User:Hankgarcia

SIMILAR IN MEANING TO THE OLD  THEATER ADAGE  "BREAK A LEG" USED TO WISH SOMEONE GOODLUCK BEFORE THEY TAKE THE STAGE THE PHRASE 'BREAK A LEG, RIP A STITCH ' OR SIMPLY 'RIP A STITCH' ORIGINALLY COINED BY THE ACTOR/PAINTER HANK CHEYNE GARCIA. HE HAD ORIGINALLY SAID 'DONT RIP A STITCH ' TO A FRIEND WHO HAD HAD ORAL SURGERY A FEW HOURS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE. THAT NIGHT HIS FRIEND RIPPED A STITCH ON STAGE AND BLED DURING THE PLAY. THE FOLLOWING NITE HANK COINED THE OPPOSITE ALONG THE INTENT OF THE COLLOQUIALISM 'BREAK A LEG' BASCIALLY SAYING THE OPPOSITE WITH THE INTENTION OF BODING HIM GOOD LUCK ON STAGE. HE LATER COMBINED THE TWO PHRASES TOGETHER 'BREAK A LEG, RIP A STITCH' AND THUS A NEW THEATER TERM WAS BORN.