Well, here I thought you were all kind of kidding with that ol' Olympic joke, and I'm gettin' on the subway the other day with the bass and the cops are there to check bags and they say Hey, what you got in there?  Bass. (My Alembic is in a Peavey hard case).  Fender Precision?  Rickingbaker?  Olympic?  When he said Olympic I pretty much fell over laughing.  Yep, Olympic.  Stephen Clarke?  You got it buddy, see you later.

I have a good friend, really good guitar picker, who just cannot get Alembic out of his mouth. (and this is a reasonably intelligent fellow, or at least he should be because he has a good job with the federal government.). It's always Olympic' and now I just  look at him askew and let him go.

Ah yes... good old Stephen Clarke. Didn't he play with that fusion band Chink Corea & Return To Whatever? I loved their albums No Mastery and Erotic Terrier  
j/k
 
Mike

Mike, you are mistaken, Return to Whatever was a biker band.  Don't you remember Tight as a Leather?

Oh yea, Stephen played circles (5 to be exact) around other players on his Olympic.

David:
 
Having a good job with the federal gov't, IMHO, has no correlation with reasonable intelligence.  After all, George W. has a pretty good job with the feds and, well, you know ..........!
 
As for Stephen Clarke, didn't he write Carry, the story of a lonely outcast teen with psychic abilities, a bass, and no roadie?
 
Bill, tgo
 
P.S.  I know I'm bordering on the political, a border I try to stay away from around here, but, c'mon now, you can't hand me a straight line that good and expect me to control myself!

Hey Bill, I know, I know. ....believe me I know...One certainly does not logically lead to the other (good job/intelligence) but you would expect a reasonably sharp bloke to be able to pick up on a different word after 7 or 8 respectful corrections. Anyway, I did couch my remark with 'should'...;....believe me I know. I may bid on Bob's Series because a previous post said it was made of bleeding heart.....

I don't know David, I've been correcting people for years on the pronunciation of my name, Olie, pronounced Oh-lee, (rhymes with holy) and they still want to call me Ollie, pronounced ah-lee. Go figure!

I used to have a copy of Erotic Terrier.  He would make a mess of your pant leg if you weren't careful.
Rich

Rich,
Is an Erotic Terrier anything like a Carolina Leg Hound?

Bill you are confusing Stephen Clarke with Stanley King.  
 
Saint Stephen dada dah dah...

I think he did something called If this bass could only talk.
 
Wasn't that how we got the Billy Bass?
 
Yes, I realize it's a verbal joke.
 
Bradley
Take me to the riiiveerrr...

Toby, they are very similar except that they work in different areas.  The CLH mainly works above the knee.  The ET's primary work zone is close to your home, you know, down under.
Rich

As long as we're talking about pronunciation in the context of federal government positions, I saw a bumper sticker last summer that said:
 
I give up - it's nucular.

Ah the astounding synchronicity of it all . . . one of the mechanics at work has personal tags on his truck:  ON2BASS . . . right right between the bumper stickers for 'BASS Pro Shops' and 'BASS Anglers' Society Member' ! !
 
Now what I want to know is, how the hell do you angle a bass?  What angle?  Did I miss something back in my School Days?  I thought Stephen Clarke played with the New Crusty Nostrils.  
 
Whaddya mean, it's not n-u-c-u-l-a-r ?
 
J o e y