On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> today is Richie Wagner's birthday! > > "Now, now. Be fair. Der Ring Des Nibelungens is only about 16 hours long and has a Joke. Admittedly, it's not a great Joke. Not one of the great belly laughs of German romantic grand opera, but a Joke nonetheless. It occurs in opera number 3 (about an hour into it). It consists of a big beefy chap called Siegfried frightening the life out of Mime, a pitiful misshapen old dwarf, by setting a wild bear onto him. That Wagner, what a lad. Life and soul of the party. (Yes, yes, we all know what party that was.)" ---- Alan Bird _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
