Kind of reminds of a song, and not a very good one at that, by El DeBarge:

http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/debarge/rhythm-of-the-night/

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You'll be doing fine when the music starts.
To the beat of the rhythm of the night

dance until the morning light.
Forget about the worries on your mind

you can leave them all behind.
To the beat of the rhythm of the night

Oh
the rhythm of the night
oh yeah.
Look out on the street now
the party's just beginning

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Er, sorry, I meant: My condolences And.!

Actually, he's quite crap.

And rather inconsiderate considering he's placed his bass drum right above my head.

Andromeda wrote:

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Actually, he's quite crap.   And rather inconsiderate considering he's placed his bass drum right above my head.

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Clearly a basserd, then.  Surely if one were a drummer, one would look for a place to live in which one could practice banging stuff with a stick without unduly disturbing anyone - or at least restrict said banging to an appropriate rehearsal venue or a time convenient to my neighbours.  Or invest in one of these:

Which would allow him to practice night or day without unduly bothering anyone.

Tell him that he needs to be certified by the Office of the JDK before he can play his drums.

He'll need to apply in triplicate using a D1-11 Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick In The Upstairs Flat Primary Applictaion form which must be authorised by appearing before a JDK appointed representative (Nate is our US Ambassador - might be a bit of a drive for the Little Drummer Boy).

He will be required to perform a short set to said representative who will then decide whether or not to authorise the issue of a Z44 Certificate Of Authorisation To Apply for Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick In The Upstairs Flat.  If the representative decides that it is inappropriate to issue this authorisation, the applicant will be subject to the insertion of a pool cue into an orifice of the Representative's choice before being sent home without his drums, which will be burned.

If the Z44 Certificate Of Authorisation To Apply for Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick In The Upstairs Flat is successfully obtained, the applicant can then send this certificate to our administration offices (currently outsourced to a small shed in Bangalore) who will verify it's authenticity (by sending it to our US representative for ratification) and then issue the G56 Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick in The Upstairs Flat.

On completing the G56 Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick in The Upstairs Flat, the applicants signature must be witnessed (in person) by a member of the cast of 'The Flying Doctors', a popular, but infinitely crappy Australian soap from the 80s about doctors that...er... fly.  In planes.

The witnessed G56 Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick in The Upstairs Flat must then be endorsed by a member of the Drummer's Unilateral Malcontentment Brotherhood And Socialism Society who can be located in a small basement flat in Filton, Bristol.  An appointment should be requested in writing from the Society's secretary who, if she is not stoned, should respond within a month or three.

Once correctly witness and endorsed, the G56 Secondary Application to Bang Stuff With A Stick in The Upstairs Flat should be buried in peat for a period of at least 3 months before being forwarded to me at this office, where I will dismiss it out of hand and issue a warrant for the immediate and painful execution of the applicant.

There's a lot of red tape in the process, but that's governemnt for you, eh?

JonnyStead wrote:

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...you're gonna pay fat boy...  

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JonnyStead wrote:

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Anywho - hows the drummin now And?

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I no longer care because I'm buying a house

Every time he attempts to drum out a beat, all I can think is "your days are numbered little drummer boy!"

Well the house is on 1/4 acre, of which almost all of it is backyard... so I'll have enough room for a medium sized petting zoo

Which reminds me.. I have pics of it.. so if anyone wants to see, PM me and I'll give you the link. I'd just rather not broadcast pics of my new house to the entire world (Well hopefully my new house. I'm just waiting on mtg info from my broker... owner to accept the offer... standard stuff)

Ok panic time...

Today is the day I put in an offer on the house. Wish me luck, I may need it! I'm putting in kind of a low offer since the house has been on the market since september, and I'm fully expecting her to come back with a counter offer, but maybe (just maybe) I can get it cheaper than list price.

Basserds.  That sucks big time. 

There'll be other houses.  Maybe they won't be so yellow, next time!

JonnyStead wrote:

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The RIGHT house will come to you...

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