Is there a name or term for what he does in the bar, where he gets hit in the stomach? He shows one bill, then switches it, like showing a $20, then only giving a $10, but still getting the change for the $20...
Anyone know?
"Death, you are my bitch lover!"
This was a variation of "twenties" - and I think that was the term used in Jim Thompson's book, from which the film is based.
As one of the oldest and most common of the short-cons, it has no doubt been known by countless other names as well.
"Quick-change artist"-- They confuse there victims into giving them more change then they are entitled to. I was a restaurant manager and had to train cashiers of the ways that they can cheat you.
"Momma told me not to come."
yea, i tried to use this move in a bar before.... it doesnt work as smoothly as it does in the movie (the 1st time). any fool can tell the difference between a 10 and a 20 when they put it in the register.
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A quick change artist is something different. The term is "short change" artist.
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