Thursday 9 July 2015

I feel a song coming on.....

I've changed the name of the prompt to Friday FACTioneer this week because it's a true story. I hope you don't mind Rochelle!







PHOTO PROMPT © Stephen Baum



I tried busking as a kid. Don’t laugh, I was good ...ish! I sang in a tunnel because the echoing made me sound better!

I had three upturned saucepans which I tapped with a wooden spoon and sang songs like Little Drummer Boy and Heartbeat. Clever eh?

I didn’t earn much, a few coppers, some foreign coins and the occasional tin of soup.

I hoped I’d be discovered, and I was - but not by Simon Cowell! My mum came past with one of her posh friends – and she ignored me!

She went ballistic when I got home!

So I stopped.




23 comments:

  1. Cant blame your mom I guess! :)

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    1. I was a bit of an embarrassment back then!

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  2. Ha.. I wonder how long time it took you to understand why your mom ignored you.. I would like to see a youtube clipping of that performance.

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  3. Definitely would like to see that clipping too :) Though I wonder why you didn't persist. I thought you'd have been tempted to do what mom strictly forbade to do :D

    Leo @ I Rhyme Without Reason

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    1. If you were to see a clip you might understand why I gave up! I had loads more rebelious things to do!

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  4. Dear Rosey,

    Faction is allowed. Cute story.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  5. Cute piece. Was the world robbed of a future musical star? We may never know... :)
    Cheers
    KT

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  6. Lovely take rosey, happy Birthday Blog friend

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  7. My turn to sing!

    Happy birthday to you
    Happy birthday to you
    Happy birth....

    OK, I'll stop! Have a great day Rosey Pee x

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    1. Can I take my fingers out of my ears now? That's better! Thanks Keithie and you have a fab birthday too!

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  8. Woo hoo! What a great experience to remember when you are older :)

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  9. Ignored is better than shamed in front of a crowd, but yeah, harsh. Others passing by probably thought it was cute. Lovely memory! Did someone say birthday? Well, then may you enjoy a very Happy Birthday!

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  10. I would have loved to be there. :-)

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  11. Sarah says she likes your story and you are lucky you got FREE soup!

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  12. Interesting story!

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  13. Good thing Faction is allowed as I also went the truth way!.. Fun stuff..

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  14. Poor Rosey, being ignored by Mum... funny story.

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  15. Hahaha! This is hilarious! Hope Rochelle didn't mind because I loved it and got a good laugh!

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  16. as always a different dimension. felt sorry for mother

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