Baton Master Gifts

'I'll be conducting Mahler 3 as the guests arrive.'

'Boy, the fish are really biting today, aren't they, Fred?'

Local Knowledge

'I cleaned over thirty fish today.' - 'That takes guts.'

Fishing sign.

Man fishing with large bait

Fish swimming by fishermen's feet - 'This looks like a safe place.'

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

Loud mouth bass.

"Oh, oh, it seems they've had a little trouble with the hand-off in lane number three."

'Wow, how did you catch something smaller than the bait you were using?'

Slug Bait- snails love it

He is happy to take almost any kind of fish...

'I hope this is catch and release!'

'Come on, come on! Bite! Oh, man... He's looking right at it!!'

Fish don't like worms.

"Only caught one, eh."

"He's sulking because I always beat him at Clue ... "

"Your painting is both original and good. Sadly, the good bits are not original and the original bits are not good."

'Just remember lads, when the drummer misses a beat we all miss a beat.'

'You've played enough. Why don't you reel him in now?'

Fish Feeding Frenzy

"Look, there's even more buttons and stuff up there."

Leonard Bernstein

'Are you the proud parents of our (drumming contest) winner?'

Conducting the Orchestra on the TV

Worm Ate The Fish.

'We've simplified the control to 2 buttons - snooze and panic.'

'Doreen's been all over me to paint the house...'

"You were right, Ed, I should have stopped when you said to....now I don't have enough money to pay for this drink!"

I heard you're going to Mars to star on some reality show. Yep. Mars One. We launch ten years from now. Ten years? You don't have the attention span to wait ten minutes. In ten years, you'll have forgotten all about this. And when that day comes, I will mock and berate you mercilessly. You'll be dead in ten years. Ridiculing you gives me a reason to go on! Being around you gives me a reason to go to Mars.

'I play it to kill time.'

Yehudi Menuhin.

The Conductor

'Oh, the old 'worm on a hook' trick, eh?'