Mass. official sorry for public meeting bra trick

[Liberal_in_LA]

Mass. official sorry for public meeting bra trick
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The chairman of the school committee in Abington, Mass., is apologizing for a magic trick he performed before a televised meeting this week in which he appeared to tear the bra off a fellow committee member through her clothes.

The trick was performed Tuesday by Russell Fitzgerald, an amateur magician known to open meetings with a little sleight of hand. It was met with stunned silence.

The Enterprise of Brockton reports that Fitzgerald issued a written apology Wednesday.

He says he is sorry for the embarrassment he caused committee member Ellen Killian and his unwitting accomplice, teacher Steve Shannon. He also says he will no longer perform tricks before meetings.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/29/national/a073658D97.DTL#ixzz1ZN1iw6GR

[MilesColtrane]

1. Abracadumbass

[sakabatou]

2. ...

:spray:

[d_r]

5. " Abracadumbass"

freaking awesome right there.

[BadgerKid]

6. Goes well with the original

Abracapocus, etc.

[MADem]

3. Well, I dunno. His judgment was certainly impaired if he did that without his subjects' knowledge.

It might have been funny if he pulled the bra off the guy (and the guy knew what was coming, mind you)!

Stupid, but I don't think he was being mean. I'm not a fan of boring meetings and I appreciate levity in dull situations, normally.

I don't know him, though, so who's to say. If he was trying to put down the subject of the trick, or make her feel bad, then it's a different scenario.

[FLyellowdog]

4. Why didn't Obama stop this? Impeach!!!!

:sarcasm:

[Nye Bevan]

7. He forgot that Americans are very weird when it comes to breasts (nt)