Tuesday, July 31, 2007

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.

9 Comments:

Blogger kinglear said...

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.

10:36 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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.

12:12 pm  
Blogger Whispering Walls said...

Sadly I don't think my singing voice would cheer my colleagues.
Yes, KL, where are DC's sweeping gestures?

1:29 pm  
Blogger kinglear said...

WW, he'll learn - he'll have to

1:42 pm  
Blogger Eurodog said...

Do you miss your Italian collegue because he suffered the same demise as Antonioni and Bergman? Or did he return to Italy?

5:14 pm  
Blogger lady macleod said...

brilliant title. great post. such a picture you have put in my head!

5:18 pm  
Blogger Whispering Walls said...

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.

8:39 am  
Blogger Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Just as well, I should think!

9:35 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm.. yes, a pain when one cannot blog and actually has to do some work at the office...

6:48 pm  

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