tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277951.post-69675902311026427092007-07-28T10:38:00.000+01:002007-07-28T10:51:15.975+01:00An affair with the tromboneThe <i>Daily Express</i> featured the trombone last week following <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/13956/Why-we-regret-never-playing-the-trombone">revelations </a> that not taking up an instrument is one of the nation's most oft-stated regrets. <br /><br />Apparently a full 16% of men and 11% of women "wished they'd learnt to express themselves through music", but of all the instruments to represent this expression, it is not clear why the Daily Express chose the print a large picture of a trombone.<br /><br />Or perhaps playing these slide instrument resonates with Freudian imagery of the first on their list of suggested regrets: "Whether it’s having an affair – or not having one"?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947223933075833456noreply@blogger.com