Penguins playing clarinets

Clarinet. (n) From the Latin: God's gift to the woodwind section. 21/Scottish-Italian/BMus student, bisexual socially awkward aspiring clarinetist. Welcome to my blog of penguins, classical music, and all things woodwind. I'm probably related to Squidward in some way.

[coolhiroaki]

sick of “scottish independence” this and “irish reunification” that

theres 3 of us and 1 of england

i say we just kick the english out the uk

[systlin]

Ireland, Scotland, and Wales kick England out and join the UK as the United Celtic Nations.

[king-ghidorah]

We can do this folks we can even steal some of france

[lou-the-naga-queen]

Mate the north west is included, I’m up for that!!

[ashfae]

God I wish this were a legit option. Pretty please?

Look I’m sorry England, happy to take as many of you as will come, just can’t stand any more of Westminster or the Tories.

[complaintificate]

Alternate plan

[teacup-crow]

DERRYLONDON killed me 😂

[honey-bow]

east of not england

a northern part of ireland

[ithelpstodream]

I’m just dying while thinking about a hotel employee calmly Googling “How to fold a towel in the shape of an elephant,” and then going out to buy eye stickers.

[whattywhatwhat]

I think these would guarantee return bookings.  Loving the elephant.

[jewishgirlrevolt]

I worked in a hotel for a year. Hotel staff LOVE silly requests because otherwise our job is just mundane. It gives the front desk a chance to do something creative.

[sushinfood]

aaaa this is so lovely

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

as someone who used to work in a hotel, this gives us all life. one time someone asked for a cardboard cutout of Nicholas Cage in their room. it now lives in our back office as a lil mascot

[rosebudwhite]

It is on YouTube for those unable to use the BBC iPlayer link…

so-easy-to-love-me theoria850

[imaginarydiscographies]

An amazing quote from the amazing Debi Gliori, from her book Pure Dead Magic.  Go read it, it’s worth it.

[logicallyblind]

hi i’m seeing no one talk about this cover??? this is HAUNTING, it’s dedicated it to everyone who’s died from the coronavirus so far especially healthcare staff i just,,,

[elodieunderglass]

Hozier singing trad song “The Parting Glass”

[elodieunderglass]

Other celebrities: (goopily drip upon, of all things, “imagine”)

Us: (call for the guillotine)

Hozier: (a bittersweet lad, sings an ancient song to the departed)

Us: play this over silent, crisply shot black and white footage of the empty streets and silent landmarks. cut with shots of our drowning hospitals. An acceptable future documentary of 2020 that we will allow.

[alien-bagels]

My audio processing isnt working in the brain. Can someone PLEASE tell me what the crud he’s saying because all i can make out are sounds not words

[lanerose23]

Saw your post while skimming through the reblog and did not see an answer, so for accessibility!  Hozier is singing the following:

Of all the money that e’er I had / I spend it in good company

And of all the harm that e’er I done / Alas it was to none but me

For all I’ve done for want of wit / to memory now I can’t recall

So fill to me the parting glass / good night and joy be with you all.

Of all the comrades that e’er I had / they’re sorry for my going away

And of all the sweethearts that e’er I had / they’d wish me one more day to stay

But as it falls unto my lot / that I must go and you must not

I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call / good night and joy be with you all.

[tall--noodle]

when i first read the lyrics to this a year or so ago, i always thought it was a sad song (contrary to what google says about it being a pub song), and hearing this solemn and heartfelt rendition by hozier always makes me tear up

[watches-and-windchimes]

Google’s technically right, it is a pub song, but not in the sense you’re thinking. This is what I call an “end of the night” song - these tend to be somber, nostalgic, and contain references to a final drink/toast eg “the parting glass” usually either in memory of death, or in the knowledge of death to come. Others include Auld Lang Syne and Health to the Company. They’re “let’s drink to old times because we might not all meet here again” songs.

[inkskinned]

Actually life is beautiful because the sound I make while trying to breathe around hot food sounds like my dog trying to eat an apple. When I yawn my cat tries to put his face in my mouth like a little dentist man and when he yawns I put my finger in his obligate-carnivore trapzone and we both know he will not hurt me. When I do not fold my clothes, they do not hold it against me.

I am demonstrably sad, and lonely, and full of fear. But there are other people who will hold my hand, who will point out the hawk overhead, who will give you That Look in a public place. The other day at a coffee shop a child said "look! It's snowing!" so all of us strangers went to go look out the windows. It wasn't the first snow and it won't be the last but wasn't it lovely, like that?

How wonderful to live in a world where birds and frogs both say beep! How wonderful to have an ocean of beautiful sharks with their dinosaur teeth! How wonderful the moon and her changing face, how wonderful the bees and their dancing to communicate, how wonderful shrimp and their forbidden layers of vision! How wonderful, you, and what you will give the world! The way we love things enough to spend entire blogs devoted to them? How people will let me explain my Pokemon team to them? How we will both jump at the scare in the movie, how we laugh so loudly, how it feels to give someone your baking? How wonderful to be alive. I am sorry for forgetting.

This is the process of getting better. With wonderful people and wonderful strangers and wonderful friends: I am getting better, slowly. Thank you, whoever you are. In some way, you've been wonderful, and left a wonderful place in the world to ripple out to me. In some small way - isn't it beautiful - I promise, you've been helping.

[adarkerbeamoflight]

"How wonderful to be alive. I am sorry for forgetting."

[library-mermaid-blog]

I am laughing so hard oh my god clickhole

[advanced-procrastination]

If you just scrolled past, don’t. Go back and read it. I promise it is not what you think

[ladyvader23]

Legit advice, can confirm.

[godisablckwoman-deactivated2019]

You’re doing amazing sweetie

[derrygirlsgifs]

[ayeforscotland]

You love to see it.

[ayeforscotland]

You love to see this more. Can we have a hard border yet?

[ayeforscotland]

FUCK YEAH BABY

[ayeforscotland]

2020 is fucking wild so far.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

I know I *just* posted this photo but I think it belongs here too

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

IT'S NOT YOUR BEACH IF IT'S IN OUR COUNTRY

[thesummoningdark]

You ever wanted to go to the beach so badly you tried to abolish Wales?

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

being bi is hella confusing because yes you love boys of course you do they are precious beings who must be protected at all costs but every so often the Big Gay™️ hits like you can just be chilling and suddenly a big wave of 'uhhhhhhhh.....GIRLSS' just overpowers you and you're just like well Fuck what do i do now

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

the fact that i wrote this .3 seconds after reblogging pictures of saoirse ronan as Jo march is absolutely irrelevant and i resent the accusations

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

being bi is hella confusing because yes you love boys of course you do they are precious beings who must be protected at all costs but every so often the Big Gay™️ hits like you can just be chilling and suddenly a big wave of 'uhhhhhhhh.....GIRLSS' just overpowers you and you're just like well Fuck what do i do now

[saoirseronandaily]

Saoirse Ronan as Jo March in new stills from ‘Little Women’ (2019)

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

my gay heart cannot take this

[my-soul-to-reap]

[strangelingincarnate]

@le-fantome-de-lopera Quince

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

having a cat be like that

[frogprince4]

uni work have me skipping veg

vitamin c?

more like vitamin c you later

[clarinetplayingpenguin]

if anyone needs me i'll be

screaming continuously

[kaijuno]

Shit this got me out here cryin in the club

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