83,489
edits
Warteschleifenmusikopfer: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
One, with an abnormal fear of ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' who has dialed into a [[conference call]] so early — before the moderator — as to have to listen to the [[hold music]]. One with a profound sense of ''[[früheankunftfreude]]''. | One, with an abnormal fear of ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' who has dialed into a [[conference call]] so early — before the moderator — as to have to listen to the [[hold music]]. One with a profound sense of ''[[früheankunftfreude]]''. | ||
===In popular culture=== | ===In popular culture=== | ||
''Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer'', (Opus 27, No. 2) was a light-hearted opera by Brecht concerning the | ''Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer'', (Opus 27, No. 2) was a light-hearted opera by Brecht concerning the attempts of ''Iolanthio'', a young [[Mediocre lawyer|paralegal]] at a Belgian investment manager, to dial into weekly all-hands [[conference call]] from a mobile phone, while on holiday by the Caspian Sea. It was not popular when it premiered, is rarely performed in German nowadays but has been adapted, in English, for pantomime. | ||
{{seealso}} | {{seealso}} | ||