
is a familiar quotation from Friedrich Schiller‘s drama Wilhelm Tell about the foundation of the Swiss


I would just like to say That it is my conviction That longer hair and other flamboyant affectations Of appearance are nothing more Than the male's emergence From his drab camouflage Into the gaudy plumage Which is the birthright of his sex There is a peculiar notion that elegant plumage And fine feathers are not proper for the man When aaa......ctually That is the way things are In most Species!
My Conviction, from the Musical HAIR!
In the 18th century, the Bavarian regent Karl Theodor ordered a placard to be mounted on this promenade in Munich asking strollers not to annoy by permanently greeting each other. I wonder what he would have thought about our newly developed meeting and greeting rituals … Continue reading Meeting Etiquette