$500K Violin Lost and Found in Cab

Funny, all I get when I step into a cab are the "Bombay bagpipes".

fun fact: anecdotal evidence about a few people = license to generalize about several BILLION

It used to be the the discipline in the Russian-Jewish homes that created the great musicians.

these guys aren't really geniuses. They are more like idiot savants. They are really good at one thing but quite lacking in all other areas. I do think that there is a glut of asian child musical prodigies who aren't going anywhere. They need some severe emotional trauma like Mozart and Beethoven. I think they need beatings. Mozart and Beethoven had traumatic childhoods and you could really feel the pain and suffering reflect in every chord of their music. All I hear from these asian kids music is "My fast track parents put me through nurturing music school and liberal arts programs and Now they've lent me a $500,000 violin". I'm telling you man, beatings.

I think they need beatings.

Most Asian parents have no problems smacking their kids. From poor to rich.

Mozart and Beethoven had traumatic childhoods

Beethoven yes. Mozart? No, he lived a charmed childhood. I would say there is essentially no deep agony in his music except in his masses and the Requiem.

these guys aren't really geniuses. They are more like idiot savants

Woah, forget your wallet, lose your keys, and bam! you get demoted from genius to idiot savant. Good one. Einstein frequently couldn't find his way back home. By your reasoning then I guess he was an idiot savant and not a genius.

Yeah the parents of the guys who deliver my food do but not the musical prodigy parents. those kids proably just get "do you feel uncomfortable? How about we play in G instead"

LMAO.

No, those parents are the nuttiest. Play 'til you bleed.

Cut off their ears!!!

If you think Asians don't beat their children, it's pretty clear that you don't have any Asian friends.

^Sadly very true

Is this a new version of 'Jewish Lightning'?

They should have it that all concert musicians with extremely valuable instruments on loan to them have the locked cases handcuffed to their wrists at all times when they are outside of their homes or places of performance.

A handcuff-case is an invitation for demanuation.

for ease of use, you can just gloss over what ides writes and assume it's either a) racist b) violently asserting the death of somebody or c) both

Just stating observable facts. Too bad if that conflicts with your politically correct fantasy world. Enjoy your state of denial.

Black people are animals and Asian people are bumbling effete idiots? I guess you get your facts from a eugenics textbooks from 1930. Enjoy being a troll though

Those are your words, not mine. You're projecting.

Yet another reason to always get a receipt from the driver.

Very true. But, the absent-minded types will, of course, misplace that, too.

Wasn't this the plot of D.C. Cab?

Life imitates art yet again.

I'm glad that someone has finally recognized D.C. Cab as a piece of art.

HA!!!

Last week this genius fell asleep on the subway while in the possession of a $60k violin bow and wouldn't you know it when he woke up it was magically gone. Dude, if I was carrying anywhere near something that valuable I wouldn't be able to sleep at all. I'm sure he's not getting any sleep now.

I tend to feel like anything "extra" you're carrying is liable to be easily lost. If you automatically check for something instinctively, like a purse for a woman or a wallet for a guy, you won't lose that thing.

My fiance automatically checks his pocket when he gets up, and he's never lost his phone, keys or wallet. His briefcase on the other hand ... well he stopped carrying one because they were getting expensive to replace all the time.

You ppl act like u've never accidentally left something somewhere before.

One thing I've always wondered is "how many fuckin' violins did Stradivarius make?" With the amount left in cabs, I would think supply and demand would make Stradivarius violins cost much less than they actually are.

I'll tell you one thing. I've never lost anything near $500k. I'll be too petrified to let in out of my sight or hands.

It helps that you've never owned anything worth $500k.

Really? I wouldn't even let a $2000 laptop out of my sight, and I've had a few of those. With a half-million dollar item, I wouldn't let go of it at all.

BTW, just so you know, this wasn't a Strad. His are considered the best of the best, but he wasn't the only master violin maker.

Yeah a lot of prodigies and overachievers may be talented but they don't have any street smarts.

It's funny because it's bigger than a regular hat.

It seems every 18 months or so there is another story about some absent-minded, usually Asian, classical music geek forgetting the tool of their trade in a taxi. They might be a wiz with Mozart but not too bright in practical matters. I wonder who ties their shoelaces for them.

This is like the third "priceless instrument left in taxi story" I've heard. What the fuck? It must be one of those professions where a great deal of common sense must be sacrificed in order to excel.