Digital Overtone

C: Bush is on the radio talking about the Trumpet of Freedom. How does he know it’s a trumpet? Why can’t it be a bassinet? I mean…
K: You mean a basset horn?
C: A bassoon! Why can’t it be a bassoon of freedom? A bassinet, of course, is a small basket that holds babies.
K: Or a flugelhorn. The Flugelhorn of…

C: (interrupts) What was it? Freedom or Justice or something?
K: Freedom.
C: Oh. All I remembered was that it was some abstract concept represented by a musical instrument of the brass persuasion.
K: The Flugelhorn of Freedom!

Posted by Kyle / doublespeak