Monday, July 25, 2005
You've got to read this.
What kind of a sadist plays the bagpipes on a street corner in downtown
Seattle on a day when he knows there’s going to be tons of people out? What kind
of sadist plays the bagpipes and has a friend accompany him on a drum kit? If
there’s anything worse than listening to a guy noodling around on the bagpipes,
with his friend playing drums alongside, I don’t know what it is. It is
literally the worst music I’ve ever heard - and they’re out there every single
day now, on one of the corners adjacent to my office building. They’re trying to
get people to give them money, a respectable ambition, but I am seriously
considering offering them money to stop playing long enough for me to get out of
earshot. $5 for a 20 second running head start seems fair to me, but I don’t
know what the going rate is for getting street performers to not perform. There
is no excuse for playing the bagpipes if you’re not in Scotland.TimT's comment is hilarious too.
TimT said...
There is no going rate for not playing the bagpipes. Not playing the bagpipes is, properly considered, a charitable activity. If it wasn't, then people would be competing to not play the bagpipes for you. Sure, it might seem like a nice idea, since the price for not playing the bagpipes would go down, but in the long run, it would cost you more, since you'd end up paying EVERYONE to not play the bagpipes. In short, in most things I am quite the capitalist, but not in this matter. I should know; my own brother plays the bagpipes.In this case, I think the best solution would be violence. Shoot the fucker.
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