Another entry in the "Orchestra directors have quirky personalities" canon: My high school orchestra director, Mr. D., was displeased with the way two violinists had just played. Instead of asking them what went wrong or telling them they needed to practice more, however, he asked, "When did you guys have your lobotomies?" A cellist across the room protested, "You can't ask them that!"
Mr. D. didn't respond to her protest. Not surprisingly, the violinists didn't answer Mr. D.'s question, either.
