As a child I was proficient in this instrument.

MT1968FMC · 4 months

Badawawawawwawawwaawawngggggggggggggggggggggggg

Gamer_ely · 4 months

Queue the gif of the hot girl sitting on the floor looking bored and flicking it, here

ardent91320 · 4 months

For my 4th birthday my cousins attached four of these to a 2x4. I think that's the maddest I've ever seen my parents.

BOBBmmmmmm · 4 months

I was expecting this

CaptnFalcon · 4 months

I played the comb more often. Flicking all those little plastic teeth was just too much fun!

JustAnOod · 4 months

My dog was a virtuoso.

xElmentx · 4 months

If you were to look at it sideways, it would kinda look like a golden statue with a marshmellow on top.

Se7en_Sinner · 4 months

Cat Alarm Clock

srd178 · 4 months

LET ME PLAY YOU THE SONG OF MY PEEPHOLE

AskDoctorBear · 4 months

...Skrillex? Is that you?

AstralTraveller · 4 months

I taught my aunt's cat how to play the doorstop. Now, years later and in a different house, she is still stirred from her sleep at odd hours of the night when the cat gets bored.

spekkorage · 4 months

I was and still am proficient with the skin flute.

Trapped_in_Reddit · 4 months

I excelled at a slightly different instrument. Let me play you the song of my people

bgag · 4 months

The first dubstep.

amontes92 · 4 months

so is my cat

wslawson1 · 4 months

expected a recorder. received so much more.

notanative · 4 months

As a child I pinched my finger in this instrument more than once.

Gigi_Alex · 4 months

Still give it a flick with my foot when I pass one. Never gets old.

thesomedude777 · 4 months

it never NEVER served its actual purpose in my house.

TheVaccinator · 4 months

We all became masters of the Toolstation once we hit puberty.

Reddit_or_did_I · 4 months

Was expecting a picture of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder

OneNationUnderCCTV · 4 months

Accompanied by a set of these and this bad boy.

dragpent · 4 months

(TOOLSTATION)

Codyoien91 · 4 months

Omg loved playing this like 6 in the morning while parents where sleeping!

mastahblastah · 4 months

Relevant

Gratefulphan88 · 4 months

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

cyberstormfox · 4 months

Well, if you have an iPhone, you can continue playing the instrument: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/door-stop/id423195743

tells_bad_jokes · 4 months

thdwnnnnngggggggg. thdwnnnnnnnnnggggg.

SergeantSausage · 4 months

My dogs tail could shred on this thing.

Contrapaul · 4 months

If my internet memory serves me right:

Tommy Lee recorded a doorstop sound and sent it to Joel Zimmerman- aka Deadmau5. Zimmerman then created this fantastic piece of sound based on the sound of doorstop.

NubileNun · 4 months

We called them "cosmo farts"

2Minutes5MinutesAgo · 4 months

Kinda relevant. 10/10 for adorableness.

BonTonVon · 4 months

Let me play you the song of my people

chickenfun1 · 4 months

are you skrilix?

tasteywheat · 4 months

As an adult I am proficient in this instrument...

senorchaos718 · 4 months

Can you play "Byyyyyyyyyyyooooooooooooooooooooooong in B minor" please?

goose2460 · 4 months

Accidentally brush by me with your foot? Let me play you the song of my people...

Diblums · 4 months

My boyfriend grew up calling these things "house penis." The name has kinda stuck for our group of friends.

MikeKM · 4 months

I bet my cat could give you a run for your money.

Agmisabeast · 4 months

My dog is a pro at that instrument.

Danny_Radical · 4 months

Still to this day i kick it as hard as i can and pretend i am riding a motorcycle around the house.

ehdv · 4 months

The origins of dubstep.

GeorgeThaGreek · 4 months

Flick me and I will play you the song of my people.

06405 · 4 months

As a kid, I loved playing with these. Now I can't get my kids to stop flicking them! Oh well.

ShamanSTK · 4 months

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xylella · 4 months

That's my cats' chew toy.

MORSAL · 4 months

I was put in percussion, specializing in the pot-pan drums and the pot-lid cymbals.

Awesome-O415 · 4 months

When I first saw this and clicked on it I thought I was going to see some kind of flute covered with skin

wulululululuu · 4 months

My cat was like Puccini on that thing.

jocarbart · 4 months

my wife still is.......

KingSexy · 4 months

Is that called like a doorstop? If it has any other name, I have no idea what it is lol.

Erica15782 · 4 months

I saw this on Facebook. It was one of those like if you played this as a kid things. Pleeeease don't let reddit go down that road!!

shortspecialbus · 4 months

When did my cat get a reddit account?

Stuarrt · 4 months

I still am.

thedrugagainstwars · 4 months

WHY WOULD THIS GET DOWNVOTED?

Goodspellr · 4 months

Some of us would run around the garage wobbling a saw.

DasSherminator · 4 months

Years later, still am.

Especially flicking it when I'm taking a shit.

darklightrabbi · 4 months

Reddit really loves doorstop humor doesn't it? There was the one with the cat, then the other one with the cat, then the one with the kid, than the other one with the cat, and now this.

[deleted] · 4 months

This man made a career out of it

XeonProductions · 4 months

It had the power to make parents go insane.

MrLister · 4 months

So relieved that wasn't a pic of a penis.

Of course the fact that I half expected one shows I spend too much time on reddit.

Confluences · 4 months

KICKS IT EWWWWWW YOU FARTED

MetaEnder · 4 months

My cat is proficient in this language. Expectantly in the middle of the night.

nonlinearmedia · 4 months

I had a go but could never get past the first couple of bars of stairway to heven

TheClayroo · 4 months

I had a cat that was a maestro with this thing. Biggest mistake ever was showing her that thing. 3am.....thwooooonnnnnngggggggggggggggg

PonchoGimli · 4 months

am i the only one that would take them out? if you twist them around enough they come out of the holder. i think i'd do that more often than i played it...

MassiveResponse · 4 months

I'm still proficient in it...

overweightchocobo · 4 months

When I was younger I use to hit those according to the amount of syllables in a word and pretend to have a conversation with it whenever I felt lonely...

I was lonely a lot.

catsconcert · 4 months

I too had a cat that would play it til the cows came home. Of course, there were no cows to come home, so the playing became a bit maddening after a while.

Swamptor · 4 months

Wow me too

I went to the bathroom like six times a day just to play the doorstop

hal9005 · 4 months

My ding a ling my ding a ling i want you to play with my ding a ling.

Thunderoz · 4 months

greatest instrument ever love those things still play with them

nmwh917 · 4 months

is that the skin flute?

l31f3r1k50n · 4 months

The word "kazu"can be found in the link. Made my day.

oysterpirate · 4 months

That doesn't look like a butt trumpet.

CHAMPANERIA · 4 months

music to my ears

puckpuckpuck · 4 months

Relavent (Tommy Lee and deadmau5 discover this instrument).

Hello_HI_Hey · 4 months

I still am

biesterd1 · 4 months

Stop trying to get Karma, Skrillex.

DollyPart-time · 4 months

I used to be proficient at playing my skin flute. I still am, but I used to too.

tdicola · 4 months

My cat can play that instrument too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lknRA1GJEvo

Twizinator · 4 months

obligatory "song of my people" comment.

purplegiraffes · 4 months

The people in the unit under us have a toddler that will sit there and mess with these for like 30 minutes at a time. I can hear it as if it were in my own apartment, it drives me insane.

planeteater · 4 months

relevant

Rawffle · 4 months

I was a bit scared to click on the link, looking at the thumbnail.

oneupdouchebag · 4 months

In our old house my thingymabopper was attached to a shared wall dividing my bedroom and my sister's. Whenever I would flick it, the vibrations would amplify the noise into her room. Being the annoying younger brother, I would spend hours sitting their flicking it, driving her crazy. She would run to my room and scream at me through my door, begging me to stop and threatening to kill me.

Now she's a strung out druggie living in my mom's garage. I won.

HynieSpanker · 4 months

the original skrillex

Djdp24 · 4 months

Anyone ever wrap a rubberband around your chair/desk in middle school? That shit was dope

stevie_stormborn · 4 months

My 11 month old has taken up the instrument. She seems to be the doorstop equivalent to Mozart.

Nirvalica · 4 months

Can you do a cover of the intro of this song?

ihavekneads · 4 months

Me too!

rastacola · 4 months

oh sweet jesus ..dat sound.

spankymuffin · 4 months

Is this like a monthly thread?

HolyShitItsKhasi · 4 months

I was hoping it was the obomaphone.

[deleted] · 4 months

As a child, I was proficient in the skin flute.

LaurPar · 4 months

Heh, my dog is pretty good at that instrument, too.

jimothyjenkins · 4 months

as was i good sir or madam.

quite.

livefastdiefun · 4 months

odd. most kids are proficient in the skin flute

Squeekme · 4 months

The intended design was actually for children to be mesmerised by them, so that if a door slammed the childs body would get in the way and prevent the door damaging the wall. However it turned out the object made a reasonably good doorstop itself.

Source: original patent.

TacticalNukePenguin · 4 months

Not funny, just nostalgic.

MightyCoast · 4 months

My dog uses this when he has to go outside. He taught himself to 'boing' on the doorstop to get our attention.

Brittsmac · 4 months

If you did it at 2AM, you and my cat have something in common

Salamandastron · 4 months

Shit, my band teacher would've hated me. I break those things all the time.

[deleted] · 4 months

Was expecting a nice pair of breasts.

marty_m · 4 months

Let me play you the song of my people?

bisconaut · 4 months

was expecting a graphic depiction of an armpit fart.

Ffdmatt · 4 months

Thought this was gonna be the recorder...

obidieboyeaux · 4 months

My dog used to be infatuated with these things for some reason, whenever I'd bwang 'em.

jbg89 · 4 months

..............Yeaaaahhhh I stopped as a child.....sure...

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