July 27th: Bagpipe Appreciation Day

 Bagpipes, like mimes (and Morris Dancing, for some reason), are one of those things people love to hate. 

In Mr. and Mrs. Murder, the perfectly perfect couple Nicola and Charlie--who never, ever, ever fight--get into a brief spat when Charlie suggests, mildly, that Nicola may not be a wonderful singer. He tries to argue that there must be things about him that she dislikes, like the time he tried to learn the bagpipes. 

"Even I got sick of myself," he says. 

"I thought you were charming," she replies. 

Here's a video to celebrate that potential charm:



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