This is all rather surreal, but I'm enjoying it. My father came out of a Prom concert a while back and realised that Boris was walking in front of him singing Beethoven's 9th, in German of course. My dad spoke to him in German and I think he responded. He is an educated man, even if he tries not to show it at times.
Haha, thanks for that comment! Alle Menschen werden Brüder! I am shamelessly using the poor man as a tragic supporting character. Maybe not that bad compared to the other roles he get in cartoon satire... but still. I got the idea when I read his Wikipedia page. And yes it might just get even more surreal - we'll see (myself included.)