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In the Big Apple ... Hamish Blake created his own ‘Humans of New York’ moment. Picture: Instagram/Hamish Blake Source: Supplied
AFTER waiting on a New York street corner for six hours, Hamish Blake had enough.
The Aussie comedian took matters into his own hands — and created his own Humans of New York entry.
The 33-year-old radio star, who is holidaying in the Big Apple with his family, shared his own version of the popular photo blog.
“F this BS. I’ve been waiting on this street corner for about 6 hours now trying to get photographed by the @humansofny guy and I’ve got NOTHING,†he moaned on his Instagram.
“I’m giving this 10 more minutes and if he still hasn’t shown, I’m taking matters into my own hands…â€.
In the end, the funnyman did take matters into his own hands, concocting this elaborate story about life on a Mississippi tomato sauce farm:
“I grew up on a ketchup farm in Mississippi. We would go out all day and dig up bottles of ketchup then sell them by the side of the road for 10 dimes, which most people just call a dollar now,†Blake wrote.
“It wasn’t till I was 18 that my pappy told me there’s no such thing as a ketchup farm, he was buying those bottles in town and burying them in the middle of the night just to give us something to do the next day. They cost him two dollars a bottle, so we were losing a solid dollar every bottle, plus the time spent digging them up and him sneaking out every night to bury them.
“After I found out I moved to New York to become a jazz dancer. I became a hit and danced privately for many well known celebrities and world leaders. I would sometimes dance quietly for Einstein in his study, he said it helped him think. I was dancing softly in the corner when he came up with the E equals Mc Squared stuff.â€
The funnyman’s Instagram post has already attracted more than 30,000 likes.
Humans of New York is a hugely popular social media blog which features photos of random people who tell their personal stories.
It was created by bond trader turned photographer Brandon Stanton in 2010.
However Stanton never expected it to become a social media phenomon with more than 11 million followers, best-selling books ... and now a Hamish Blake parody.