A while back I posted this on the Didgeridoo tribe page under a topic on the horrifying and toxic world that is didge finishing/sealing. I want to make sure that you are all well aware of the dangers of epoxies, oils, waxes and all other forms of malevolently sinister sealants. I wanted to share with you my hallowing stories and experiences with the various didgeridoos, or as I have come to adress them
"Doomlogs"
Be warned folks......this is not pretty.
"For what it's worth I've been playing the be-jesus out of many of Jeff's logs and so far I'm only missing the left half of my top lip. Being that I am a side puffer, I have simply started to rotate and assume I have a good 3-5 years worth of flappable lip remaining. After my head swelled up to the size of one of Antlers gongs I stopped playing Chad's sticks for a while....but now that I'm only at twice normal head circumference, I feel I can get back on them once more. Frost's logs cause sexual side effects that I feel no need to reiterate here, all will say is the doctor says it should grow back....eventually. Tyler's didges give me chronic diarrhea, which gets extremely interesting when I am playing in kilt with the Wicked Tinkers. All in all, I feel these are very minor prices to pay for being able to play such wonderful sticks, and assuming that I will be able to get my head into my truck and make it to in-didj-in-us without my colostomy bag exploding and infecting my lip, I look forward to playing all of your great new logs. Take care guys."
So there you have it! Be very careful with those septic sticks. None of this stopped me, and that is the source of my unparalleled concern. I'm frightened to see where the world of didgeridoo playing will go if you all go loosing your lips and searching for other flappable sources of sound.......oh the HORROR!!!! THE HORROR!!!!!!! JUST THE THOUGHT ALONE!!!!!!! IT'S GRUESOME!!!!
hehehe :^P Cant wait to see you all next month!
Cheers!
CJ
"Doomlogs"
Be warned folks......this is not pretty.
"For what it's worth I've been playing the be-jesus out of many of Jeff's logs and so far I'm only missing the left half of my top lip. Being that I am a side puffer, I have simply started to rotate and assume I have a good 3-5 years worth of flappable lip remaining. After my head swelled up to the size of one of Antlers gongs I stopped playing Chad's sticks for a while....but now that I'm only at twice normal head circumference, I feel I can get back on them once more. Frost's logs cause sexual side effects that I feel no need to reiterate here, all will say is the doctor says it should grow back....eventually. Tyler's didges give me chronic diarrhea, which gets extremely interesting when I am playing in kilt with the Wicked Tinkers. All in all, I feel these are very minor prices to pay for being able to play such wonderful sticks, and assuming that I will be able to get my head into my truck and make it to in-didj-in-us without my colostomy bag exploding and infecting my lip, I look forward to playing all of your great new logs. Take care guys."
So there you have it! Be very careful with those septic sticks. None of this stopped me, and that is the source of my unparalleled concern. I'm frightened to see where the world of didgeridoo playing will go if you all go loosing your lips and searching for other flappable sources of sound.......oh the HORROR!!!! THE HORROR!!!!!!! JUST THE THOUGHT ALONE!!!!!!! IT'S GRUESOME!!!!
hehehe :^P Cant wait to see you all next month!
Cheers!
CJ
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Re: A wee bit of fun
Thu, July 10, 2008 - 9:38 PMI play one of Tyler's didges every day, and I'm quite regular, thank you very much. Maybe you're just sensitive. Or you're "doing" it wrong. :)
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Re: A wee bit of fun
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 6:03 AMI've have been known to do things bass ackwards...... -
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Re: A wee bit of fun
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 12:25 PMEpoxy fumes make see little purple gremlins dancing around. Other then that I've never had any problems. -
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Re: A wee bit of fun
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 1:33 PMThe gremlins are always there. It's the fumes that cure your gremlin-blindness. :)
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Re: A wee bit of fun
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 4:43 PMGood points. How can some of the most extensivly played , widely distributed didges in the business be considered poisonous after all this time and community use. Hopefully more people will come around and realize that being earth-conscious doesn't mean automatically fearing an inert substance because it's artificial, or because it's dangerous in another state (uncured) that the end user never sees. (poss. danger to the maker though)
Oh wait, I'm on the wrong vibe here...
(re-adjusts to the *correct* wavelength)
Man, thanks for that warning Cj! If it wasn't for your timely soothsaying, I might have played this Shockley didge that I have here which surely would have caused my face to fall off! In fact, I've played so many coated didges that I'm almost certianly on some kind of toxic threshold, which looks exactly like being in near-peak health and fitness. While I almost never get ill and am free of pain, If I so much as put my lips on another of thise doom-logs again I can fully expect to keel over and die a more horrible death than that caused by boneitis.
Dodged a bullet there, you saved my life.
