STREET MUSICIAN CAUSES PANIC DURING COMMUTE

Commuters in Melbourne, Australia, went into a panic Thursday morning after there were rumors of a man with a gun. A passenger called Triple-0 (Australia’s 911) claiming a man was carrying a bag with a gun sticking out from it. Passengers were immediately evacuated from the area as police searched the station and trains. Armed police swarmed the Flagstaff Train Station looking for a gunman. Instead they found Phil Day, a well-known busker doing breathing exercises. Mr. Day, known as the “Barefoot Busker”, plays a trumpet barefoot at the station in the mornings and afternoons.
* “Look out, he’s gonna play ‘Hello, Dolly!’ again!”
* And isn’t that just what you want to hear at 7 o’clock in the morning as you’re still trying to wake up and find a cup of coffee – some guy trumpeting Chuck Mangione songs into your brain?
* Maybe the warning wasn’t so much for the gun as it was for his potential to spread toe fungus.
* Street trumpeters are fine. On the other hand, police have full authority to shoot any street mimes.