A sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – What’s that noise outside…? It’s unbearable… It’s even scaring the pigeons away…
Two – They’re doves…
One – It sounds like… military music.
Two – Ah yes, maybe…
One – Yes, that’s it… military music.
Two – Yes, a brass band…
One – Military music… It’s unbelievable…
Two – What is?
One – Music and military… it sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it?
Two – A what?
One – Two words that don’t really go together. Not like Michelle and Ma Belle, you know.
Two – Michelle and Ma Belle…?
One – The Beatles song!
Two – Ah, yes…
One – Music is more of a pacifist thing, isn’t it?
Two – That’s true…
One – They say music soothes the savage beast.
Two – Yes…
One – So music shouldn’t go with war, should it?
Two – No.
One – Still, it’s true that military music… makes you instantly want to kill someone.
Two – Starting with the bloke who composed that masterpiece…
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Of Animals and Men
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