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DISCLAIMER
The
contents of this section are dangerous. Misuse of the material can
cheapen an art form or at the very least make you look stupid. More
importantly, misuse of this information may result in jail time or
death. Do not attempt any of these tricks without the direct
supervision of a responsible professional.
Make
a cup from a tightly folded piece of paper and fill it half way with
water. Bring a lit candle underneath it. The water will start boiling
but the cup won't catch fire.
Glass
and Science
Position
a glass bottle in front of a lit candle. If you blow against the
bottle, the candle flame goes out, even though you blow against a "wall".
Secret:
The air currents from your breath are divided, but they join on the
opposite side of the bottle to extinguish the flame.
Bend
a Nail with Your Hands
To
start, choose a light penny nail. After a few successful sessions,
youíll be able to use stronger and bigger caliber nails. Place the
nail on a piece of cloth, like a bandana or handkerchief, and wrap
each end of it. The more wrapping you do, the safer it will be for
your hands and the better grip you'll get on it.
This
done, place the wrapped nail on your leg above a bent knee. By
pushing each end down, bend it in the middle. Nails are easier to
bend than most people think.
A
Quarter is Too Heavy to Lift
You
need a hard cover book, a regular wineglass, a bandana, and a
quarter.
Place
the book flat in the palm of one hand and hold it with the thumb. Put
the wine glass on top of the book and spread the bandana on top to
cover everything.
Ask someone if he can lift the glass, which of course he can.
Now
put a quarter inside the glass and spread the bandana to cover
everything again. Under cover of the bandana, secretly move your
index finger to hold the foot of the glass firmly with the thumb.
When
the person is asked to lift it again, he will have difficulty doing
it, as though weight has been added to the glass.
Before
showing the glass and book again, replace your index finger to its
original position.
Spoon
Boom
This
is a bar bet I actually saw take place one time in Australia.
Sitting
in a booth next to me were a tourist and an Aussie hustler. The
hustler broke the ice with a story about how his father was driving
down the road and hit a kangaroo. His father propped it up and put
his jacket on the roo so he could get a picture taken with it. Right
when he was preparing to pose, the kangaroo's eyes popped open and
he hopped away into the bush wearing the jacket. He had only been
stunned.
After
a few beers, the hustler stuck the handle of a spoon between his
teeth and tried rapping the spoonís end on the table. He took it out
of his mouth and said: "It sure is difficult to hit something hard
with the spoon between the teeth".
When
it was time to order another beer, the hustler proposed that whoever
can hit the other the hardest on the head with the spoon wins a beer.
He told the tourist to put the spoon in his mouth. The hustler
lowered his head and said: "OK, hit me as hard as you can". The
tourist tried but it hurt his teeth. When it was the hustler's turn,
and the tourist lowered his head, a friend of the hustler's came up
from behind with a spoon in his hand and smacked the tourist sharply
on the head. Since his head was down, he didn't know he was hit from
behind, so he paid for the beer.
It's amazing what people will do to
get a free beer!
Dad's
Favorite
There
is no trick that I have seen more times than my dad's favorite
prediction.
This
trick is so simple that I'm worried that you might slap me after
reading it. So before you raise a hand to take a swat at my face, try
it. Like
my daddy used to say, "This will baffle'em."
When
guests visited, my father would point to an envelope with an ashtray
on top of it and say: "Before you came over tonight I wrote a
prediction on that envelope." He'd pick up salt and pepper shakers
and say: "These two shakers look exactly alike, except for the
initials on top. I want you to choose the "S" or the "P". After
the selection, dad would go to the envelope and prove that he had
predicted the right choice. At first, his friends would protest that
he had a 50/50 chance. So my father told them that any time they came
over he would have the envelope waiting. So from then on, every time
they came over he would do it with different items like two cards "Pick the King Or the Jack," or "Pick either mustard or ketchup." It didn't matter, my father was always right.
Sorry
dad, but I'm going to give the family secret away.
Secret:
He would select two items ahead of time. Let's say quarters with
different dates. He'd write one date on the envelope, and the other
date on a piece of paper that he put inside the envelope. He'd set
the envelope on the table with the date side facing down, and place
the ashtray on top of it. It didn't matter which one they picked. If
it was the date on the envelope, he would take the ashtray off and
turn it over. If they picked the date on the paper, he would just
reach in and pull it out.
With
both bets covered, Pop's scam was better than 50/50!
Unusual
Lighter
The
next time someone asks you for a light, reach into your pocket and
produce a flaming match from a matchbook.
Secret:
To do this feat, have a prepared matchbook in your pocket. Bend a
match forward from the top folder, then close it behind the
bent match. When reaching for the matchbook, hold the back with your
fingers, and press firmly the head of the bent match with your thumb
on the striking surface until the match is lit.
Be
careful, there have been many accidents to sensitive parts of the
body due to the matches igniting in the pocket.
Smoke
Produced From Sleeve
Anybody
can blow smoke down a sleeve and make it come out of the other one.
Secret:
Get a soft rubber tubing long enough to reach comfortably to each
wrist under your long sleeve shirt. Make sure you can move your arms
naturally. Tape each end of the tubing on your wrists, facing the
palms of your hands. Now lift your right hand and blow the smoke
through the tube. It will look like the smoke comes out of the other
sleeve.
The
Jerk
Put a
plastic cup full of water on top of a napkin on a table. With a sharp
jerk, the napkin can be pulled from under the cup without knocking it
down.
Artificial
Blizzard
Create
an artificial blizzard with a wine glass and paper napkins.
Secret:
Tear a paper napkin into small pieces. Take a good quality wine glass
and rub it awhile with a silk scarf. Make sure all parts are rubbed.
Now place the glass upside down and let the pieces of tissue paper
drop down on the glass. They will stick to the glass. Once the
electricity effect wears off, the scraps will jump off the glass.
One
Through Ten
Here
is a guessing trick that you will get right every time.
Tell
someone that you can read his mind. Ask him to think of a number
between one and ten and not to tell you what it is. Wait a few
seconds and say: "OK, did you think of one?" They always say yes
and you always win.
Face-Up
Poker
A
hustler asks a mark if he'd bet a game of face-up draw poker.
He
spreads a fifty-two card deck face up on the table and says: "I will
reach in and pick out any five cards I want and then you reach in and
pick out any five cards you want". The hustler says the dupe wins in
the event of a tie, and that he'll let the dupe take his cards last.
They agree the suits are all of the same value. Since the opponent
gets to go last on both deal and draw it will seem like a sure bet
for him to at least get a tie.
The
best hand in poker is a royal flush, and to get a tie, all the dupe
has to do is take a royal flush in another suit.
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