A former classmate who ended up as a nuclear physicist once told me the real big money in science lies in developing weapons that can devastate and kill like never before.

Likewise I heard this morning that Heavy Metal music was being blared at Falluja at warp volume and no doubt the Heavy Metallers and Rappers are raking in big bucks in royalties from the military.

Music has of course been long used in warfare. Joshua's brass section brought down Jericho and bagpipes have probably won the Scots many victories.

So why shouldn't the rest of us cash in on this windfall? I took up the bow a few months ago and now play a mean (some would say, lethal) fiddle which has people and livestock scattering even unamplified.

Would any other Mudcat guests with similar talents be interested in putting together a CD of "Music that kills" which we could sell to the US military for a vast sum and donate all proceeds to Mudcat?

A small gesture of appreciation for our time spent here.