http://www.mylot.com/w/keywords/horn+blower.aspx MyLot Discussions About horn blower en-gb http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2036133.aspx I am reading a book about the Titanic called "Her name, Titanic" by Charles Pellegrino and he mentions this man, who was a stoker by trade in the book and suggested he survived not only the Titanic sinking but the sinking of the Empress of Ireland (This ship sunk in the St. Lawrence River in 1914 - just prior to ww1 with a greater loss of lives than the Titanic) and he also survived the sinking of the Lusitania. I googled this fellow and guess what? he apparently is an urban legend! apparently he never existed! have you ever been fooled by something that was apparently real but in the end wasnt? Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:52:00 GMT cher913 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1265699.aspx This guy was absolutely hilarious. He was one of the many street performers all throughout the Renaissance Festival here in Minnesota. As you can tell by the dirt all over him his acrt is always done on the ground and not walking around the Festival. He sat on the ground with a brass horn that usually has a big bulb to squeeze to make it blow. But instead of the bulb he removed that and had duct tape on it so he could shove it up his nose and blow it that way. That's right, I said his nose. HAHAHA! He had a small steel pie type pan that he would hit himself in various areas as well everytime he got a tip in his ceramic bowl. he did many routines. The best one he did earned made me nickanem him "Tree Humper". Hahaha. He got a $20 bill from a woman. He kept messing with her till she finally said it was her that gave the $20. he said this is what you get for a twenty. He then cleared out a hole that was in a tree and started to dry hump it in a funny way. Not really sexual though. But the sexual overtone was there. This sexual overtone was visible all throughout the festival as back then that's how it was. A man wanted a woman he would just steal here from another man etc. So this guy did many different things interacting with and getting the crowd involved. He was hilarious. This is a shot of him with the horn up the nose. HAHAHA!!! I sw him stash some of his tips from his bowl into a bag behuibd him and I swear there had to be a few hundred dollars in it. These actors/students do a great job and earn a great wage in just tips too it seems. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:32:48 GMT webeishere