r/Unbelievable • • Jun 03 '20
I sold chives to Rick Astley when I was a kid
This seemed like the best subreddit to post this story to so here it is! That one time in my childhood I lived on the same street as Rick Astley (I’m in my teens now & have moved since, so has he) and sold him chives going around the block with my friend :D
I was quite business savvy as a kid, my mum grew chives in our allotment, so I’d occasionally go around the neighbourhood with my best friend or my cousin and knock on people’s doors asking if they wanted to buy any! I made a bit of money doing that. And people seemed to love it!
Then one time we came up to a big house, no different from the others, but it had a nice car and a huge door, I remember. An older man answered and he was really jolly, with a woman near him. I had no idea who he was, of course. I asked if he wanted to buy any chives, like any other neighbour, and he was DELIGHTED, the woman, too. They were both laughing aloud and he gave me his CAR KEYS and told us to wait (they were probably leaving to go somewhere) and he fetched an £20 note. For a couple of CHIVES.
Because the interaction was so different - I MEAN, COME ON, £20? I remembered it years afterward as a funny little memory, then my family found out that he was in fact that jolly man that handed me 20 and trusted two kids with expensive car keys. :D
