Hey Romaine, lettuce in on your secret!!

by Colin Hunter

I stumbled across this video during a recent bleary bout with insomnia. It's of a world-renowned magician named Romaine, who just happens to live in Kitchener.

Every time I see Romaine do this routine (a routine he has mastered over a period of decades, practicing for hours daily), I'm all, like, whaaa? 

What's particularly amazing about Romaine is that does not have the slender, graceful fingers you'd expect on a mastful card manipulater. Nope, Romaine's fingers are stubby and plump, like ten ready-to-burst breakfast sausages. How he manages to hold a pencil, let alone perform such virtuosic sleight of hand, is beyond me.

If you're interested, read a big long story I wrote about Romaine (and another local magican) a couple of years ago.

p.s. Sorry about the terrible pun in the title of this entry. Won't happen again.