Thursday, October 16, 2008

Gloomy Composers

Scene: The kitchen. The local classical music station is having their fund raiser.

A (at the kitchen table): "What's the name of the composer who wrote 'The Firebird?'"

J (preparing eggplant parmesan for the microwave) : "I think you know that. Do you remember?"

A: "Stra -- Stravinsky?"

J (inordinately pleased): "That's right. Stravinsky wrote 'The Firebird.' And you know what, his first name is Igor. So his full name is Igor Stravinsky."

A: "Igor! Igor Stravinsky. It sounds like Eeyore."

J (imagining what compositions by Eeyore Stravinsky would sound like): "Yes. It does."

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