Leftover lunch snacks
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (353035)
Rockingham, Australia
March 27, 2023 8:35am CST
Warning: This discussion is not about food!
We listen to a lot of classical music and sometimes make guesses about who might have composed a piece we’re listening to. Vince is much better at this than I am.
At the end of the piece, the announcer normally gives the name of the composer and the performer. Many of the composers we know of by name but not so many of the singers and/or instrumentalists.
And because we’re getting a bit deaf, we sometimes find it hard to work out a name if it’s unfamiliar to us. But we had to laugh when Vince thought he’d heard that the violinist was ‘leftover lunch snacks’. I can understand how he thought this. If you say it quickly, and you’re a bit deaf, it could easily be a foreign name.
The photo was taken in Salzburg, Vienna. I was intrigued by the string instrument. I don’t know what it is called.
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@snowy22315 (189218)
• United States
27 Mar 23
It looks like it may be this one
https://www.bing.com/search?EID=MBHSC&form=BGGCDF&pc=BG00&q=balalaika
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@Marilynda1225 (84623)
• United States
27 Mar 23
yes it does look like it's a balalaika
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@snowy22315 (189218)
• United States
27 Mar 23
I never saw anything like that instrument in my life. Maybe I will do a search and see i I can find out.
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@snowy22315 (189218)
• United States
28 Mar 23
@JudyEv Do you agree with the conclusion?
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 23
@snowy22315 Yes, definitely. I'm sure you're right.
@Marilynda1225 (84623)
• United States
27 Mar 23
The string instrument is nothing like I"ve ever seen before but it probably is a balalaika as @snowy22315 posted here
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 23
It was an unusual Eastern European name I'd guess but I was too busy laughing to catch it. I think it was a conductor or violinist. I searched 'famous blah blah starting with l' but didn't find anything I could relate to 'leftover lunch snacks'. 'Laventy' is a Russian name which might have fitted but, as I said, I didn't get very far.
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 23
I didn't want people thinking they were going to be reading about food. lol
@shaggin (74176)
• United States
28 Mar 23
that is too funny what he thought the violinists name was. Now if it was a rock band that could be a name they really do come up with some odd ones for groups.
I’ve never seen that string instrument before but it sure is neat looking. Looks like it could be a little uncomfortable to play for a long period with how he’s kind of hunched over it.1 person likes this
@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
27 Mar 23
That is a very interesting instrument.
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
28 Mar 23
@JudyEv same here.
I initially thought of it as some prank/joke instrument.
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 23
@allen0187 Here is another unusual African instrument. Isn't this a beauty? Sorry about the photo being sideways. :(
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@RebeccasFarm (94525)
• Arvada, Colorado
27 Mar 23
That thing is bigger than he can handle that instrument!!
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@FourWalls (74520)
• United States
27 Mar 23
That’s a zither. 
(I know you’re talking about the big geometry lesson the guy is playing, not the zither the woman is playing.)
That’s hilarious, “Leftover lunch snacks.” Sounds like a good name for a bluegrass band, too!
(I know you’re talking about the big geometry lesson the guy is playing, not the zither the woman is playing.)
That’s hilarious, “Leftover lunch snacks.” Sounds like a good name for a bluegrass band, too! 2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (147779)
• United States
28 Mar 23
What? No leftover lunch snacks after all? Were you and Vince that hungry? 
Even with good hearing, I still confuse names that sound different from those I'm used to hearing. 
Even with good hearing, I still confuse names that sound different from those I'm used to hearing. 1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (147779)
• United States
28 Mar 23
@JudyEv Yes, that's exactly what happens. I have a hole in my right eardrum so only pick up some sounds from that side. As long as my left ear can catch the sounds, I hear them just fine. (You wouldn't believe what I "think" I hear sometimes through my right ear. )
Yes, that's exactly what happens. I have a hole in my right eardrum so only pick up some sounds from that side. As long as my left ear can catch the sounds, I hear them just fine. (You wouldn't believe what I "think" I hear sometimes through my right ear. )1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (115856)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Mar 23
That stringed one is interesting. Did you ever figure out the name
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 23
I'm sure @snowy22315 is correct and it's a balalaika. Some countries have very interesting instruments.
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@Beestring (15341)
• Hong Kong
27 Mar 23
Thank you for the photo. That's an interesting string instrument.
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@allknowing (145395)
• India
28 Mar 23
I am watching a singing reality show on tv and am amazed at the type of instruments that band is using - never seen such before
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Mar 23
That is some big instrument. It looks like four strings, so I wonder if it is a bass of some kind.
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@JudyEv (353035)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
Some groups certainly have very strange names. It's like racehorses and trotters. The same name can't be used again for x number of years and people seem to run out of ideas. resulting in names like 'Great Googly Moogly' who is now an endurance horse.
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@LindaOHio (188365)
• United States
17 Apr 23
That's really funny. That's quite a large instrument!!!
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