Funniest Line of the Year So Far

So this past weekend, Nicole and Justus and I went up to San Francisco to spend Christmas with her dad and step mom Shari. As an added treat, her brother Sean came up from LA (with his serious girlfriend, also aptly named Shari) and we all just hung out. It was really nice. Late Saturday night, the family was sitting around sipping hot cocoa. The tree was lit, the presents were wrapped, and Christmas music from a local radio station was gently playing in the background.

Then, a song came on that made me sit up like a dog who has heard a burglar. It was by the group "Manheim Steamroller." If you don't know who they are, then count yourself lucky. It is the worst music in the entire world. I'm not exaggerating. Primitive Tribal music, without any sense of tone or pitch, is better than this. If you've seen that episode of Friends where Ross plays his "music" in the coffee house, you're still listing to Mozart comparitively. If I were to not have found Christ, and wound up in hell, the only songs playing there would be the Michigan Fight Song and "It's a Small World", both played by Manheim Steamroller.

If you don't believe me, click here. Listen at your own risk.

My brother-in-law, whose keen musical tastes also allowed him to despise this group, then let loose with this line.

"Manheim Steamroller. They're like the musical equivalent of Scientology."

I laughed for 10 minutes straight.