NPR music humor

[lauradi7dw]

Arthur fondly notes the times that NPR follows up a story with sly thematic music choices, without mentioning them by name. Today they reported the discovery that figs were deliberately cultivated in ancient Jericho:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5446137

I was a bit puzzled by the followup music, wondering what Mozart has to do with archeology, but then it sunk it that it was the overture to "The Marriage of Figaro."

Comments

ancient

[annag.livejournal.com]

11,400 years is a long time! That's about 10 times as old as Dr. Who (according to Wikipedia).