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John Pezzullo Veteran user Sydney AUSTRALIA 354 Posts |
David,
We all know that you've got an oversupply of creative juice circulating throughout your central nervous system. It's time to get this creative juice pumping! Your task - come up with an idea for a trick using sandpaper. Good luck.
"One arrow. One life."
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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
Why don't you come up with one instead? How about this... You pour some sand into your fist, (using the vanishing salt method).. After the sand is gone, you take a piece of paper (which you show to be perfectly ordinary)folded up into a small bundle into your hand, then reopen it to reveal it has become sandpaper via the 100 dollar bill switch method.
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David Regal V.I.P. 828 Posts |
You guys are whacky.
The thoughts that come to mind are presentational. You could use sandpaper on the fingertips before cutting to the aces (versions of "Estimation Aces" aka "Marlo Miracle Aces"). Easy and silly card change: Split a card, say the 4D, and put fine sandpaper on its back. Place the gaff on a regular piece of sandpaper, back out (so the package can be displayed simply as sandpaper). Force the 4D. Cut, shift or color change the face card of the deck, bringing the 10D to the face, as if you've found the spectator's card. When informed you're wrong, bring out the gaffed sandpaper and pretend to rub it on the deck, actually laying the gaffed 4D on the deck's face and rubbing the gaff as if rubbing off pips to bring the trick to a successful conclusion. Of course, there are card changes you can execute while holding the sandpaper in the hand that will create the same illusion without the nutty gaff. Funny(?) gag - Do a trick that uses a toothpick, but don't introduce it as a toothpick, call it "A double ended spear hand-fashioned from an imported log of exotic Banyan wood." During the trick, "accidentally" break the toothpick. Silently shake your head, toss the pieces away, then bring out a 12" log of wood and a piece of sandpaper, and start sanding. Look up at the audience and say "This will just take a minute..." |
TomasB Inner circle Sweden 1144 Posts |
Excellent ideas! Many thanks for sharing those. Now, please don't tell me you came up with them from scratch after reading the problem posed. If so, I'll have to repaint my garden gnome to look like you and start worshiping it.
You often mention being short. Just how short are you? I do assume that my replica won't be scale 1:1, though. Thanks for the great and inspiring books, /Tomas 5'6" |
John Pezzullo Veteran user Sydney AUSTRALIA 354 Posts |
David,
Your certificate of merit is in the mail. I started thinking about an effect with a similar climax to Paul Gertner's "Unshuffled" wherein the name of a selected playing card appears on the side of the deck. You take the sandpaper and tell the audience that you're going to 'edge mark' the cards. You rub one side of the deck....
"One arrow. One life."
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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
Here's another idea. Meir Yedid meets Sylvester the Jester. You chip a fingernail after doing some manipulations, so you need to sand it down. Things get taken to far and before you know it, you've sanded your finger off, and smoke is coming from the stump... (use some of the smoke substance Jim Pace mentioned in the last guest appearance).
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David Regal V.I.P. 828 Posts |
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On 2002-09-13 03:55, TomasB wrote: I am 3'4". |
David Regal V.I.P. 828 Posts |
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On 2002-09-13 08:49, John Pezzullo wrote: I LOVE Unshuffled. A great, great trick. You could also use the sandpaper at the end, before the reveal of the selected card on the side of the deck, when they still think it reads "Unshuffled" - you use the sandpaper to "rearrange" the marks and display the final climax. Ok - that's just dumb. |
David Regal V.I.P. 828 Posts |
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On 2002-09-13 11:31, Geoff Weber wrote: Or...let's say in your audience is an uncircumcised eight day old Jewish boy... |
Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
I always wanted to see a priest do misers dream with church wafers.
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NickW New user Derby, UK 66 Posts |
Geoff - I'll think about it. But I can't see the congregation going for it unless I was also preaching on the feeding of the 5000...
(Reverend) Nick Watson |
David Regal V.I.P. 828 Posts |
This thread is so strong, should we start another called "Magic with a Router"?
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