It was the Polar Ex-press
It was quite the in vent shun.
Daddy deserves a spanking for that joke.
I also told him "now you'll be able to put your nose up at someone and give them the cold shoulder at the same time"
He thought I was "very punny"
I'm quite the music history buff- always have been. My first inkling as a college student was to explore turning this into a career. So I found a music museum, wrote an impassioned essay, and somehow landed the 12-week internship.
When I got there, I met the curator, a woman named Rhonda. Like me, she had grown up enjoying music and always wanting to know more. Thanks to grants and donors' generosity, she had helped continue the museum's legacy of showcasing what might otherwise be lost to history.
The tradition of the museum had always been to let the interns work in the orchestral wing. My assignment in particular was the string section.
Now I didn't know a whole lot about the string family, but I saw some really fine specimens and decided we could perhaps tell a broader story about the progression of the instruments. And so I began studying.
After about a week of studying, I went to Rhonda and asked if we could do something different here. She was very receptive to the idea and introduced me to her assistant, Dr. Will. His PhD was in history, natch, but he still relished having everyone call him Doctor. It was funny.
Dr. Will helped me learn so much about how the family of instruments developed over time, their overall cultural footprint, etc.
Did you know a fiddle and a violin are the same thing? Did you know the viola family dates back to the 16th C.? Vivaldi wrote 25 cello concertos!
I dazzled visitors with tales of the Stradivarius, Amati and Guarneri families. I noted the increase in neck length over time. I reassured them that despite the name catgut, no cat intestines were used in the creation of these instruments—but it sure might be sheep or goat.
Sadly, 12 weeks goes by quickly when you're having fun, and I got enthusiastic letters of recommendation from Rhonda and Dr. Will, and I do miss them. Hello, you two.
I figured I could waltz (sorry) right in to more museum jobs later, but boy, was I mistaken.
I kept interviewing for the job, but after about the 10th cold shoulder, I had to find out what I was doing wrong. I had done such a good job, after all, right??????
So I fucking called the museum
got the guy who interviewed me on the line—and he wasn't thrilled to even talk to me. But I asked him, sir, why didn't I even get a call back? Weren't my qualifications good?
He said, yes, BUT.......
"...we simply can't hire someone who has exhibited a history of violins."
She gave me a cold shoulder.
Anyone who arrived late to one of his dinner parties received a cold shoulder.
So I decided to call a toe-truck.
She gave him the cold shoulder.
It’s not cool.
After building a snowman yesterday:
Nephew: "Look grandpa, the snowman is still there!"
My dad: "Yeah but he's probably freezing."
He was afraid he’d get the cold shoulder.
My girlfriend and I were walking with her carrying a backpack and I was holding a bag of ice on each shoulder.
Random woman walks by and just looks at both of us and goes "she's really giving you the cold shoulder"
I was just floored. I never saw her before and I've never seen her again but I really hope things are working out for her.
I guess they’re all gonna get the cold shoulder.
Ouch I'm in alot of rain. What the hail. You little sleet. Sorry for raining on your parade I thought it would be snow problem. I'm going to sleet. What don't give me the cold shoulder. It's ice to see you. Water you doing. Fin
Because they’re afraid of getting the cold shoulder!
Just give it the cold shoulder!
but he gave me the cold shoulder.
now she won't stop giving me the cold shoulder
Puns are my thing at Disney, and when the ride would stop working, I would say over the PA system "I'm sorry everybody, but our ride is Frozen at the moment. I know it's a bit of a fixer upper, but Elsa's giving us the cold shoulder right now, she's really freezing us out. (Or Olaf lost his cool and is having a melt down) Once we can have true love thaw out a Frozen ride, well be back up and running!
Because he has snow pants on...
The wife is giving me the cold shoulder now....
Carrying in groceries from the car and my wife had a large bag of ice. I had one hand free and offered to take something, so she put the bag on my shoulder, to which I replied, "Come on, don't give me the cold shoulder." Her: "ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
So they gave me the cold shoulder
The cold shoulder
They gave him the cold shoulder
The cold shoulder
So his wife gave him the cold shoulder
Got the cold shoulder :(
Cold shoulder.
They gave him the cold shoulder
The cold shoulder 🙄
A cold shoulder
Credit to u/Phoenix_Slayer3000
the cold shoulder
They gave me the cold shoulder.
The cold shoulder.
They gave him the cold shoulder.
The cold shoulder.
His wife gave him the cold shoulder.
He got the cold shoulder!
He gave me the cold shoulder.
They don’t want to get the cold shoulder.
*to the party
The cannibal was late for the luncheon, so they gave him the cold shoulder....
He got the cold shoulder
Because they'll give you the cold shoulder.
