Saturday, May 23, 2009
Famous!
Miss Nine and the Superteen were having a rather heated debate. The Superteen has recently taken up learning piano at school and is super keen! He has decided that this is the instrument for him and like most teenagers, thinks he knows everything there is to know about them.
Miss Nine, as you may recall has been a violinist for a couple of years now and so was defending the superiority of the violin over the piano to her brother. The Superteen was not letting her get away with any talk that the violin is a better instrument to learn. He espoused the virtues of piano playing, the historical significance of piano music and his belief that piano is a harder instrument to play! But she just wouldn't see his side of the argument!
"Look," he challenged her in a combination of arrogance and frustration, "You think that the violin is so great....I bet you can't even name one famous violinist! I can name heaps of famous pianists....Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin.......I bet you can't name me one violinist!"
Without skipping a beat, she looked him in the eyes and calmly replied, "Yes I can......Andre Rieu"!!!!!
Obviously, the Superteen had no argument for that one....and the look on his face....priceless!