December 4, 2016
I went to a Christmas concert at a local university, and
encountered the Compulsive Clappers.
You know how you’re supposed to clap when the conductor
arrives, bows, leaves, come back; soloists play, stand, sit…Well, there are
people who clap at everything, even on the rare occasions when you don’t
actually need to. I’m pretty sure they would clap if somebody onstage sneezed and the conductor said, “Bless you.”
Well, in the middle of the concert we saw a video explaining why it
would be so good for the choir to perform at Carnegie Hall; and why it would
warm the cockles of our hearts to contribute to this venture.
At the close of the video, the Compulsive Clappers started
to applaud; and I’m like, “Y’all know you’re clapping for the sales pitch, right?”
Even the people who automatically start clapping when the
Compulsive Clappers do were thunderously silent for that one.
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