It was David Baileys going away party. He was headed to the Great White North, and I was skating with a Venezuelan beauty about my (unmagical) roller blades.
"I got a pair of blades, but I need to get some new ones"
"What size are they" she asked
"They're size 10, I need size 9"
"Size 9" she said with the ambiguous finality of a Beatle under the influence of Yoko Ono. "How much do you want for them?"
"Oh I guess the important thing is that someone has fun." I replied "the money isn't important, just that they get put to good use."
Then much later I was skating around the rink and I asked David Baily if he was going to be much skating when he moved to Alaska. Nope, and in fact, I am going to have to give up my Magic Skates!®
"Really?"
"Yeah, and since you are size 9, their yours."
"You don't want any money for them?"
"Nope, I just want them put to good use. And just remember" he said with an odd glint in his eyes, "They're Magic Skates!® "
I later found out he had no idea I had said the same thing earlier about my roller blades...Karma.