Anything for a Laugh

1. Melody Williams

I took up scotch tape art about two years ago. My creations include shoes, cards, clocks, picture frames and even sculptures. This hobby is completely original. You need imagination and a creative outlook. I enjoy this hobby because now I can say there are things in my life I have made myself. Once I made a model of Shakespeare’s theatre, which is now a home for my pet turtle. Most people aren’t quite sure about their attitude to my hobby. They laugh and mock at me. They say the scotch tape is sticky and you can have a lot of problems with it. But I think it’s no problem at all if you enjoy the things you do.

2. Tracy Wallace

Collecting is a popular pastime for many people. I collect valentine cards and postcards, but collecting plastic spoons is really interesting and unusual. I think it’s fun to have something like that. My first one comes from the plane when I first travelled with my parents to Italy. Now I have dozens – white, blue, yellow – different colours and shapes. The most difficult thing about collecting such things is to make your mother believe that they are clean. I have to keep her from throwing them away. And she always says that they are all over the place although I keep them in boxes and label them, which takes a lot of time. I usually don’t tell people about my hobby, but when I do, they act as if I am crazy.

3. Tim Miller

Have you ever met anybody who wears a red nose and funny shoes? That’s me! I’m clown! I started clowning around at kid’s birthday parties and now I can paint faces, ride a unicycle, juggle and do magic tricks. My job is connected with industry and finance, so clowning is a good contrast to all the financial stuff going round in my brain. I love this hobby. I learned how to stand in front of audience and it made me sure of myself. Some people say I am not serious enough, but I think that in the fast and serious world we live in, clowning is a way to relax and have fun.

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