When you always ask for a 50% discount on your props.

When you turn your Chair Suspension into a diving board for a blow-up pool.

When you believe you have a great career in magic and most of the time you are buying new tricks and also always confide with others that you are always broke.

When you are in 7th grade, have just purchased Bobo and can't put it down, and you keep getting detentions for disrupting the class by continually dropping quarters on your desk while practicing your palms and false transfers. True Story.

When an hour in detention only means another hour to practice Bobo sleights.

Yes Jay! Exactly.

When you are hoping the Germaine water jars have a comeback.

When you think you should get $100 every time you do McDonald's Aces.

Let's see.. 100 for McDonalds aces... mmmm I owe you 100, (never done it) I don't even know the words to Old McDonald who had a farm and on that farm he raised some ducks that he sold to magicians to use in their show. And he had some horses which Father Photiu's uncle made vanish. And he had some doves which he sold to wedding planners because they were easier to deal with then magicians. But most of all he had some pigs which were never used in a show so he was stuck with a lot of pigs because they wouldn't fir in a dove pan or even a Teene Weene Water vase. E I E I OOOOOOOooooooo

When you know that Dai Vernon's version of McDonald's $100 Routine is on page 26 of More Inner Secrets of Card Magic by Lewis Ganson.

When you come back from a show and, while still in costume, check this thread.... even though Mother Nature is calling....... loud.

(I think Jay wins the blue ribbon for number 1 addict to this thread, lol)

When you actually try reading a chapter in a magic book backwards to see if there might be another trick hidden there.

When the police caught you every time for pickpocketing?

When you really think you can make Braco's Ball work...

When you take your lap top to bed with you, and fall asleep typing on the Café.

When your morning routine before you walk out the door, includes checking your pockets not only for your wallet and car keys, but also your TT, half dollar, and a few rubber bands.

When before leaving the house for any appointment that involves a wait, or boredom (drs office, airport, in-laws house, etc.) you check to see what magic reference book or publication you can take with you to pass the time.

When you pull that magic book off the shelf that you've had and studied for 15 years, JUST to see if there might be something new inside that you missed before.

When some night you tell your wife" put your clothes back on I am trying to learn this"

When you blow off a golf match with Willie Nelson to watch Women In Boxes on the Documentary Channel.

When you saw your sister in half making her your half sister.

When your children get in trouble and you send them to there box without dinner.

Posted: Jul 10, 2009 11:58am
How'd I end up in this box?............where are my kids?