# Anti-SBC commercial--anyone else noticed the music playing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-sbc-commercial-anyone-else-noticed-the-music-playing/131199>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 7, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-sbc-commercial-anyone-else-noticed-the-music-playing/131199 "2002-10-07T14:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-sbc-commercial-anyone-else-noticed-the-music-playing/131199/1 "2002-10-07T14:34:00Z")

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is the overture to “The Thieving Magpie” by Rossini?! LOL!!! The ad is accusing SBC of trying to cheat/bilk their customers out of cashola … !

A clever use of a good piece of classical music, IMO. 🙂

(BTW, wasn’t sure if this should go here in CS or in MPSIMS–please move if necessary)

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-sbc-commercial-anyone-else-noticed-the-music-playing/131199/2 "2002-10-07T14:58:47Z")

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SBC? Must have missed this one.

Besides, whenever I hear “The Thieving Magpie” (_La gazza ladra_ mmmmm, Italian), I think of **A Clockwork Orange**.