My friend (and former colleague) T.J. and I have been discussing a new project he’s working on at his job. It’s very pretty, but it is just too heavy in file size thanks to a Flash piece that’s to be included.

Me: is there *supposed* to be that expansive white space?
T.J.: no
T.J.: that’s the flash hole

It reminds me of the time I sat in a bagpiping class and the instructor reminded the students to keep their fingers on their A holes*. I, stifling laughter, said, “Okay, I have to go now!”

* Incidentally, there are two A holes on a bagpipe’s chanter, a high A and a low A; he referred to the high A hole, which is on the backside of the pipe chanter (diagram) and therefore made it even funnier. Oh, and did I mention the instructor is gay?

Here’s another gem from the annals of Craigslist: “Warning: Bagpipes Kill.”

I’ve seen the Dupont piper — he’s totally harmless as far as I can tell.