It's a freaking harmonica

So I was at work today, and one of my coworkers was talking about his uncle (or somebody, I wasn't really paying attention). "He plays lots of instruments; guitar, drums, mouth organ..."

So what the hell is a mouth organ, I wondered. Not wishing to appear a fool before my colleague, I didn't ask.

On to Wikipedia, which places the term as a colloquialism for "harmonica," but it's not the only one.

"The harmonica has many names, especially in blues music. Commonly used names include: mouth-organ, blow-tube, Indiana Mating Call, mouth harp, Hobo Harp, French harp, Reckless Tram, harpoon, tin sandwich, blues harp, Mississippi saxophone, The Cincinnati Cheerwine, The Aussie Bluey, The Boston Blow Box, Texan French horn, The San Antonio Bagpipe or simply harp."

I especially like "tin sandwich" and "Boston Blow Box," but I suspect these names were stolen from B-grade porn. What would happen if I did a Google image search?

Note: These results are 100%, honest-to-God true. Check them yourself.

Boston Blow Box yielded this picture:

Let's try Hobo Harp:

What of Blow-tube?

As fun as this is, I can't help but feel like I could invent even better names. How about "Hobo Screamer," "Reed-pile," "Alabama Anus-Curler," or "Shittoon?" Let's try an image search for "Shittooon."

AK