Klarinet Archive - Posting 000954.txt from 2001/10

From: "Jim Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Yes We Have No Bananas vs. Beethoven 9
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:24:47 -0500

Dan,

I won't join the Beethoven Society, but after reading your hilarious
article, I may have to send you some sort of curse. While walking down the
hall to my office, I found myself whistling (I think) the last two phrases
of "Yes, We Have No Bananas." It's now stuck in my head. A terrible fate!
<g>

Jim

>From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>

>The central question to be addressed is, "Which is the better work:
>Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or `Yes, We Have No Bananas'?".
<snip>
>Meanwhile, the Beethoven Ninth guru has stopped posting and
>my house now appears to be under surveillance. Guys
>built like cigarette machines are sitting in cars looking at my front
>porch or following me wherever I go. The Beethoven Society of
>America has put out a contract on me.

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