(...) Playing guitar on the beach with friends who have bongos (...)

No beach here.
not excuse for lack of bongos

ok, everybody choose sides, if all fails it is me against the world again...

ralph, come on. back me up! bongos are the weirdest category of "hardware"...
kane, hello? you cannot pitch them down...
hello? anyone, anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPVyieptwA