Talk:Drummer jokes

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Did you know... that an obituary of Neil Peart said he was "sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes"?

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Is this really worthy of wiki bandwidth? heidimo 02:44, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Put EEng and Levivich on the case and let's find out! Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Though he's far from dumb, my spidey senses tell me there may be a Ringo Starr angle here. Beyond that I'll just note that the author of I Drum, Therefore I Am: Being and Becoming a Drummer seems to be confused about the logical order of becoming something and being that thing; there might be a drummer joke in that right there. E Eng 16:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I play drums! This draft is pure OR, I say! Everyone knows the viola players are the real butt of musician jokes. How do you prevent your violin from getting stolen? Put it in a viola case. Le v!v ich 03:27, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Paging the much-missed FourViolas. E Eng 03:30, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Miss you too! I should try to make more time to edit again, but grad school does keep one busy.

There are a handful of serious RS on musician jokes as profession-specific folklore, mostly as you say focusing on violists:

Knowing the Score: The Transmission of Musician Jokes among Professional and Semi-Professional Musicians Groce, Nancy. New York Folklore; Cooperstown, N.Y. Vol. 22, Iss. 1, (Jan 1, 1996): 37.
No Laughing Matter: The Viola Joke Cycle as Musicians' Folklore Carl Rahkonen, Western Folklore, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Winter, 2000), pp. 49-63
Viola Jokes: A Study of Second String Humor, from Dundes, A., & Bronner, S. J. (2007). The meaning of folklore: The analytical essays of Alan Dundes. 247 ff. (This one has lots of good examples if you're into that kind of thing.)

It would probably be defensible to merge this draft with Viola jokes under Musician jokes, with sections on violists, drummers, sopranos, banjoists, and conductors. FourViolas (talk) 16:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Don't see why we can't do that, the draft is only 1.8k of prose which isn't a great deal. The reason this is at draft is because it was deleted at AfD (albeit 14 years ago, and this version is far better sourced). Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the name of this article from drummer joke to drummer jokes because this article is not about one particular joke, but about the genre of drummer jokes. Kingturtle 17:01, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Deletion of the Jokebook

Jimbo Wales has announced that he will be deleting the Jokebook from Wikibooks within 24 hours. See Wikibooks:Staff lounge. Uncle G 16:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it

I really don't see what's so funny about these drummer jokes. Not that I don't get them (I'm a guitarist), but they just really don't seem that funny. I've never noticed drummer's being dumb or destructive (and what's wrong with that anyways?). - TMFSG

I've been a band member for many years and these drummer jokes pop up often among members for laughs. But that's not to say that there aren't jokes for the trumpet players, the clarinet players, etc. for the purpose of filling a stereotype--usually one that no one has really noticed before, but upon hearing the joke they'll agree with it. I have known many great percussionists, and yes, a few of them were "dumb" in the sense that they belonged to elitist cliques that had a general dislike toward the band members.

Other jokes

What about jokes about drummers, like the exploding drummers in This Is Spinal Tap? Yoninah (talk) 11:27, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:29, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Neil Peart was sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes? Source: "Neil Peart was an extraordinary being sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes" ([1])

Reviewed: Frances Emilia Crofton

Moved to mainspace by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:10, 29 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is the best hook I've ever seen since I began doing DYK reviews here. Ritchie333, do you mind if I nom this as a hook for WP:DYKAPRIL? Pinging The C of E as the chief of staff of DYKAPRIL 😂. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 13:39, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeromi Mikhael: You really don't have to ask my permission to place any hooks in DYK, you can just do it! As much as I'd love to, I hold no official role on April Fools for DYK, I am merely a zealous advocate that for one day, we can have a little fun on the front page. Besides, it's only about a week before the day that you get the scrutiny and arguments about inclusion. But for me, the more the merrier. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:46, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You could see that I put a laughing emoji after the "chief of staff" mention. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 13:47, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I was personally considering 7 January - the first anniversary of his death - but April Fools works for me too. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be fine with that. We should always respect the nominator's wishes @Jeromi Mikhael:. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:23, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]