T-Rex: Beethoven wrote some pretty okay symphonies, but then he started going deaf! And so rather than talking to people he couldn't hear, he'd have written conversations with them instead.
T-Rex: We've still got these conversation books today!
T-Rex: It's amazing, Dromiceiomimus! We have records of ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS this dude had, before we'd gotten around to inventing recorded sound. What did Beethoven think about panini sandwiches? I know, you guys! LET'S CHECK THE CONVERSATION BOOKS.
Dromiceiomimus: He talked about paninis?
T-Rex: I haven't read the books but, you know - PROBABLY.
Utahraptor: Actually, the books were altered after he died!
T-Rex: What?
Utahraptor: Yeah, an early biographer wanted to make sure history portrayed Beethoven "properly", so he destroyed about half of them and altered the others.
T-Rex: Wow. That sucks for history, but it's kinda awesome for Beethoven. I can only hope that if I die, SOMEONE classes up my diaries too!
T-Rex: That was a hint, Utahraptor. I'm kinda relying on you for posterity here! I'm kinda relying on you to substitute "today I polished furniture by flexing my abs back and forth" for "today I dropped a barf".
T-Rex: ...'Cause I'm not going to stop barfing is the thing
