Recently we happened to stroll along the bank of the Thames from Tate Modern to the London Eye. There are usually lots of street performers doing their thing along that walk – mainly, live statues painted in silver, but also all sorts of musicians, acrobats and other people with random skills.
One act gathered a crowd so big that I couldn’t see what the attration actually was. I could hear the performer talk to the volunteer he’d just summoned from the audience.
“So, have you tied anyone up with rope before? No? Oh good, I’ll be your first, then.”
…He was an escape artist, in case you were wondering.
On my part, I spent a pleasant five minutes picturing an experienced domme showing up to demonstrate some of her best knots.
That, or a particularly eager troop of boy scouts…