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08:16 November 10th, 2009

Agriculture culture in the paddy, daddy!

Posted by: Robert Basler
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Welcome back to our regular feature, Stuff Maybe we Should Have Explained in the Caption, but Didn’t.

Our full caption for this photo, which you may read below and which I did not tamper with, tells us this pianist is performing during a concert in the middle of a rice paddy in Taiwan.

Huh?

Well we can SEE that, can’t we?

I mean, it’s not that I DOUBT those details or anything, but having grown up myself in an agricultural region seriously lacking in farm- based entertainment, I’m just curious about stuff:

  • Is this guy like so bad, this is the only place he can play?
  • Is it really a “concert” if only a dog is listening?

  • Is it Intermission? Are those people in the corner off to the concession stand for Milk Duds?
  • Is it politically correct for him to play “Chopsticks” in a Taiwanese rice paddy?

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Taiwanese pianist Chen Kuan-yu performs during a concert in the middle of a rice paddy in Chishang Township, Taitung County November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

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6 comments so far

Something wrong with playing “Chopsticks”?

- Posted by Shra

The 40th anniversary of Woodstock didn’t draw the expected crowd.

“..by the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a dozen strong….”

- Posted by Bill

Solitude, piano, Milk Duds, Prozac, rice, Xanax, dog … my head hurts. :-(

- Posted by CAM

I’m not even sure the dog is listening.

- Posted by Little Miss Random

i belive he mean “Chopin”, it’s an old joke here on Taiwan already.

do visit us, we still have more fun for everyone to discover, many thanks Robert.

- Posted by woodford

LMR, no one’s listening.. see the tiny colour dots at the far end.. those are people who cant run away fast enough….
The dog must be a pet, but obviously even they have their limits….
CAM, sendinng those meds to Bob was a mistake. Do you agree?

- Posted by Shra

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