A long time ago (but in this galaxy) my soon to be daughter-in-law asked if I would do the father-daughter dance with her at her wedding. Of course, I was honored to do so. She also wanted me to pick out the music for us to dance to. When I asked if she wanted serious or silly, she left it completely up to me, so I decided to use "Pachelbel's Canon," but then to splice it into "Gangnam Style" a minute or so in. The result was a hit with the crowd and brought everybody onto the dance floor for the rave up, then we ended with a quiet return to Pachelbel.
Fast forward a decade plus change.
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A new Goodwill had just opened beside my beloved Half- Price Books when my daughter and I stopped by to see what we could see. We went into the Goodwill first and as my daughter searched for dolls I looked around at the shelves. I spotted this:
From a distance, my aged eyes thought it was an alicorn (a winged unicorn), which my granddaughter recently told me was her favorite animal, so I went to investigate. When I got closer, I picked it up and saw that it was "just" a horse with wings, but I also saw that it was a music box, so of course, I twisted the thingy to see what song it would play.
It played "Pachelbel's Canon." I thought that instead of buying it for my granddaughter, I would buy it for my daughter-in-law, but as I looked at it more closely, I saw that there was a stain on the bottom of it. I tried to scratch off the brown spot with my fingernail and couldn't do it. So I put it back on the shelf and started to walk away. At that moment the store's background music started playing a new song: "Pachelbel's Canon." Assuming that no one would believe me, I caught a bit of it on video:
Of course I went back and bought it.
And when I got home I got to work. I tried a Magic Eraser. No effect on the stain. Soap, no effect. Alcohol, no effect. Hydrogen peroxide, stain gone.
I only have one question.
What the fuck?*
* My epitaph, by the way.
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