American man 'gets' irony
Jay Fullmer, 38, yesterday became the first American to get to grips with
the concept of irony.
"It was weird" Fullmer said. "I was in London and like, talking to this guy
and it was raining and he pulled a face and said, "Great weather eh?" and I
thought - "Wait a minute, no way is it great weather". Fullmer then
realised that the other man's 'mistake' was in fact deliberate.
Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3,
plans to use irony himself in future. "I'm, like, using it all the time" he
said. "Last weekend I was grilling steaks and I burned them and I said
'Hey, great weather'.! "

posted bytóta 7:27 AM

posted bytóta 10:30 AM

Definitions:
* string quartet: a good violinist, a bad violinist, an ex-violinist, and someone who hates violinists, all getting together to complain about composers.
* glissando: a technique adopted by string players for difficult runs.
* subito piano: indicates an opportunity for some obscure orchestra player to become a soloist.
* risoluto: indicates to orchestras that they are to stubbornly maintain the correct tempo no matter what the conductor tries to do.
* senza sordino: a term used to remind the player that he forgot to put his mute on a few measures back.
* preparatory beat: a threat made to singers, i.e., sing, or else....
* crescendo: a reminder to the performer that he has been playing too loudly.
* conductor: a musician who is adept at following many people at the same time.
* half step: the pace used by a cellist when carrying his instrument.
* cadence: when everybody hopes you're going to stop, but you don't.
* music: a complex organizations of sounds that is set down by the composer, incorrectly interpreted by the conductor, who is ignored by the musicians, the result of which is ignored by the audience.
* oboe: an ill wind that nobody blows good.
* major scale: what you say after chasing wild game up a mountain: "Damn! That was a major scale!"
* audition: the act of putting oneself under extreme duress to satisfy the sadistic intentions of someone who has already made up his mind.
* accidentals: wrong notes.
* agnus dei: a famous female church composer.
* metronome: a city-dwelling dwarf.

posted bytóta 4:13 AM