I revolted to happen upon the malheureux discovery that some mal renseigné albiet bien le sens indivisual cursed me with a recent recording of Johann Strauss' overture to "Die Fledermaus". This untalented conducter butchured a once great overture beyond recognition.
On the bright side This was a quite joyful Yuletide for me as I recieved a
Calabash pipe with a meerschaum bowl, a sweater vest, a velvet smoking jacket with a shawl collar and turn-up cuffs and toggle fastenings with a scarf and copy of "The Interpretation of Dreams"(3rd edition) by Sigmund Freud.