Beating Time<\/b><\/p>\n
British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham wasn\u2019t a great admirer of the music of his fellow Briton, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the rehearsal of a Williams symphony, Beecham seemed to be doing little more than listlessly beating time. In fact, he was still beating time after the orchestra had stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy aren\u2019t you playing?\u201d Beecham mildly asked the first violinist.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s finished, Sir Thomas,\u201d came the reply.<\/p>\n
Beecham looked down at his score. \u201cSo it is!\u201d<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, September 16, 1993<\/p>\n
Boring Sermon<\/b><\/p>\n
The Rev. Dr. Robert South, while preaching one day in 1689, looked up from his notes to observe that his entire congregation was fast asleep\u2014including the King! Appropriately mortified by this discovery, he interrupted his sermon to call out, \u201cLord Lauderdale, rouse yourself. You snore so loudly that you will wake the King.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Percentages of Boredom<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Percentage in a 1985 survey who said that, aside from earning a living, the reason they work is to keep from getting bored: 54.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Percentage in a 1989 survey who said they are sometimes or often bored at work: 41.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Percentage in a 1990 survey who said they are generally bored by what goes on in Washington: 48.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Percentage in a 1991 survey of 7th through 12th graders who said they are tired or bored at school: 70.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Percentage in a 1991 survey of teenagers who said they drink alcohol because they are bored: 25.<\/p>\n
U. S. News and World Report, June 24, 1991, p. 14<\/p>\n
Yawn<\/b><\/p>\n
To make a long story short, yawn.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Slow Movie<\/b><\/p>\n
Director Billy Wilder was asked how he liked a new film. \u201cTo give you an idea,\u201d he said, \u201cthe film started at eight o\u2019clock. I looked at my watch at midnight\u2014and it was only 8:15.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Bare Cupboard<\/b><\/p>\n
Drama critic Clive Barnes\u2019s one-word review of a play in London called \u201cthe Cupboard: \u201cBare.\u201d<\/p>\n
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