Bizzarre Tips

Playing in the subway we have gotten some really cool tips. Once an artist gave us paintbrushes that he had just bought to keep our case open when it kept getting blown shut by the wind. During the Democratic convention, a man gave me a five dollar bill, and took a couple ones out of the case. He listened to a song and said, "You're so good you deserve a $50 tip. Do you want some weed or cocaine?"

I told the guy I was all set and he proceeded to take the $5 bill out of the case and filled it with cocaine. After the train left he took a hit and asked me if I'd like a hit. I said no thankyou. "You don't want to take a hit in front of your girlfriend. I get it," he said pointing to some random girl in front of us. He left the coke on the 5 dollar bill in the case and I scooped it from the case and handed it back to him.

"Trying to kick the habit," I told him.

"All right, maybe next time," he said.

I missed the $5 tip, but during the convention, people were having their bags searched and I saw police dogs multiple times go by me that day. Even if I could have thrown the cocaine out, what if the dogs could smell the cocaine from the $5 bill. So I think I made the right decision. Better to spend the day $5 short than to spend the night in jail.

Other cool tips we've gotten include a crystal doorknob, a tropical plant, a cool Joan of Arc coin, a fake $2000 bill with George Bush on it, poems written by commuters