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Free Magic: Bar Tricks
"They'll think you're
psychic!"
Effect: This is a mind reading magic trick that
will blow them away. You find a volunteer to perform your trick on. Say you are
going to leave the bar, and whilst outside they are to choose an optic from
behind the bar and inform the "audience" of their choice. When you return, you
will magically read their mind and tell them the drink they are thinking of.
You can even bet them a pint and have a cheap night out, but it may be best to
try it a couple of times first to be on the safe side!!
Method: You
actually have a friend secretly help you to achieve this magic mind reading
trick. While you are out of the room, after the optic has been chosen, your
friend will take a sip of his drink and then replace it on the bar at a
specific place which will tell you what optic was chosen. Let us say there are
15 optics on the wall. We will number them 1 to 15 from left to right. So you
need for your helper to secretly tell you a number between 1 to 15. Assuming
there are three beer pumps on the bar and your friend is sat in front of these,
he can use the following magic principle: to divide the bar up (in your mind so
put your jigsaw away!) as shown in the following table:
| Kronenbourg |
Gap between pumps |
Heineken |
Gap between pumps |
Stella |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
The pumps are shown at the top, the
second row is on the bar area, next to the pumps, the next row is in the middle
of the bar and the third is on the other side of the bar closest to your
helper. If your volunteer chooses the 6th optic (counting from the left), your
helper will place his drink down in front of the Kronenbourg pump in the middle
of the bar. If the 13th optic is chosen the drink will be placed in front of
the heineken on your helper's side of the bar and so on....
Remember
that magic is an illusion that you can do something out of the ordinary, so
never reveal your secret and you'll be surprised at the reaction!!!
If
you have fun with this trick, and are perhaps new to the world of magic, you'll
find the Vanishing Lit Cigarette a cheap starter trick but probably one of the most entertaining
bar tricks of all time. It requires no sleight of hand, comes with a free
on-line video tutorial and will earn you many free drinks and an acclaimed
magician status.
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trick....
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