>
> >Damn, now you got me thinking. There's this movie,
> >where the American tourist says "Of course my Zippo will
> >light ten times in a row" and the local guy bets him a
> >Jag against cutting off the American's finger that it won't.
> >Anyone remember the movie's name?
> >
> >John "He lost EVERYTHING long ago..." Lupien
>
> The name, ah, escapes me. If I'm right below, I could probably look it up.
> The way I remember it, it's a Roald Dahl short story made into a movie
> for Dahl's own _Tales_of_the_Unexpected_ series, and again (different movie)
> for the new series of _Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_. Roald Dahl is one of
> favourite authors, and I'm pretty sure that this was one of his, but I
> could be wrong.
>
> Jody "and it wasn't even his Jag" Levine
>
Yup. Roald Dahl. In the Hitchcock, John Huston was the "local guy."
Tim
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