Zombies and Mozart

Thanks to the keen eye of Christschurch's police in New Zealand, now we know that some zombies and Mozart don't mix. The city has reduced crime by 95% (from 77 incidents in 2009 to 2 incidents in 2010) thanks to an innovative solution: by using Mozart's music through loud speakers in the commercial areas.

This makes sense, accordingly to musicologist Lily E. Hirsch, who has documented that classical tunes signal to undesirable zombies (not me) that they don't belong in a given environment. They have applied the same solution at British Columbia's 7-eleven stores back in the 70's with great success, so this seems to work just fine.

I will conduct my own experiment: I will play classical music when the wife is around. I will let you know what happens. You never know. Freedom seems near!