New Orleans Grifters

This footage is from 2002 in New Orleans. I never quite understood, but there are grifters on the street that try and trick you out of money by using riddles, that you hear in 2nd Grade. On this video, he shows us the old, "I bet I can spell your last name, if you just tell me your first name." Then he goes on to spell "y-o-u....." You can actually hear me spelling that before him. After they got you with the riddle, then they clean your shoes. Then you're supposed to pay them. It's really strange. Apparently, guys like this have been around forever. Still, it's pretty funny.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• New
• Orleans
• Grifters
• Street
• Entertainment

[BoneDealer]

@Janlari584 DanDan the Shoeshine Man? Oh, I met him alright. He tried to get 20 dollars out of me.

[fullfreydog]

This is way funnier when you're not the one on the spot.Have you met the guys that sell magazines that local shops give away free?

[lilprincessdebbie]

i had the same stunt pulled on me in new orleans in 1999

[cecily7]

you got them shoes on bourbon street!

[Janlari584]

Have you seen the ones who can tell you where you got them shoes!