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How I made over $100 an hour as Spiderman at Times Square

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Re: How I made over $100 an hour as Spiderman at Times Square

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Genuine questions: * If it really is that lucrative (I do believe the figures he mentions) then why isn't everyone doing it? * Who tips a guy in a costume $100 for a photo?

* If it really is that lucrative (I do believe the figures he mentions) then why isn't everyone doing it?

Time Square is probably the only place in an entire country where a person can do this.

It's actually quite a small place.

Re: How I made over $100 an hour as Spiderman at Times Square

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post #13

I work in Times Square. If you don't have a job, it's a place full of stupid tourists who are hemmoraging money and lacking brains. Doing the costume thing isn't really all that different from running a 3 card monte table.

Except the costume won't get you arrested. I've seen 3 card Monty hustler get arrested and even beaten by cops.

Re: How I made over $100 an hour as Spiderman at Times Square

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And "spelt" is spelled "spelled".

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Aspelt Aren't we learning a lot of things today!

Brit spelling is not the world's spelling. Do you think people learn English because of England's influence? Guess again.
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