to you at the symphony kindly suggests you
stop humming the seventh of every chord played, you might be a
barbershopper.
If you've ever gotten that weird look from the Dry Cleaner when you
show up and ask if they can do sequins really well, you might be a
barbershopper.
If you watched the first round of American Idol and made a list of
potential recruits in your city, for your chapter, you might be a
barbershopper.
If your most prominent bumper sticker is "I Can't, I Have Rehearsal,"
you might be a barbershopper.
If you have 1-800-876-SING on your speed dial, you might be a
barbershopper.
If http://www.spebsqsa.org
is your home page in your web browser, you
might be a barbershopper.
If you've accidentally tried to blow a pitch on an Oreo, you might be
a barbershopper.
If you let your wife think you're having an affair so you can slip in
one more rehearsal before contest, you might be a barbershopper.
If, when the pastor starts reciting the Lord's Prayer, you can't help
but hear the chords, you might be a barbershopper.
If, when listening to an oldies station, you think they're singing
the song wrong because it's not how the Boston Common sang it, you
might be a barbershopper.
If you think Air Supply would have been much better with a good bass,
you might be a barbershopper.
If you've tried to tune your wind chimes to a barbershop seventh, you
might be a barbershopper.
If your wife no longer cares how you got makeup on your shirt, you
might be a barbershopper.
If you mistake the hum of an air conditioner for the sound of a
quartet somewhere in the hotel, you might be a barbershopper.
If you look like a bottled water deliveryman, carrying around a 5
gallon jug of water, you might be a barbershopper.
If you memorize 20 arrangements for a show and forget your
anniversary, you might be a barbershopper.
If you won't go to the market and get your wife some pantyhose, yet
you'll wear lipstick and rouge in front of 400 Shriners, you might be
a barbershopper.
If your doctor schedules your heart surgery on a rehearsal night and
you gotta think twice about it, you might be a barbershopper.
If, on meeting someone for the first time, you ask them what part
they sing before their name, you might be a barbershopper.
If your parents suspect you have joined a religious cult because of
your obsessive behaviour (actually true!), you might be a
barbershopper.
If, when you leave the house, you always check to make sure you have
a pitch pipe with you BEFORE you check to see if you have your keys,
you might be a barbershopper.
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