Footage of Houdini preparing for a straight jacket escape

[jlw]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/13/footage-of-houdini-preparing-f.html

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[Papasan]

[NashRambler]

Wait, that’s it? A bunch of cops watching a guy undress?

[zuludaddy]

(I think it may be “strait jacket,” as in ‘dire straits.’)

[anon33932455]

A bunch of cops watching a guy play with his color for 8-12 seconds.

[MrShiv]

Footage of Houdini preparing for a strait jacket escape

FTFY

[abutilon]

Never saw footage of the actual man before. So much more beautiful & human-looking than the posters.

[JohnEightThirty]

@zuludaddy

(“strait jacket,” as in ‘dire straits.’)

Yes. Thanks for pointing this out. It’s a tight spot, like the Strait of Magellan or the Strait of Hormuz, or the laces of someone who’s straitlaced.