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Rectify New user Florida 56 Posts |
Just don't hold it over their head that you know it and they don't. It takes away the fun and also image of magic when you reveal effects.
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Mr Timothy Gray Veteran user Rue d'Auseil 364 Posts |
David Berglas, in response to people asking how he did his Floating Table, would often say, "That's a very good idea. I might have to try that next time." I think that's a wonderful response.
Yr. Obdt. Svt.,
Mr Timothy Gray Specializing in the Occult Arts of Fortune Telling, Magic & Mediumship; Est. 1986 |
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syshacker New user 4 Posts |
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On 2010-09-01 22:30, bhavz95 wrote: Unbelievable read. I think doing it in a humorous way is always the way to go. |
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EldonFowler Regular user 110 Posts |
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A guy said to me"How did you do that?" I said "If I tell you, I'd have to kill you" The guy said "Ok then....Tell my wife" But do not use this joke with a guy when his wife is there! |
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Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts |
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On 2008-04-29 10:49, Justin Style wrote: yo! Come on, There's no such thing as Magic |
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mtb New user South Africa 61 Posts |
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On 2011-07-23 19:16, Howie Diddot wrote: The magical mafia are sort of now you see them, now you don't. And they are always in the other hand. |
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Magic Rik Loyal user Eastern Canada 296 Posts |
It was 1980, I was a public school teacher and in our small town we had just started to use micro computers in the elementary school. I had been asked to drive about two hours to a neighbouring town and do a demonstration to their teachers. It was all pretty new then and I was pretty green at it.
About three quarters of the way through, I was trying to explain CPUs and RAMs and disc drives and there was a a pause. A bit of a know-it-all in the second row says out loud, so everyone could hear, "Yes, but how does it really do that? Where does it happen?" Referring to the electronics of it, the bits and bytes etc. The computer company from the big city who was sponsoring the demo had sent along a friend of mine, a geek who worked for them, but who also knew educators. He was very quietly sitting in row four. There was a longer pause because I did not know how to answer. In a stage whisper Chris said, "Its all done in the PFM box." The questioner turned around, looked directly at Chris and asked. "PFM box, what's that stand for?" By now you could hear a pin drop. Chris's soft, clear, reply was, "Pure, (little pause), Magic. "So - "How did I do it?" - "Its all done in the PFM box" |
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dpalacios New user 2 Posts |
I tell them " you are so lucky to still have that feeling , and that I wish I did to. I miss the feeling of not knowing how the magic is done. your so lucky!!
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pcb52 New user 24 Posts |
I just look at them smile and say secret!!
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Paraphrased from the Big Bang Theory (Episode: The Prestidigitation Approximation):
"How'd you do that?" "Hey, not knowing is part of the fun! Or, at least, that was the motto at my community college."
Now appearing nightly in my basement.
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mndude Special user 879 Posts |
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On 2008-04-12 07:04, L Trunk wrote: Indeed! When I'm asked how I did the ion in the bottle trick, I go on talking about how glass is actually a liquid and you just need to momentarily increase the liquidity of it or a moment. |
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mndude Special user 879 Posts |
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On 2012-02-18 11:42, mndude wrote: Whoops, that was coin |
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mndude Special user 879 Posts |
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On 2010-09-03 18:31, daffydoug wrote: |
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ibraa New user United Kingdom 51 Posts |
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On 2012-02-18 11:42, mndude wrote: Like this explanation lol |
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ibraa New user United Kingdom 51 Posts |
Like this explanation lol
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JonesingForTruth New user 59 Posts |
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I won't tell you how I did that, but I'll tell you the biggest secret in all of magic... would you like to know it? This has gotta be my favorite of all time! |
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JonesingForTruth New user 59 Posts |
I really love the ones that inspire them to research... I actually had a magician who was visiting at a magic store have me buy a cheap little packet trick when I was a kid, and then show how utterly simple it was and how much less cool after the fact... then he said, Now do you want to keep finding out things like this... or do you want to enjoy the magic. When I said I wanted to keep finding out the tricks, so I could learn to do them, then he said, "Then you're not a spectator anymore... you've got a long road ahead of you... Welcome aboard" Then told me to work with the trick till I was good enough to fool people, and then buy another...
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ApprenticeWizard Regular user Charlottesville, VA 170 Posts |
In my introductory remarks, I use an idea that I got from Rene Lavand. I tell my audience that I come here tonight, not just to entertain you, but to rekindle your inborn sense of wonder. I want to show you something truly amazing ... something you will never forget. Then, in my closing remarks, I come back to that idea saying, "Tonight I came here to rekindle your inborn sense of wonder. Now it is your turn to keep that flame burning brightly deep within ... so that you may once again see, as clearly as every child, the sheer wonder of it all." Later if anyone persists in asking me how something was done, I just shake my head with a disappointed expression, saying "After all our hard work to rekindle your sense of wonder, you want me to throw a pail of cold water on it now? I would never do something like that to a friend like you." Kind of makes them feel a little guilty for even asking, but they usually get the point and don't persist after that.
P.S. I also like that response about it being in a book somewhere. Got to remember that one, just in case.
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Tom Olshefski |
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thatmatt New user 51 Posts |
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(24) I signed a contract with the devil. As a Christian magician, I tell the children I signed a contract with God. The contract obliges me to keep the way the tricks are done a secret for now, but if they are good little boys and girls, when they are older I may introduce them to the world of magic... |
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louisk New user 56 Posts |
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On 2010-10-27 20:52, KMFrye wrote: |
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