The Busker Beside Me

When I was busking at Esplanadi, there were a lot of other street performers, from a guy with two horses and a carriage to musicians to magicians. There was even a guy who was driving a little car around that had a couch hitched to the back, and he was charging people who wanted to take a ride on the couch. How the hell do these people make money and I don't? Ah right, spectacle.

Anyway, just across a small dirt road, there was this guy:


Sorry for the bad photo quality. He was kind of far away and I was using my cell phone camera. Ha! I'm such a hypocrite, talking about people trying to sneak photos of me when I'm sneaking photos of other buskers. But I honestly don't think he noticed, because his shtick was to stand completely still, looking like a disciplined native (not of Finland, though – God no). When someone threw a coin into his basket, he pounded his staff a few times and then did a little dance where he simply shuffled back on forth on his feet. I heard him grunt a few times too.

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