Buskers are lining the sides (and sometimes the middle) of Granville Street between West Georgia and Smith because the streets there have been restricted to foot traffic only, and right now they have a giant, continuous audience to fleece. Some of the more enterprising buskers have very little to do with Olympic themes – for instance, there’s a guy dressed as Batman who will pose with you for pictures or just spread his cape (dirty!) for a quarter, and I understand the Caped Crusader is a bit of a jerk if you don’t make with the spare change fast enough. Not very 2010 of him. Tsk.
There’s other, more topical buskers, like the guys in the photo below – though I don’t know if they qualify as buskers because they don’t have any talent save for the ability to wear spandex so tight you can tell their religion. The little boy in the picture doesn’t seem too keen on the idea, either. “Guys, you couldn’t have worn underwear? Really?”
