YOU GOT FLEXIBILITY IN THOSE THINGS YOU DO

244. 'YOU GOT FLEXIBILITY IN THOSE THINGS YOU DO' (nyc, 1966):

It seemed like it anyway - matters taken in one's own hands - like the lumber-yard guy on the westside throwing his hammer into the air and catching it while walking away - pretty cool trick for a novice or a first-time viewer but anyone in the know would have remembered the time the claw-hammer had actually landed on the guy's head instead and ripped out a good chunk of scalp and it was funny to see him wriggling around while blood gushed because all the time he was nonchalantly pretending it wasn't hurting and wasn't a mishap rather just something sort-of planned that fell short - yeah man on that one - but it all passed and he never clonked his skull again : I spent plenty of time around there - even lighting gasoline puddles up once or twice as they'd pool beneath an old in-use lumber-truck which has leaked and once the truck was gone for a delivery the little puddle left was too easy to not pass on and torch : it would burn for a few minutes until it just burned out and left a slime of melted tar - nothing special but I guess as much fun as beating yourself in the head with a hammer but hey who knew ! you've always got flexibility in the those things you do.