A quick anecdote:
Tonight there was a chamber concert that we were all encouraged to attend. After being locked outside of the building for an hour while the important people socialized and ate... we were allowed inside but more importantly, into the concert. One of the main people from this trip stood up to introduce the piece he was about to play and this is what came out:
"After hearing this piece by Schumann, if you want to lean back and imagine a fairy garden, that's okay. If you want to walk through one during break, you can. Here in America we have a saying and it goes like this, COCK-A-DOODLE-DO."
Besides not being aware of the presence of a fairy garden anywhere in Eutin... or in the world for that matter, and having the piece not related to fairies OR roosters in any way shape or form, mistaking an animal noise as an American saying and thinking we were at that moment, in America... it was a succinct and eloquent opening to the piece.
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There's the Erin stories I have been missing!!
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