"Don't You wish you played the Flute?"

          

Every harpist has heard this 'joke' at some point in their career and every harpist I know hates it!  No we don't wish we played the flute.  If we did we would have played the flute!  We know the harp isn't the smallest instrument on the planet, and yet we play it anyway.  Surprise!!!  We enjoy playing the HARP!  Once I even got this joke from some old dude driving by as I was lifting the harp into my car. EXCUSE ME!!!  Obviously this isn't the easiest thing to do in the world.  Thanks for interrupting!

I really don't know where this joke originated, but everyone seems to think that 1) it's funny, 2) we've never heard it before and 3) they made the joke up themselves! 

I really want to get a good "come-back" for this that doesn't make me seem rude.  I get that people are trying to be nice and probably can't think of anything else to say, but I am really sick of smiling and laughing and I think my "fake laugh" is getting worse every day.

I've tried every thing from, "no" and "that would make it easier" to "he he he, haven't hear that one before" and "but the harp is so much prettier".  What I really want to say is.... if you really think my harp is so cumbersome that I am not able to enjoy moving it myself why don't you offer to help!  (Not that I need help.  when I turned 16 my Dad signed me up for weight lifting classes and washed his hands of the "Official harp mover" job.  I used to accept help from attractive young men when I was single, but now that I am married I usually just try to get people to leave me alone and let me move my harp) 

What are your favorite comebacks?  leave a comment with your thoughts.