Amsterdam - Home of the old wierd acrobat who wears a thong

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Posted by musicsnob_NOT on Oct-12-2007 20:54:

Amsterdam - Home of the old wierd acrobat who wears a thong

So after Ibiza and London I went and visited a couple friends who moved to Amsterdam in March this year (pmoisse and Kate Manus on TA). Amsterdam is a fun, interesting, amazing city and I wished I had scheduled more time there. Despite all of our (Graham and mine) adventures in Ibiza, despite spending 2 drunken nights in London alone (seeing Digweed and also getting lost for at least an hour), the most random, weird bizarre thing I saw happened on Saturday afternoon in Amsterdam while the three of us had a pint on a patio.

This weird old dude wearing a black shirt and jeans pushing a cart stopped infront of the crowd and proceeded to tie ropes to trees. Below is what we ended up seeing.

Paul and Kate have been living there for 7 months now and had never seen him before. We also saw him finishing up a late night show in the redlight district later on the following night.

Posted by magikb on Oct-12-2007 21:02:

lol... you never know what you will see in the Leidesplein on any given day

(It looks like that was where you were anyhow)

Posted by iLLnaDa on Oct-12-2007 23:50:

oh how I miss the Dam...did you see the guy who does fire tricks with gas and huge spray thingsy? I believe its near the Dam square by Spui stop ....that's hilarious though that you caught this on video

Posted by musicsnob_NOT on Oct-13-2007 12:06:

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Originally posted by iLLnaDa
oh how I miss the Dam...did you see the guy who does fire tricks with gas and huge spray thingsy? I believe its near the Dam square by Spui stop ....that's hilarious though that you caught this on video

No, all of the other street performers were actually really bad (especially this little old woman 5'2" signing Stones songs with he really tall sketch boyfriend 6'4" playing bad guitar) and it was quite annoying. This guy was different, interesting...he was the first street performer I actually have given money to in years.

Posted by Skipper on Oct-13-2007 15:30:

lol. Is there anything you DIDNT see on your trip jay?

Posted by yankeeBaby on Oct-13-2007 16:46:

lol. Surprisingly, this actually makes me more excited (curious) about my first trip to amsterdam this coming summer. lol

Posted by Kate Manus on Oct-13-2007 17:54:

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Originally posted by musicsnob_NOT
he was the first street performer I actually have given money to in years.
same here

And yes Jenn it was Leidseplein... nice sunny Saturday afternoon, certainly didn't expect to see that!

Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-13-2007 19:13:

they're going to outlaw shrooms there soon

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-14-2007 02:48:

If they outlaw the shrooms, what will become of all the street performers? They have to make a living.

Great clips Jay!

Posted by magikb on Oct-14-2007 13:45:

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Originally posted by dEsidEL

they're going to outlaw shrooms there soon

People are doing too much and throwing shit out hotel windows, chopping up dogs and commiting suicide.

Thank you to the tourists that don't know how to handle their shit!