Weird

A strange story from The Post's sister paper (tee-hee) today: The piano John Lennon used to compose "Imagine" is making a quiet tour of various American scenes of tragedy. It's been to Virginia Tech, New Orleans, and Waco, among other places. Columbine High School and Ford's Theater have turned it down.

I agree with one New Orleans woman's initial assessment: "creepy."

It's probably obvious, but there's little love lost between me and this song. Honestly, I can't think of any song that would be less comforting to me in a time of tragedy.

On the other hand, I think its send-up in Forrest Gump is absolutely hilarious. In the scene, Forrest is on the Jonny Carson show talking about his Chinese table tennis exploits, alongside guess-who:

Gump: In Communist China, they don't really have a lot of things.

John Lennon: No posessions?

Gump: And nobody goes to church there either.

Lennon: No religion, too?

Carson: Hard to imagine, isn't it?

Lennon: Oh, it's easy if you try.

A brilliant parody: cute, friendly, and absolutely brutal.