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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts |
My wife is really tough on me. She really likes to be entertained, but she makes me work when I allow her any input. I've never pulled off a classic force on her. No mater how many shuffles, no mater how spontaneous or casual, where ever I target, she darts to the opposite side of the deck and then off to the side of that.
The other night I wanted to try something new on her, and the classic force seemed most appropriate. I hadn't tried it for a while and have mostly been working on effects that allow free choice. So without a back-up I casually jumped in. When her fingers naturally landed on the right card she quickly darted to a different part of the deck. I playfully pulled the cards back as if I was just messing around. I didn't fool her. She sang "I messed up your trick! I messed up your trick!". Not wanting her to think that, I made the pass and offered to riffle to any card she wanted, if she'd just say stop. I got down to the last 10 cards and zipped down before she could say stop. "Hey" she exclaimed "I wanted a card near the bottom". I riffled again and she stopped me with about 4 cards in my left hand. I normally don't point to the face card of the top pack in order to cover the slip force. But since I've never slip forced with 4 cards I thought I'd do it. Before I could explain that we wouldn't be using that card, she interrupted "Hey! Now you've seen that card. I want this one.". And with that she grabbed the force card. Victory #1. After she replaced the card in the center of the deck, I failed to make it rise to the top. This part was scripted, and with all her shenanigans it seemed very believable. Next I had to top change, and her eyes locked onto the card. No matter what I did she burned my hands to a crisp. I asked her a question and caught her glance. I went for the change as her eyes darted down. Then another little miracle happened. As I followed through with the change, I watched her face watch my hands...... nothing. She looked straight at it and the change flew by. I finished my little magic trick and she was justifiably impressed.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
Sounds like a tough audience! whew - I am glad it worked out for you
Never criticize someone else until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away from them and you will have their shoes.
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MintonMagic Regular user South Lyon, Michigan 131 Posts |
Josh,
I know how that feeling goes. My wife does the same exact thing. She burns me whenever she can. If I am casually sitting around with a bunch of the magic buddies and I start performing any magic, even though they don't have a clue what I am doing she will state that it is "sloppy". I have also never classic forced my wife but I have done the slip force and some other forces on her. Most of the time she is never fooled, amazed or anything close. The only thing I have to thank her for is my magic is clean as a baby's bottom (after changing the diaper of course!) and now when I perform for laymen they don't have a clue where to begin looking. And becuase of my wife I almost always allow video recording because I am that confident - but that will probably burn me one day!! |
Patrick Differ Inner circle 1540 Posts |
Tough crowd!...tough crowd!
Will you walk into my parlour? said the Spider to the Fly,
Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I've a many curious things to show when you are there. Oh no, no, said the little Fly, to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair -can ne'er come down again. |
SeaDawg Special user The Lunatic Fringe 718 Posts |
I am sick of showing any new material to my wife. All she does is burns my hands and never listens to the patter or watches the effect. I can do some stuff and she is so busy trying to "Burn" me she misses the entire trick. OUch
Crazy people take the psycho-path thru the forest...
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Patrick Differ Inner circle 1540 Posts |
Work silently. Go for the honed edge.
Will you walk into my parlour? said the Spider to the Fly,
Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I've a many curious things to show when you are there. Oh no, no, said the little Fly, to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair -can ne'er come down again. |
Maestro Special user 801 Posts |
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On 2006-09-15 18:18, SeaDawg wrote: Yeah, sometimes when I try to show card tricks to my cousin he does the same thing... I've pretty much only perform for people who ask me to perform now, to eliminate that problem. It seems that if you're showing a trick to someone who is very much hoping you will mess up the trick it's better to just perform for a group of friends around so they can see how "normal" people who aren't so close to you react. |
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