Comments on: The “No Accordions” Sign http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/07/24/the-no-accordions-sign/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristian J. http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/07/24/the-no-accordions-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-25967 Kristian J. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:02:22 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/07/24/the-no-accordions-sign/#comment-25967 I agree that a accordion ban in theory is a terrible thing, but this needs to be put into perspective. While there are gypsies who are amazing musicians, Europe has been plagued by accordion-playing bulgarian beggars since the bulgarians joined the European Union. The overwhelming majority of these are *really* terrible accordion players, and most of the time they only know one or two songs. Quite often it seems to be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeswZaReE0I" rel="nofollow">this song</a>. Over and over. All day. I agree that a accordion ban in theory is a terrible thing, but this needs to be put into perspective.

While there are gypsies who are amazing musicians, Europe has been plagued by accordion-playing bulgarian beggars since the bulgarians joined the European Union. The overwhelming majority of these are *really* terrible accordion players, and most of the time they only know one or two songs. Quite often it seems to be this song. Over and over. All day.

]]> By: Quick Links: Accordion Potpourri | Let’s Polka – An Accordion Blog http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/07/24/the-no-accordions-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-25766 Quick Links: Accordion Potpourri | Let’s Polka – An Accordion Blog Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:56:20 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/07/24/the-no-accordions-sign/#comment-25766 [...] The “No Accordions” SignFrom Toronto’s Accordion Guy comes this bone-chilling sign, apparently posted by a Dutch cafe owner to keep accordion-playing gypsies away. [...] [...] The “No Accordions” SignFrom Toronto’s Accordion Guy comes this bone-chilling sign, apparently posted by a Dutch cafe owner to keep accordion-playing gypsies away. [...]

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