Writing the birthday song blog, I’m reminded of what I tried to do to Satoshi Kitamura, a (now very famous) children’s illustrator friend of mine, back in 1981.
I’d come across a trick cigarette lighter in a magic tricks shop. It squirts out foam when the user depresses the little lighting lever.
When Satoshi came round the next time to my flat and was about to have a cigarette, I handed him the lighter. For some breath-stopping seconds, he examined it (he must’ve suspected something), turning it round, so that when he depressed the little lever, the foam went all over ME!
I never tried that trick again on anyone after that.
(London, 1981)
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