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Re: Competition article

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-04-27 21:59

>>Razor story - could that be true??? >>

I heard that story in the mid-1960s, but I suspect it's an urban legend. Students warned each other to swipe a hankie down the keyboard to make sure nothing stuck up from between the keys. I never heard of a *documented* incident of that kind, however. I never saw a news article or a magazine article describing such an incident with specific details. Nobody ever said to me, "It happened to me at the such-and-such competition." It always happened to some friend of a friend in some vague location, elsewhen and elsewhere.

The logistics of gimmicking a keyboard in secret would be risky. Chances of getting caught would be high. The practice rooms at most schools don't have armed guards or anything like high security, but people do have to sign in for their time slots and there's almost always somebody (or bodies) out there waiting impatiently in the hall. Even if there's nobody waiting, the room is unlocked and the perpetrator could sneak in undetected, the chance of getting caught in the act would be high, because most soundproofed rooms have windows as a basic safety feature. I'm skeptical.

Lelia
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