Mozart and Mussolini
What a difference a day makes: blue sky, blue screen, no short positions; all is sweetness and light. I'm missing my old Italian colleague who had a very good voice and would sing jolly snippets of Mozart when he was happy. When he was frustrated he would open wide our office windows and shout the words of Mussolini down to the pavements of Knightsbridge, unbeknown to passers-by as his words were drowned by the traffic.
posted by Whispering Walls at 9:00 am
9 Comments:
Of course, Mussolini was one of the greatest orators in history. If you look at great oprators ( Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, Lloyd George etc etc)their right arm movements are critical.
Poor orators use a short movement from the elbow - great orators use the whole arm, generally in a sweeping motion. CF the difference between Blair and Brown - the former sweeping gestures, the latter short choppy hand jerks.
I wish I worked in an office where people sang... Even the opportunity to have real music on in the background would be nice. Start singing yourself and keeping your colleague's legacy alive!
Have a good day.
Sadly I don't think my singing voice would cheer my colleagues.
Yes, KL, where are DC's sweeping gestures?
WW, he'll learn - he'll have to
Do you miss your Italian collegue because he suffered the same demise as Antonioni and Bergman? Or did he return to Italy?
brilliant title. great post. such a picture you have put in my head!
ED - he was stolen from us by Goldman Sachs
LM - good to see you. I've been enjoying your blog even though I haven't left any comments recently. Have been so busy here with volatile markets that I've had very little time to write on this blog or on any others. It should quieten down next week.
Just as well, I should think!
Hmmm.. yes, a pain when one cannot blog and actually has to do some work at the office...
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