Well you just reminded me of a funny little thing on my trip to Victoria last week.
There was a street performer playing the fiddle - he was dressed as Darth Vador and fiddling up a storm - doing a little jig too. Pretty amusing, and not a bad player.
I took a picture of him and tossed some money in his case at which point he stopped fiddling and thanked me in an extremely high pitched voice. It was so incongruent with his costume everyone roared. Here's the pic.
ps mentality - sorry I kinda hijacked your thread. Still hope ya find a road trip buddy.
