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pantypantsmagic New user 2 Posts |
Howdy fellow Café users as you can see I'm new but I'd like to share with you guys a trick that I've enjoyed showing my friends. It's not a new trick by any means but when used correctly it freaks people out. Since this is something anyone can google I really don't see anything wrong by sharing this with a bunch of magicians and it's a math trick teachers use so it's really easy to find on google. Ok enough stalling the trick is called there are no grey elephants in denmark. the directions are pretty simple as long as your participant can do simple math.
1.Think of a (whole) number between 1 and 10. Some of my friends pick 2.5 or pi so I just say whole number. 2.Double the number. 3.Add 8 to the result. 4.Divide the result by 2. 5.Subtract the original number... 6.Convert this into a letter of the alphabet. (1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, etc.) 7.Think of the name of a country which starts with this letter. 8.Think of an animal whose name starts with the country's second letter. 9.Think of the color of that animal... The number that they will always end with is 4 and the letter D. Ok so now comes the revelation. You say "think of the color or colors. If you're thinking of two colors just mix them together and get one color. Are you thinking of grey?" people usually go like "WHAT! How did you know that!" so after you reveal the color you have to reveal one of the three countries (well 2 really but the third one has come up and I'll show you an out) someone might pick. Denmark, Dominican Republic, or Dubai. So now you have to fish for the animal well kinda all you have to ask is "were you thinking of two colors?" and if they say no you just say "ok". Now you know the country they chose is Denmark and the animal is an elephant. Scenario 2 is that they say yes to the two color question. Then you say Dominican Republic and ostrich because an ostrich is black and white which is where the mix both colors together suggestion comes in handy. What if they pick Dubai well most lay people can't think of an animal with the letter U at least a real animal. Are unicorns real? Any who back to the Dubai thing I can't even think of an animal that starts with U but I'm just like everyone else.When they do pick Dubai you're gonna see that the person is going to struggle when you ask question 8. they might say "I can't think of one" so all you say is "ok that's fine just think of any other country." then do the revelation. Either that or say "Ok that's fine you don't have to think of an animal. I couldn't either if I picked Dubai" or just say "That's fine because you picked Dubai" play around with the trick and see which one gives you better results. There is one thing I have to say this trick works 95 % of the time people do make mistakes and if they do everything they might pick an animal like eagle or orangutan. Also I like revealing Color, Animal, Country of course you can switch the order of animal and country. So I hope this makes sense and you have fun with it. Cheers Oh yea Quick note you can skip steps one through five by using a deck of cards and f****ing a four then go to step 6 |
monkeypuzzletree Regular user essex 119 Posts |
Most people here will find this irrelephant.
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pantypantsmagic New user 2 Posts |
Lol oh ok I just thought it was a neat "trick" to do on the spot and it got some surprising results.
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Philemon Vanderbeck Inner circle Seattle, WA 4694 Posts |
I actually like your thinking on how to handle when things do not follow the most probable course.
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
r1z08 Inner circle 1158 Posts |
Oh boy.
-rob |
kambiz Inner circle Perth, down by the cool of the pool 1129 Posts |
Rob, I hear this demonstration of mindreading is in your upcoming book....
Please advise... Kam
If I speak forth, many a mind will shatter,
And if I write, many a pen will break. .....and when I consider my own self, lo, I find it coarser than clay! |
Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3222 Posts |
Using the Magic Café search engine, I found the following topics on this subject. This topic is continued at the first link below:
Grey Elephants in Denmark? There is a Grey Elephant in Denmark Gray Elephants in Denmark Elephant from Denmark
Humans make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to create boredom. Quite astonishing.
- The character of ‘Death’ in the movie "Hogswatch" |
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