Vegetable Instruments, A Burgeoning Industry
You heard it here first, folks. Vegetable intruments are gaining rapidly in popularity, and it’s been a long time coming.
The History:
It’s an industry steeped in tradition. For as long as there have been vegetables, there have been people making instuments out of them. Early cave drawings show people standing around wild animals, playing vegetable instruments in order to soothe them. Other drawings show the people killing them to make a stew using those same vegetable instuments.
In the United states, the industry reached it’s peak in the 1700’s when there was nothing else to do but make instruments out of your crops.
The popularity died off when more and more people began to prefer canning their vegetables, to making instruments out of them.
Recently there has been a resurgence in the polularity of these instruments. This began oddly enough with the British Royal Family. Prince Charles began refereeing family polo matches with hand-made carrot whistles.
The paparazzi went crazy trying to obtain one, but he kept eating them after the matches, foiling their attempts. Eventually entrepreneurs got into the act and began selling carrot whistles on street corners all over Britain. When the Queen mother was seen playing a ukulele made of summer squash, vegetable instuments became a craze.
It took a while for this craze to hit other parts of the globe, but recently there have been signs. Videos are springing up all over YouTube showing new ways to make and play these instruments.
There is even a Vegetable Orchestra that tours europe playing in packed arenas.
The Opportunity:
With this industry on the rise, the public is clamoring for ways to get their own vegetable instruments. It wouldn’t take much for a company, (Dole, I’m calling you out here.)to find a way to mass produce Carrot Flutes, Apple Maracas, or other nutritious snacks for sale in grocery stores all over the country.
Let’s make the school cafeteria a musical place.
Let’s make the family dinner table a place where you can tap your toe.
Let’s make some money while we’re at it.
Very funny stuff. Very original. This only proves further my patented saying, “People are stupid” However this idea could be used to make a movie (comedy, of course) where a poor farm boy wants to be in the school band but his parents cannot afford an instrument. Oh man, his first day of bringing his homemade instrument to school would be priceless. I guess if this idea is just not funny enough, we could always go with tradedy as the farm boy dies after catching ecoli off of his lucky flute. He’s poor and his poverty leads to his death….so sad…and sorry I have to say it but…Carrot Top would have to be casted somewhere…I know I couldn’t help myself.
kingju1ce
January 15, 2008
Sorry, but the saying “People are stupid” was patented by GOD.
But that is an interesting movie idea. An ending that depressing could only end in an oscar. But I’d rather make money at the box office instead, so let’s tweak it.
So when the kid takes it to class, he get’s made fun of, but the band teacher has an idea. He makes all of the students make their own veggie instruments and they hold a big concert at the end of the year where the poor kid has this fantastic solo.
Put that one out on a slow weekend and I guarantee you it will be number one. The DVD sales will be phenominal, and it will be known as a family classic.
Edgewriter
January 15, 2008
youre stupid kingjuice that wasnt funny
veggieboy
May 26, 2008