Of course, there is many a good tune played on an old fiddle, as they say, but that doesn't mean that everybody wants to watch you rubbing your old bow across the bridge, especially when they are using that bridge as a route to work and are in somewhat of a hurry to get there as they have already been late this week trying to politely decline your offer of letting them retune your instrument so you can perform a duet together.
Furthermore, despite what you said to the arresting officer the last time you attempted to serenade busy commuters with your instrument in this way, it is not an infringement of your artistic freedom, nor is it a further sign of the dumbing down of popular culture.
We all know how frustrating it can be just practising solo on your instrument in your lonely garret, but people going about their busy lives do get weary of buskers playing those same old tunes wherever they go, and – you must admit – that tune you play on your once-proud instrument is one of the oldest. There is also the inconvenience to them of having to put up their umbrellas as they hurry past you when you reach your crescendo, not to mention how difficult it is to get those sort of stains out of some materials, as Monica Lewinsky would no doubt attest.
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