Benevolent Whistle-fan??

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:01 am

From 'The Sunday Times' yesterday:
"I was playing my whistle,and I heard a man say "that'll keep you going for a couple of days."".

Tim Pockett,a vagrant,on receiving a Diamond ring in his collection pot.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:03 am

Cripes! Busking with the high rollers.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:53 am

Dunno whether he was being rewarded for his efforts or bribed to find another corner. Either way it worked out.

PallasAthena · Post by **PallasAthena** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:43 pm

Interesting. Buying tickets to an actual traditional concert would cost less. I guess the guy had a lot of money.

But people can be surprizingly generous. One of the small ensembles from my school band playing xmas carols outside a store as a fund raiser was given a hundred dolars by one guy when the average donation is around five. It's not like they even could have sounded good--it was a cold day so their instruments must have been really out of tune and the reeds on the clarinets couldn't have been working too well. Our town is a bit obsessed with the band (it's the only thing that gets us any recogntion), but I didn't know anyone was taht obsessed....

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:17 pm

That is really cool.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:24 am

I hate to be the cynic here, but I can easily picture the scene of a
broken-hearted fiance dejectedly tossing away his recently returned
engagement ring.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:46 am

fearfaoin wrote:I hate to be the cynic here, but I can easily picture the scene of a
broken-hearted fiance dejectedly tossing away his recently returned
engagement ring.

I was thinking the same thing... this would be a far better act of despair than throwing it in the ocean though... 'one man's pain, another's joy' and all that.