Hey Guinnesschik, you should ask your singer if she gets more tips on the fertile days of her cycle. Apparently there's been a study showing that waitresses get more tips when they're fertile - something about the pheromones that accompany ovulation.

Here in Cape Breton, there are many accomplished traditional fiddlers, and fiddle connoisseurs have a variety of favourite performers. But there are two who really stand as having achieved mass popularity: Natalie McMaster, who is young, beautiful, and female, and Ashley MacIsaac, who is young and has established a "badass" image.

Now it's possible that these two also happen to be the best two fiddlers on Cape Breton - I'm not enough of a connoisseur to tell the difference between a good fiddler and a great one. But I have a feeling that the vast majority of their fan base aren't connoisseurs either, and wouldn't be able to recognize Natalie's or Ashley's playing by the sound alone.

Marion