When I travel,
I like to have
several different
wallets on me at
all times.
***
That makes
it like a shell game
for pick-pockets.
***
In one pocket
there is a wallet with
all my money
& credit cards in it.
***
And in the others
there is a note that says,
***
“You are not a winner.
Please try again.”
t r e f o l o g y 
hehehe I can just picture the pickpocket running around the corner to look at his prize and all he finds is that note! :D
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Thanks for reading, Mermaid!
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Such a cunning traveller. I’ve heard that you also wear a crash helmet at all times (even sleep) to avoid untimely mugging and loss of wallets.
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No, but I do wear a life jacket in case I fall into some water.
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Sassafras is such a wonderful word. I genuinely have no idea what it means and I don’t want to, in case the definition doesn’t live up to my dreams for it.
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Funny, because it doesn’t (exactly) mean what I thought it meant, but it is such a nice word that I decided to use it anyway.
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As a teen (a million years ago) my friend and I would stop at a restaurant on the way home from ballet class and buy a glass of sassafras – the only place I have ever known to sell such a beverage. It was great and the lingering memory sweetens my day.
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Perfection
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Interesting 1537 as sometimes I don’t want to hear what a person sounds like in case they don’t live up to the impression I’ve built up in my mind….
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I always carry an angel in my pocket. Whenever a pickpocket sticks his grimy hand in my pocket, she wags her finger and says, “Tsk! Tsk!” That always gives the pickpocket one helluva surprise!
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“Angel in the Pocket” sounds like a song you need to write.
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“Angel in My Pocket” is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Andy Griffith.
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That’s clever! I hope the one with money and cards in it is never stolen.
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Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re welcome
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You would get felt up that way a lot! Hands reaching everywhere.
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Beware the bad finger!
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LOL…it is lurking.
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You’re right. I may have to re-think this.
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So creative, tref. :)
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Thanks, Betsy.
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Thanks, David
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Your wallet trick packs quite a wallop of surprise.
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It is meant to discourage as much as encourage, for who am I to say your chosen occupation is the wrong one?
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Judge and jury?
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I would love one, thank you.
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Be careful what you ask for🧐
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I meant on layaway.
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That is a very “Canadian” attitude. Instead of “Roll Up The Rim” it’s just “Roll the Tref”.
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I had to look it up, but I like it.
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Sorry about making you look it up. For some reason, I thought you were Canadian. I think the person who lead me to you is Canadian and I just assumed…yeah, I know what that means ;-)
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I am always looking stuff up! Even before the days of google I had stacks of reference books. And being confused for a Canadian is a compliment. Thanks, SPP
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Applause! *clap clap*
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Why thank you, thank you.
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My Uncle Rocco used to travel to Sicily regularly to see family and would actually do something similar. He said pick-pocketing was rampant, as were spontaneous labor strikes called in the middle of the day.
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They say in every joke there is kernel of truth. Though I have never had the good fortune to travel abroad, if I did, I always figured I would do some variation of the post. Though between you and me, I have always disliked carrying things in my front and back pockets and usually rely on the kindness of whomever I am with to carry the stuff for me. That is partly why I still love cargo pants and fanny packs, despite being so out of fashion.
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Out of fashion? Cargo pants with open-toed sandals and white socks isn’t a bad look. :)
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Haha well, I am not one for sandals but between my ‘practical’ fishing cap, cargo pants and fanny pack, I’ve got the perpetual tourist look down pat.
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You just be careful of the Artful Dodger, Charley Bates and a slippery CB. You might get nicked.
(Nice to see you at the table tref)
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Ahh, yes, at the age of three or four I was obsessed with the Artful Dodger. I listened to the Oliver soundtrack every chance I got. My grandparents took me to see the stage play and I was delighted to see Davey Jones had the part. More on topic, yes, it was nice to be back at a table.
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My intro to the Dicken’s world was the Lean pic (We might have discussed it before). I have never been picked. I like your method. Very “artful”
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If only you could also find a way to flatten a piece of coal and stick that in there.
Or maybe we don’t want to encroach on Christmas’s territory…. :)
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That’s great, Seliz. I hadn’t thought of coal, but in the many different drafts, I had: monopoly money, glitter, waffles, a wallet made of waffles (and/or pancakes), a return address and a stamp, a wallet connected to a rubber band (ala Harpo Marx) and some kind of electrical shock device. Nothing seemed to quite work.
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Hahaha. I love the wallet made of waffles. ‘Cause even if it was empty, they wouldn’t have completely lost out, ’cause they’d have a nice snack.
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Thank you, Douryeh
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This is so good
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Brilliant (as usual), and actually worth a try!
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Thank you, SS
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