That's a riot! I thought I had heard it all until this one. I keep a half-dozen pens on my laptop console, along with a couple dozen business cards, just for advertising purposes. I couldn't count the number of times someone comes up in the middle of a song that I'm playing and singing and asks for a business card. One night, while playing in an upscale Italian Restaurant in Baltimore's Little Italy, an attractive 45-year-old lady came up while I was singing Unchained Melody, asked for a card and I nodded toward the stack of cards on the console. She picked up a card, then picked all 6 pens, put them in her purse, smiled and walked out the door. What a nut case!

The situation I love most is when someone comes up and tries to have a conversation with you while you're playing and singing. Some actually get upset when you don't answer their questions immediately. An old friend, who recently passed away put a sign on his mic stand that said "If you have a question, take a number and I'll get back to you." He had a little post-it-pad with numbers written on each page under the note and an arrow point down to the number pad. He finally took it down because the people ignored it and began asking questions anyway.

Thanks Tony,

Gary 8)