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A St. Charles bagpiper's pipes were stolen after the South Side St. Patrick's Parade on Sunday.
The unidentified piper left his instrument in the coat room of a restaurant on Western and half an hour later, it was gone. Why would anyone want to steal his pipes, you ask? Besides being generally bad assed, the pipes in question were worth around $1,200.
Bagpipes, a now iconic symbol of the United Kingdom and Celtic heritage used to be played worldwide and are even mentioned as far back as the Bible in the book of David.* According to Wikipedia a Bulgarian saying goes, "A wedding without a bagpipe is like a funeral."
Let's hope this piper wasn't scheduled to play any weddings soon.
Image from the parade by Fuschia Foot
*[Ed note: Only some translations have "bagpipe" in David 3:5. King James has "...cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick..." where New American Standard has "... horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music...." New Revised Standard says "horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble." And Vulgate says "tubae, et fistulae, et citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, et universi generis musicorum." OK. Anyway.]
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We've got a piper down! It's alright, he's just pissed
i'm sorry he lost his pipes ... but why would you leave that in a coat room!? blah.
so sad...i'm surprised since i've never had any issues when i've checked my bagpipes with the coat check. that coat room attendant has major explaining to do.
@peteypants:
It does suck. The only thing I can think of is the room was unattended, but then why would he leave them there?
Why would anyone want to steal his pipes, you ask?
Ahem, St. Pat's parade, copious amounts of alcohol....
Fuck. I guess that solves the mystery of the bagpipes I awoke too Monday morning still in the previous day's clothes and with a killer hangover. Last time I start drinking at 9am for the parade...
Bagpipes are usually stored in a large hard or soft-sided case. Someone probably thought it had another kind of instrument or tools inside. Didn't they ever get a surprise...
I've never heard of this happening before. Do only assholes show up when it's cold?
My friend is a drummer in one of the bands that marched in the parade. He wears the kilt, etc. He had his Scottish knife ripped off his belt as he stood in a bar to look for his buddies. It's gone.
His buddies weren't there, only drunks and thieves.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I've never heard of this happening before. Do only assholes show up when it's cold?
My friend is a drummer in one of the bands that marched in the parade. He wears the kilt, etc. He had his Scottish knife ripped off his belt as he stood in a bar to look for his buddies. It's gone.
His buddies weren't there, only drunks and thieves.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I've never heard of this happening before. Do only assholes show up when it's cold?
My friend is a drummer in one of the bands that marched in the parade. He wears the kilt, etc. He had his Scottish knife ripped off his belt as he stood in a bar to look for his buddies. It's gone.
His buddies weren't there, only drunks and thieves.
This is why we can't have nice things.
a wedding WITHOUT a bagpipe is like a funeral? funny, because i always thought the exact opposite.
See: this video. Clarity comes around 0:29