Viennese Eeps!

[swestrup]

I was just watching a show on classical music and one section talked about the Waltz. They had someone from Vienna explaining all about it:

When one thinks about Vienna and the Viennese, what first comes to mind are their balls. Many folks around the world know that the people of Vienna have the largest, most luxurious and the most extravagant balls of all. Indeed, balls are extremely important to us as a people, as they allow us to show off our wealth, power, influence and style. Balls are not the sole perogative of the idle rich in Vienna. Oh no, all the people of Vienna have balls, although they are not all as big and as elaborate as those of Royalty. Some, in fact, have very small and modest balls. Take the taxi drivers for instance. They have only one ball and it is quite small. This is also true of the bricklayers. The tailors however, have surprisingly large balls that are often the talk of the town.


It continued for some time in this vein, but by then I was too boggled to pay attention.

Comments

[azrhey.livejournal.com]

you know, either I know too much about austrian culture or I am not as twisted and deviant as everyone beleives.

Maybe I know too much about austrian culture, cuz, I wasn't boggled one little bit at that....

[ellenk.livejournal.com]

Are their balls always bouncing to the left and to the right? Do they believe that their big balls should be held every night? DO they serve crabs?

[swestrup]

I considered doing some investigation into these questions, but then it occurred to me that I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!