A famous New York magician, David Blaine, is in London now sitting in a box hanging over the River Thames, attempting to stay there with no food for 44 days. He's performed similar feats in other cities, to the delight of generally supportive crowds. In London, however, it only took a few hours before gangs of rowdies showed up and, among other things, hurled eggs at the box, tossed leftover fish and chips, banged drums all night long, and in the most enterprising case, stood on Tower Bridge and hit golf balls toward the sleep-deprived Blaine.

Is it celebrity envy? Or just a classically sarcastic reaction to a rather useless stunt?

Anyway, I think I'll wander down there today and check it out...