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Retired band director/concert manager/trombonist residing in Southern ME. Trained in the heat of Twitter where I had 110K followers. Fan of puns, Boston, the color blue, early jazz & more. #IFollowBack

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · Aug 14

Next time a stranger won't go away, make a weird face and using a low voice say, "Sorry - it has been a long time since I've possessed a body."

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 10h

Well played.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 10h

8a: Too tired to think.

Noon: Too tired to think.

5p: Too tired to think.

Midnight: How do dragons blow out their birthday candles?

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Dave @wanderingmnd.bsky.social · 15d

I like music puns. They always scale well...

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 10h

Last month I ordered "How To Accept Rejection."

It was never shipped.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 22h

(Declan surveying the crowded bar)

"Bartender, a Beefeater and tonic please, with a twist of poor judgment."

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 23h

My favorite word to spell backwards is stressed.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 23h

"Attention Misters Zimmer, Christian Anderson, Conried - All Hans On Deck!"

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 23h

Aspire to inspire today.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

(Shakespearean Dad Joke)

Hamlet: "I am too much in the sun."

Claudius: "Hi, too much in the sun. I'm Dad."

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

FOX will air a new Shakespeare series. First up is "Shaming of the True."

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

70-year-old dancing whiz: Steptoagenarian.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

Shh. Blueskyers are sleeping in.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

To me "the other day" means yesterday or 11 years ago.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

After Monday and Tuesday, even a calendar says WTF.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

Elderly fishermen will not turn down a free herring aid. .

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 1d

In my eventual novel, the tailor will be Mr. Hemsworth.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

Did you hear about the chicken who quit a. production of "Hamlet"?

She heard somebody threaten to murder most fowl.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

I heard a guy on TV saying these shutdowns occur under both Democrats and Republicans, but there hasn't been a shutdown when Dems were in control of all three branches since the 1970s under Carter.

The two parties are not the same.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

(Three Hardest Things To Say)

I need help.

I was wrong.

Worcestershire.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

I like to learn something new every day.

Ninety percent of the world's population lives above the equator.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

"I've fallen and I can't get up" is now bereft of humor.

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@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

A good medical regimen helps us outlive our warranty.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 2d

If you plop the kids in the back of the time machine, all you'll hear is, "Are we then yet?"

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 3d

You laugh because you think it's a joke. I laugh because you think I'm joking.

@slidemanernie.bsky.social @slidemanernie.bsky.social · 3d

Will those new smart glasses also be a pair of Googles?