Creative panhandling
John and I had just finished a refreshing lemonade at Rockefeller Center and were "pedding" over to MOMA when we stopped in front of the NBC studios to gawk. We were processing the huge red type streaming across the side of the building, when a neatly-dressed 40 something man began a clever commentary about John's Indiana University Swimming baseball cap. He thrust two New York City baseball caps into our hands and explained that he was with the "???? for food" organization". (No money has been requested yet). The ensuing banter was worthy of a headliner spot at any comedy show. This routine might have lasted 2 minutes tops. But, by the time those 2 minutes were up, John and I were laughing so hard that we barely noticed the $20 that ungrudgingly changed hands. When we parted company with our creative panhandler, our two new ball caps securely in hand, we knew we had contributed to one of the city's finest bilkers.
