No rhyme or reason...

This is damn funny la, a German fees agency charged Mr Friedrich Schiller, the celebrated (and dead for 200+ years) poet over 40,000 euros for his TV and radio license fees. The bill was sent to a primary school which bears his name. How the hell did they manage to get his name, and who was the smart aleck that decided that his address must be that primary school? See the problem of being an illiterate philistine?

Incidentally, he's the guy who wrote 'Ode to Joy', which Beethoven then set to music and include it into that glorious 9th symphony's last movement. Sing along next time you hear the music!

An Die Freude	To Joy
1 Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,	1 Joy, beautiful spark of Gods,
2 Tochter aus Elysium,	2 Daughter of Elysium,
3 Wir betreten feuertrunken,	3 We enter, fire-imbibed,
4 Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.	4 Heavenly, thy sanctuary.
5 Deine Zauber binden wieder	5 Thy magic powers re-unite
6 Was der Mode Schwert geteilt	6 What custom's sword has divided
7 Bettler werden Fuerstenbrueder	7 Beggars become Princes' brothers
8 Wo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt.	8 Where thy gentle wing abides.

Lyrics taken from http://raptusassociation.org/ode1785.html