My Boy at the National Folk Festival

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My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#1 Post by looseplucker » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:37 pm

OK - he got his clarinet and went busking. I had no issue with that, until I saw the sign he had made......then he showed me he was raking it in hand over fist.

....so I left him to it.
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And no, I didn't get a Guinness out of it either.
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#2 Post by Nephew » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:44 pm

Hah! Playing the sympathy card, then rorting the nominated charity! He'll end up a business tycoon, that boy! :D
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#3 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:15 pm

Moreton wrote:Hah! Playing the sympathy card, then rorting the nominated charity! He'll end up a business tycoon, that boy!
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#4 Post by Gringa Bows » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:18 pm

Good idea,if i could get all my grandkids doing that,i'd be a millionare by Christmas :idea: :lol:
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#5 Post by kerrille » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:24 pm

bright boy :D

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Re: My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#6 Post by piggy » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:05 pm

Like father like son hey
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#7 Post by Jeffro » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:00 pm

he doesn't appear to have recieved any donations!
it is a worthy cause though :D
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Re: My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#8 Post by looseplucker » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:51 am

He had just shoved about ten bucks into a busker's wallet (spare sock). Never a good look to have the crowd know your'e doing well. A few 5c pieces as berley is all you need.
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Re: My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#9 Post by Gringa Bows » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:13 am

:lol:
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#10 Post by looseplucker » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:03 am

BTW he made just over $40 in an hour. And is saving for a new super duper you beaut LEGO thing....
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Re: My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#11 Post by Nephew » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:03 am

Hmm, might be a chance to salvage something here, in lue of the Guinness you didn't get. If you can convince him to get the Lego Technic set you can make a pretty good crester with it! :wink: :D
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#12 Post by looseplucker » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:59 am

No chance.....he is like his mother with money. Once she's got a hold on it, the poor damn thing is a prisoner
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#13 Post by TomMcDonald » Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:24 pm

She's Scottish isn't she John? :roll:
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Re: My Boy at the National Folk Festival

#14 Post by looseplucker » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:03 pm

Very :roll:
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