I've never had Montezuma's Revenge, but if it's anything like Mozart's Revenge, I want NO part of it. It seems the ghost of Wolfie tired of me mocking the fact that he had stores selling bags of his delicious chocolate balls.
Don't know what it was that we ate, but I can tell you I was several times mere *SECONDS* from, um, solo-ing my first Simphonie di Hosen Scheisse in C(rap) Major Fortissimo, IYKWIM.
But that got me thinking, what is this guy's *real* name? Turns out it's not pretentious at all, weighing in at fiveseparate names and sixteen syllables, "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart" 🙄
From Wikipedia: At its root, Amadeus comes from the third of his long line of middle names, Theophilus: a Greek name meaning 'lover of God' or 'loved by God'. In its German form, it translates as 'Gottlieb' while in Latin, it becomes 'Amadeus'.
My other favorite story about Mozart, although it may not be entirely true is when a prodigious student asked for his advice on how to compose a symphony. Mozart told him that he should start with some easier piano pieces, then string, then quartet, etc., before trying to tackle such a complex form. The student balked and said "But Herr Mozart, you were composing symphonies when you were 10!", to which Mozart replied "Yes, but I never had to ask anyone how to do it"
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