A Romanian Con Man In Scotland
Had lunch with Todd Various yesterday.
I’ve been helping Todd, whose an American busker, with some tips on performing the Three Card Monte for his street magic show and he’s been giving me a few tips on escaping from a straight jacket while wrapped in chains.
Todd told me that he’d run into a Romanian man who is staying in Edinburgh at the moment.
He came up to Todd after he’d just finished busking with magic on the Royal Mile and asked him, “You ever see this?”
He pulled out three round disk, a little smaller than a saucer. One had a spot on it. He mixed them up face down and asked Todd to pick which one had the spot.
“This game. I play it here?”
“Here? No way, you’ll get arrested.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah - plus they have camera all over the place.”
“Thank you for warning me.”
Apparently, he’s still hanging around the mile watching the buskers but he sure as hell hasn’t been playing.