"Humans of New York" took the world by storm for showcasing captivating stories about, well, the humans of New York.
But not everyone who wants to be on the popular blog gets their wish.
Enter Australian comedian and TV personality Hamish Blake who, on a recent trip to New York City, was forced to take matters into his own hands when he couldn't grab the attention of the official HONY photographer.
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. I'm giving this 10 more minutes and if he still hasn't shown, I'm taking matters into my own hands.... A photo posted by Hamish Blake (@hamishblakeshotz) on Dec 12, 2014 at 12:27pm PST
Blake photographed himself, uploading the picture to Instagram with a haunting caption that would blend in seamlessly with any other New Yorker found on HONY. Who among us can't relate to a touching story about a boy, a ketchup farm and Einstein?
"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. 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." "You seem quite young to have danced for Einstein" "You're very kind young man". @humansofny #hamishsofny A photo posted by Hamish Blake (@hamishblakeshotz) on Dec 12, 2014 at 12:39pm PST
Bravo Hamish.
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