Zip Codes

We had just come out of the Ku Cha tea shop and saw a crowd gathered in a circle on the Pearl Street Mall. We went over to see what was happening. The first thing we saw was this guy making an outline of the United States with a plastic chain. This was a large outline big enough for several people to stand in the boundaries..... which they did.

The guy laying out the chain began to ask people for their zip codes. This is Boulder, Colorado so there were people here from all over the country. As people called out their zip code this man would tell them what city or town they were from and what restaurant they would eat in. Then he would have them stand in the boundaries of the United States at the location of their city.

This was absolutely amazing as he would name city after city and restaurant after restaurant. And you could tell that this was not staged as people showed genuine surprise each and every time. The lady from Puerto Rico, tried to confuse him by giving her zip code, but he knew that one, too.

He placed about 30 people in the boundaries without error. Then he actually repeated the zip codes and the cities where these people were located. I was amazed at his ability to do this.

If that was not enough, he started asking for foreign zip codes, and again he was able to tell the city, and in some instances the part of town where these people lived and a restaurant in their neighborhood.

Of course, his performance ended by asking for donations in the hat. He said that no one would be forced to give. But if we didn't give..... he knew where we live.

So that day we had a good tea and a good show on one of the last good days of fall.