Tell me a story about you from your childhood. Do you have a favorite? Something that sort of sums you up, even as an adult?
I've told this before, but here is mine. Kind of lets you know I've always loved to learn new things.
When I was little, a movie came out called Harry In Your Pocket.
James Coburn ...
Harry
Michael Sarrazin ...
Ray Haulihan
Trish Van Devere ...
Sandy Coletto
Walter Pidgeon ...
Casey
It was about Van Devere and Sarrazin, two-bit pickpockets who are discovered by James Coburn. A more professional and slick con artist. Great movie.
Now, in this movie is a scene where Coburn is teaching the two to be better pickpockets. He does this by hanging a men's suit of clothes suspended from the ceiling and he puts a man's wallet in the breast pocket. He then places a bell on the lapel. If the bell rings, they didn't do it right. So they practice over and over again.
Well, I went to my dad's closet, took out a suit, hung the hanger on a line from a light in the ceiling and placed a bell on the lapel. (one of those bird seed shaped bells that had an actual bell hanging from the bottom. Minus all the bird seed.) I put an old wallet in the breast pocket and started practicing.
Why? I don't know. I was intrigued. And I don't remember my family asking me once what I was doing.
I was a quirky kid and they just let me be. To this day, I am full of quirk. And for the record, I didn't grow up to be a world-class pickpocket. Damn.
I've told this before, but here is mine. Kind of lets you know I've always loved to learn new things.
When I was little, a movie came out called Harry In Your Pocket.
James Coburn ...
Harry
Michael Sarrazin ...
Ray Haulihan
Trish Van Devere ...
Sandy Coletto
Walter Pidgeon ...
Casey
It was about Van Devere and Sarrazin, two-bit pickpockets who are discovered by James Coburn. A more professional and slick con artist. Great movie.
Now, in this movie is a scene where Coburn is teaching the two to be better pickpockets. He does this by hanging a men's suit of clothes suspended from the ceiling and he puts a man's wallet in the breast pocket. He then places a bell on the lapel. If the bell rings, they didn't do it right. So they practice over and over again.
Well, I went to my dad's closet, took out a suit, hung the hanger on a line from a light in the ceiling and placed a bell on the lapel. (one of those bird seed shaped bells that had an actual bell hanging from the bottom. Minus all the bird seed.) I put an old wallet in the breast pocket and started practicing.
Why? I don't know. I was intrigued. And I don't remember my family asking me once what I was doing.
I was a quirky kid and they just let me be. To this day, I am full of quirk. And for the record, I didn't grow up to be a world-class pickpocket. Damn.