Not really... just a usual day for Quebec City street musicians.
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[Jan. 19th, 2009 06:21:42 PM]
Honestly was expecting low 6.xxxx… - with 160 votes the score is only 5.9500. But have 8 awesome comments :D – which for me are way more important! Thank you all!!!
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They had stood there for most of the day like that, beating the drums, playing their song. The people passing by would grin or laugh or throw a coin, but always wondered why these men stood so close, with one's head on the other's shoulder. Perhaps it was a show. Perhaps they were very close. Nobody knew, but they listened and gave their money and applauded anyway.
Near the end of the day, with their percussion coming to a close, the taller one turned to the other, and was heard to utter, "Paullie my friend, when this glue wears off, I'm going to hurt you."