Xkcd "Infrastructures" It's the world tiniest open-source violin… That relationship between the violin and melancholy is apparent in a new set of stamps issued by the Israel Philatelic Service. The specific phrase "world's smallest violin" may come from Resevoir Dogs but its a minor variant on an old sarcastic response. It implies that the person speaking of their misfortune expects someone to come in playing the saddest song in the world on the worlds smallest violin to correspond with the apparent tradgedy of the situation. Posted by ESC on January 02, 2006. : I'm far from certain it's the original source, but the earliest use of the "world's smallest violin" phrase I am aware of is in an episode from the sixth season of the American sitcom "M*A*S*H." “The most money ever spent in the history of the state on a Senate race in this state was by me in 2014 when I spent $13 million.” It wasn’t immediately clear what figure Graham was referring to, given that Harrison has raised just over $28 million as of the last Federal Election Commission filings in June, compared to Graham’s $29 million. Referenced in Adventure Quest Worlds in the description of the Bone Violin. An actual weapon in Kingdom of Loathing (and a fairly good one at that), although the item description references the related symbolism. World’s Smallest Crocodile Dentist. World's Smallest Perplexus Twist. VIEW. VIEW. World's Smallest Rock'em Sock'em Robots. 2007, Joseph P. Natoli, This is a picture and not the world: movies and a post-9/11 America, page 109: The world's smallest violin playing hearts and flowers for every sweetheart of the Midwest who didn't make it in Hollywood. In Reply to: Playing the world's smallest violin posted by Jimbo on January 02, 2006: I think there is a phrase that has something to do with "playing the world's smallest violin." A sarcastic saying used when a person tells another person of something mildly unfortunate that has happened to them, sometimes exaggerated in order to gain sympathy. A notional violin that plays tragic music for the afflicted; used in dismissive responses to complaints of woe. The world's smallest violin @RandalRauser I am so angered by Trump supporters who simply cannot be bothered to look at the credible accounts of his 25 accusers. World’s Smallest 40 th Anniversary Metallic Rubik’s Cube. In The World Ends With You, Joshua plays the World's Smallest Violin for Neku after Neku shares the story of how Shiki Misaki is now his entry fee. The earliest evidence for their existence is in paintings by Gaudenzio Ferrari from the 1530s, though Ferrari's instruments had only three strings. The violin, viola, and cello were first made in the early 16th century, in Italy. 03-11-2006, 02:34 PM. The Academie musicale, a treatise written in 1556 by Philibert Jambe de Fer, gives a clear description of the violin family much as we know it today. 03-11-2006, 02:17 PM. World’s Smallest Perplexus Twist. Ignorance has been fought. Scissorjack. "If you have something targeted, it displays "You begin to play the world's smallest violin for [target]." Fish Cheer. Thank you very much, all of you. The gesture, intended to suggest the playing of the smallest violin in the world, is meant to show only the tiniest degree of sympathy. World's Smallest UNO. Web Comics . 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