You Just Might Be Married To A Barbershopper If--

Selected (with permission) by Tina Gunther from Harmonet
messages (June 2003) from Paul Agnew, Rob Baltensberger,
Kate Firthuk, Tina Gunther, Dave Jacobs, Ann McAlexander,
and Matt Swann.

--Your most prominent bumper sticker is "I Can't, I Have Rehearsal."

--You have 1-800-876-SING on your speed dial.

--<http://www.spebsqsa.org> is the home page in your web browser.

--Your kid tried to blow a pitch on an Oreo cookie.

--When the pastor starts reciting the Lord's Prayer, you can't help but hear the chords.

--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 think Air Supply would have been much better with a good bass.

--You've tried to tune your wind chimes to a barbershop seventh.

--You mistake the hum of an air conditioner for the sound of a quartet somewhere in the hotel.

--He can memorize 20 arrangements for a show, but forgets your anniversary.

--On meeting someone for the first time, he asks them what part they sing before asking their name.

--When you leave the house, he always checks to make sure he has a pitch pipe, but forgets to check for his keys.

--You've used old chorus uniforms for Halloween costumes.

--Your grass is a foot tall around the first week in July.

--The greeting on your answering machine starts with "Hello, hello, hello, hello; well, hello" as sung by The New Tradition quartet.

--You plan on celebrating Valentine's Day on February 15th because you know your sweetheart will be busy February 12th- 14th delivering Singing Valentines.

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