Comments on: Ocarina Time!

Ocarina Time!

Greg Nog — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:41:48 -0800

Want to make your own ocarina? Fair enough; a bit of clay goes a long way. But the legends say that only a true master can construct them out of broccoli or carrots.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:46:02 -0800

Say it three times: broccoli ocarina broccoli ocarina broccoli ocarina. Wheeee!

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:52:06 -0800

Remake your own Ocarina?

By: ScotchLynx

ScotchLynx — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:56:55 -0800

but can he travel through time with that vegetable?

By: agentofselection

agentofselection — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:03:51 -0800

That has got to be the worst rendition of Swanee River I have ever heard on a carrot. Awesome.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:09:33 -0800

There's some folks who are taking this whole idea a lot further. The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra.

By: amyms

amyms — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:10:18 -0800

My son wanted a real ocarina after he became of fan of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time... I found one, completely by chance, at an old variety store. He was thrilled!... Now I'll have to tell him that we could have made one out of broccoli.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:21:06 -0800

flapjax beat me to it while I was distracted, wandering around in the old days of the blue. I was looking for when we discussed the V.V.O. back in September 2002.

By: Western Infidels

Western Infidels — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:31:56 -0800

amyms: My son wanted a real ocarina after he became of fan of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time.

It seems that in this he was not alone.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:49:33 -0800

Very cool.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:00:42 -0800

Lovely post, G-Nog!

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:01:40 -0800

This is pretty awesome. Related?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:16:46 -0800

And all this time I've been using potatoes to make bongs.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:20:49 -0800

And can your play the Macarena on a broccoli ocarina?

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:21:43 -0800

Or Ocarina Me Amadeus?

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:28:18 -0800

What if you marinated the broccoli for 24hrs first. Then how would the ocarina sound?

By: justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow

justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:28:37 -0800

Yes, but has anyone made an ocarina of thyme?

By: Grod

Grod — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:36:04 -0800

and justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow wins.

By: luminous phenomena

luminous phenomena — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:21:15 -0800

Viva la broccolarina! I got a good laugh, thanks.

By: ranglin

ranglin — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:55:35 -0800

In Australia, a guy that played carrots and potatoes as instruments actually made it to the grand final of Australia's Got Talent (a variety show)! Says a lot about Australian talent, doesn't it? :)

By: ranglin

ranglin — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:56:32 -0800

Oh, and his name was (wait for it), Col E. Flower! :)

By: maryh

maryh — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:57:06 -0800

I wnat to add that carrot rendition of Swanee River to the 'Saddest Music' thread, because it made my ears cry. And bleed. Copiously.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:29:40 -0800

Loved your post Greg Nog, (fun name). There was something very likeable about this man, his tone of voice before playing the totally silly looking hunk of broccoli ocarina brilliantly in the kitchen, with his little kid at the table behind him. He's handsome too, nice mouth and twinkly eyes as he prepared to play with an inviting enthusiasm. It was the kind of thing that made me think what a cool world this is.

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:48:32 -0800

CARTER! What is it?. NSFW. Occarina-monty-python-youtube-filter. For those in a hurry, 5:10 is the place to start.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:57:54 -0800

Can someone explain to me how the Ocarina was important in both China and Meso-america? Where they the same instrument or just similar? That wiki article is confusing.

By: artifarce

artifarce — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:05:44 -0800

Nickyskye: Totally agreed. That and skill at using household objects in completely new ways gives him the Jackie Chan of the Vegetables vibe.