Threatening Music Notation

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Cataloguing threatening music notation. DM submissions welcome—please include source whenever possible.

Excerpt from sheet music for Frank Zappa's "Penis Dimension" in which the pianist sits on the piano.
Music in 6/8 with the performance instruction "Clown Section Winding Up"
Excerpt from a child's schoolwork. Cause: Tony practices the piano 20 minutes every day. Effect: (child's writing) he is a big nerd
sheet music with pianissimo dynamic (pp) followed by parenthetical instruction "very hard"
Tenor 3 Yells Loudly Bass 2 Imitates a Monkey from a work in progress
Flute music for "Come, Sweet Death" (Komm, Susser Tod), an arrangement of J.S. Bach
Music notation in D Major with the indication: Gawd awful (bad solo... MUST sound awful)
Busy score for Brian Ferneyhough's Time and Motion Study I for Bass Clarinet