I go past the same corner every day, and every day the same dude in a statue of liberty suit is standing on the corner spinning a sign for some tax-fuckery company. I've been doing this route for about 6 months, and every day the dude looks more and more unenthusiastic and depressed. It's gotten to the point where he doesn't even spin the sign, he just kinda jiggles it in the general direction of the traffic passing by.
Oddly enough, I've been having this reoccurring day dream every morning that as I'm coming to the corner, he makes a dash for the street, ending his misery by assistance of city bus.