A mystery at the Diesel

[prog]

A well-dressed man took his cookie and coffee to the bar just now. After setting down the victuals and spreading his jacket on the stool, he reached under the bar surface (for there is a foot or so of overhang) and swiped his hand back and forth. He did this with the absentminded air of habit.

What purpose did this serve? Was he making sure that there wasn't any gum or boogers or something underneath, threatening his nice pants? But if that was the case, why was he willing to risk sticking his hand into it?

BTW I dropped down to a free account a little while ago and lost the use of most of my icons. I can't justify spending money on a full account right now. (I can, apparently, justify late-night border-crossing expensive-bagel missions, but that's different, since I had a partner in crime.)

Comments

Canadian bagels??

[ladypantherrr.livejournal.com]

And you didn't offer to bring any back for us?! ;-)

Other direction

[prog.livejournal.com]

We went to New York. At the speed of e-businessbagels.

Re: Other direction

[ladypantherrr.livejournal.com]

Mmm, the only bagels, dipped in sugar-water before their last baking that I know of (and would roadtrip for) are from Canada/Montreal. Others are normally dipped in salt-water before baking :-)
Hence, why I assumed the Canadian direction ;-) Glad to hear you had fun anyway...

[magid.livejournal.com]

Checking that the microphone was still there?
Letting a tiny coffe-bat smell his hand?
Fingerprint verification for later shenanigans?

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

You know, this sounds familiar. I'd swear I've seen someone do this before, and I can't think where.

[glowingwhispers.livejournal.com]

I read this and immediately wondered if you were trying to hint at an RFID implant. Perhaps my works truely seeping into my cognitive interpretative filter.

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

when i was eleven i misspelled the word revictualment in the national spelling bee.

this was much less embarrassing than when i was twelve and misspelled the word emeritus in the national spelling bee IN THE FIRST ROUND.

maybe he has a really sensitive knee and was checking to see if there was anything under there he might hit his knee against. there was a time when i had a really sensitive knee and did such things.