what is the secret behind the name of drum sticks?
A drum is a musical instrument made up of a hollow barrel covered with a tight membrane. You hit the membrane with a stick and get a boom. Interestingly the human ear has a mechanism of the sort that picks up soundwave which in this case act as tiny sticks to beat on the uber sensitive membrane that is inlaid in the ear. So when the big drum goes boom the little drum in your ear picks up the boom.
But a drum is also the cylindrical builing blocks of a column particularly in antiquity. When they fall, trust me they create a huge boom too.
But the most interesting of all drums are freshwater fish of the Sciaenidae family that make a drumming noise... not that I knew you could hear underwater... but all the same... there are reports that the drumming however is just a throbbing... and we can imagine what else would make a fish throb so bad... and did you know that this particular group of drumming or throbbing fish has one particular fish called the weakfish... cuz lets admit it its damn weak... and this fish happens to be the state fish of Delaware, a fitting representation no?
but I detract...
another interesting form and actually if done well a tasty form of drums are the drumsticks... but my question is why just chicken? and what makes them drumsticks and not chicken sticks?
can we have potatoes on a stick and call them drumsticks? can we have a potatoe the shape of a stick and call it a drum stick? what is the essence of a drum stick? why are they so famous? are they like paris hilton? famous for being famous? are they famous because of the infamous KFC scandal that wiped out half the potatoes on the known side of Harlem? And was the birdflu a creation of the evil potatoes that wanted to avenge their historic loss that has ever since left them decapitated as side dishes?
To many questions, too few answers... but the investigation on the drumsticks continue...