So, this morning, I was listening to the classical radio station on the drive to work, and the DJ informed me of something rather interesting that I had never heard before. He said that some group of people somewhere took a poll of what song was playing on the radio when they got into a car crash, and you know what it was? "The Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner.
Now, I think this piece of music is great fun, but I'm just trying to wrap my mind around the concept. People aren't getting into crashes while listening to hip-hop, apparently, or rock, or even country. But I tell you what: all you need to do is crank up some opera and it's danger everywhere, folks!
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O, the possible responses to this one, rather like Cyrano's list of nasal insults...
The Classical Snob: Everyone knows it takes more concentration to listen to classical music, so it's much more distracting than that other mindless drivel.
The Perfect Anti-Wagnerite (apologies to GBS): The sound of cars crashing is a perfect counterpoint to that anti-Semite's self-important noisemongering. If everyone listened to Mozart, there would be no car crashes.
The Oblivious: I don't think the radio was really on, but maybe it was, but then I went to a concert and they played that and it sounded *just* like when my car crashed, so the radio must have been on, right?
The Oblivious, II: Ride of the -- humm, that's that thing they're always playing that sounds like a cartoon, isn't it? Or wait a minute, is it the one they play when the stars are going around in a circle above somebody's head?
The Statistician: Obviously they only polled people who have The Opera Channel (tm) on the satellite radios in their SUVs. And since we all know that everyone who owns an SUV is a terrible driver, the results were predictable.
The Boor: Personally, I think Lady Godiva would be lots more distracting than the Valkyries. I mean, have you seen the average Brunnhilde?
The Music Critic: That had to be the Lower North Leichtenstein Phil recording under Heilige Dankgesang in '74. Can't blame 'em: makes me want to ram my car into something every time I remember it.
These are HILARIOUS!!! I think my favorite is the Statistician. Excellent!
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