Magicians

SO the bus driver was being a jobsworth and not opening the doors until he was right outside the bus stop, despite the fact it was spattering rain and all the potential passengers had walked the 10 metres up to the bus while it was stuck in traffic. While we tutted at the bus stop a spanish man came back and wondered out loud to Bails, "why are the driver's here so like this? They have no hearts".

Once we were inside the bus he continued to talk to Bails and then bent over to pluck the biggest coin off the floor, and then from behind her ear. Then he dug three balls out of his pocket and kept us guessing which hand they were all in with his slight of hand tricks. And finally wowing us with his scarf disappearing tricks. Bails thought he was nice. And when we got off at Selfridges and went downstairs to have a coffee she told me how he did the scarf trick (her brother is a magician) - with a secret thumb covering pocket thing to stuff it into, with clever slight of hand and tricks of distraction those of us not-in-the-know won't notice. Anyway, shortly after she explained all this Derren Brown walked by. Magic (apart from the fact I find him exceedingly creepy). Spooky.