Tedious histrionics
Sherlock Holmes once described opera as "tedious histrionics". A better description, there is none. Such notable figures as Mark Twain, George Custer and John Cena have expressed similar sediments from various and sundry orifi.
Invented by desperate unemployed Transylvanian Roma clans, the illness that is called opera was spread quickly, like a virulent plague, through out Europe and the Caucasus.
After the hullabaloo had died down, Franklin made a mint sauce to go with the lamb. As it turned out, it was a lamb chili. The judges were American football players. The loser was eaten by Enormous Fanged Hams.
Gorgons were born fully formed out of the rocks by the sea, the waves crash crashing abut and aboot. Soliloquies were read, condoms distributed and a good time was had by most. Junk scientists from Andover stopped by for hot toddies before catheterizing themselves furiously and with great vigor.