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Why not MAD, replacing "syndrome" with "disorder?" MAS sounds like the thing people say in church. And I'm not speaking for anybody here, but I am truly a little MAD.
pjlama
Aug-19-2007, 3:36pm
Syndrome sounds more like we caught it, where as disorder may be a little too close to the truth http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
KanMando
Aug-19-2007, 4:13pm
I think "MAS" is more appropriate. #It means "more" in Spanish.
Rick Cadger
Aug-19-2007, 4:37pm
MAS. it may be an illness, but if it ain't broke...
MAS always makes me think of the famous Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran Fight #2 which took place in the Louisiana Superdome on November 25, 1980. Duran reportedly said in Spanish "No Más" (meaning 'no more') several times after he refused to continue fighting during the 8th round.
Celtic-Grass
Aug-19-2007, 5:06pm
Too late. The T-shirts are in the works. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Walter Newton
Aug-19-2007, 5:06pm
I think you're right about being "being MAD" having a nice ring to it...I'm pretty sure the term "MAS" originally derives from the guitar world, where "having a bad case of GAS" is very common...
Steve Davis
Aug-19-2007, 5:07pm
A syndrome is a collection of symptoms. A disorder is something bad. I've got the symptoms but is that bad? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
Bah. A syndrome is always bad, or there wouldn't be a medical name for it.
As for the fact that it's derived from GAS, I know that, but we should have some say in what it's called, as a mandolin is not a guitar.
Why not combine the two for MADS? Or maybe IBAM I Bought Another Mandolin.
45ACP-GDLF5
Aug-19-2007, 6:40pm
MAS is the correct term! MAD sounds like MAD COW DISEASE! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
hendrix2
Aug-20-2007, 3:38pm
I think it was originally GAS, where the G stands not for guitar but for Gear.
So you get: gear acquisition syndrome
It's commonly used between guitarist as Guitar acquisition syndrome. But I'll noticed that they also use if they have GAS for a new amplifier or effect or something like that. So could be gear or guitar...
Are there some other combinations in use as well?
like:
BAS (banjo/bass)
FAS (fiddle)
?
mandopete
Aug-20-2007, 4:19pm
Got gas?
Try Beano!
Got MAS?
Ain't no cure!
Brady Smith
Aug-20-2007, 4:23pm
I always thought the G was for Girl... I gas I don't have GAS afterall than ,,,, shewwwww.
Jim MacDaniel
Aug-20-2007, 6:02pm
MAS. it may be an illness, but if it ain't broke...
But it can leave you broke.
MandoSquirrel
Aug-20-2007, 7:01pm
A syndrome is a collection of symptoms. A disorder is something bad. I've got the symptoms but is that bad? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
I agree, more than not.
herbert
Aug-23-2007, 1:30am
MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction (of our bank accounts, perhaps) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Rick Cadger
Aug-23-2007, 1:47am
MAS. it may be an illness, but if it ain't broke...
But it can leave you broke.
ah... there's no denying that. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
f5loar
Aug-23-2007, 9:18am
I'm never MAD when I get another mandolin just a feeling a little more POOR. But then you sell the boat and bounce back for another aquisition.
first string
Aug-23-2007, 9:46am
MAD is a little close to MADD though...And while I'm against drunk driving, I'm not a mother, and that organization has nothing to do with mandolins that I know of.