Yes the finer points of my life sometimes feel scripted by John Cleese. Alas, as I stood there looking at the crowd looking back at me there was no one to yell "Cut".

Pike Place Market has a fish stall where they throw your order around and out into the crowd. A worker is supposed to catch it. Have you heard of it? It's semi-famous. Anyway I was innocently walking by... and I was gobsmacked.