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| − | An oft-quoted allusion to a piece by the late [[Charles Burbee]]. He collected ragtime player piano rolls and reported, in his [[fanzine]], ''[[Burblings]]'' 1, having heard from his player-piano repairman about someone who collected player pianos. He owned 50. [[Burb]] quoted himself as replying, "Fifty player pianos...that's not too many." | + | An oft-quoted allusion to a piece by the late [[Charles Burbee]]. He collected ragtime player piano rolls and reported, in his [[fanzine]], ''[[Burblings]]'' 1 (1947), having heard from his player-piano repairman about someone who collected player pianos. He owned 50. [[Burb]] quoted himself as replying, "Fifty player pianos ... that's not too many." |
| − | After [[Terry Carr]] and [[Ron Ellik]] republished the piece in ''[[The Incompleat Burbee]]'', | + | After [[Terry Carr]] and [[Ron Ellik]] republished the piece in ''[[The Incompleat Burbee]]'', a 1958 anthology of [[Burbee]]'s writings ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fanthologies/Fantho28.pdf online here], p. 32), it crept into repeated [[fannish]] usage – and, for a while, it was difficult to mention any number larger than three without someone else popping up to say, “That's not too many.” |
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Latest revision as of 22:51, 12 October 2022
An oft-quoted allusion to a piece by the late Charles Burbee. He collected ragtime player piano rolls and reported, in his fanzine, Burblings 1 (1947), having heard from his player-piano repairman about someone who collected player pianos. He owned 50. Burb quoted himself as replying, "Fifty player pianos ... that's not too many."
After Terry Carr and Ron Ellik republished the piece in The Incompleat Burbee, a 1958 anthology of Burbee's writings (online here, p. 32), it crept into repeated fannish usage – and, for a while, it was difficult to mention any number larger than three without someone else popping up to say, “That's not too many.”
| Fanspeak | 1958— |
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