A Guardian correction: "A comment piece about achievement and frailty in the lives of artistic greats mentioned Wagner's reminder to his favourite Vienna chambermaid to wear purple knickers next time they met. A Wagner expert points out that the pants in question were pink."
Friday, August 21, 2009
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And, technically, she wasn't a chambermaid but a "auschlussgefelchisteinfraulein."
It's an important distinction. Pink panties go so much better with brown shirts.
A German Dramatic Composer
Hired a maid and regretted he chose her.
But he promised his peen
(As they wrote Lohengrin):
"Wenn die Knickers are pink, ve vill hose her."