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Silent "Piano Man" poses British beach riddle
LONDON (Reuters) - A smartly dressed man found wandering in a soaking wet suit near an English beach has baffled police and care workers after he refused to say a word and then gave a virtuoso piano performance.
Ever helpfully, Yahoo! News doesn't provide a photo or even a link to the site they mention, so here's the item on the NMPH site. Meg thinks he may be some sort of promotion or some such.
Posted May 16, 2005 7:50 PM
Comments
Doesn't sound like he's speaking at all... I mean, even if he could only speak Swedish, you'd expect him to at least try in case anyone in earshot understood it. :)
Posted by: Alden Bates | May 17, 2005 1:54 AM
* reads the article *
And I suppose nobody at the hospital thought to track down someone who spoke Swedish so they could ask him who he was?
Posted by: Dave Joll | May 16, 2005 10:05 PM