Mr Fox gets work as human scarecrow in Norfolk
JAMIE Fox is using skills acquired studying English and music at Bangor University to work as a human scarecrow for farmer William Youngs.
Fox, 22, scares crows with a ukulele, accordion and cowbell. After the crows have been vanquished, he can buy a hat and get a job on the London Underground playing to trapped audiences.
But why bother busking with menaces? The BBC says Fox earns £250 as a scarecrow working a 10-acre rape seed plot in Aylsham, Norfolk.
Says Fox:
“I get to sit and read for a lot of the time but whenever I see the partridges, I have to get up and scare them off. I ring a cowbell and I’ve even played the accordion, but the ukulele doesn’t seem to have any effect on them. The farmer said to me, ‘Bring a deckchair and a good book’. A couple of my friends in busier, more generously-paid jobs, are slightly envious.”
But they are most likely no called Fox, and so nominally determined to worry birds…
Posted: 6th, October 2012 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
