Glorified Panhandlers in NYC

While waiting for the water taxi from Seaport to Red Hook, we watched some pretty stupid street performers. Luckily, these performers have their own websites, so I had no need to waste pictures to hold on to the memories.

The first moron was Yogi Laser. At first, I thought his shtick was doing yoga moves--sun salutations and downward dogs. This is the warm up to his main event: folding his ass up into a clear box. Check out his website. He has photos, too. There were two people recording videos of his routine while we watched, but the website does not appear to have these films.

The second guy is really pathetic. He calls himself the Orange Mime. He is mostly (I'll get to this) covered with the color orange, and, for money, he will change his pose. Otherwise, he stands still. You might expect that he would be totally orange. No, not at all! He uses face paint, but he does not completely cover his skin. His hair has not been dyed. I think his shoes were black. It is pretty sad. I saw much better street statues in Amsterdam. Of course, this idiot has a website, too. It screams I am a moron, especially when he claims that "Orange you going to feed the bucket" is a clever used of the the word orange. Is this guy serious? The worst part is that little kids find him fascinating, so he gets all this money from stupid parents hoping to entertain their children. Folks, keep your money and do not support this worthless behavior.

The last two beggers were on the subway--big surprise. The first was a homeless man claiming to collect money for the homeless, not necessarily himself. I find it hard to believe that there is a coalition task-force seeking to help the fellow homeless. However, I could be wrong. He managed to collect a little bit of money from a few passengers. Then, he moved on to another car.

The final beggers were little kids selling candy. Get this, they were doing this as an alternative to selling drugs. They actually claimed this!! That was their ploy to get suckers to shell out a few bucks for underground chocolate bars. Maybe they do the honor of lacing the bars to hide the goods they intend to sell. Doubtful, since they would certainly see losses when they add up their sales for the day.

Sorry, these last two didn't announce a web address. That would be pretty cool if they did, especially the first one!

Anyway, NYC is full of different people, mostly stupid people. It's quite amusing. Perhaps, I will mention the purse peddlers that sell authentic Coach bags.