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At a party,
bar or any kind of gathering, you approach someone and ask
them to "pick a card, any card." It helps if you
have a real deck, but in the event that you don't, you can
use an imaginary deck of cards.
Whichever method is used, be sure and play it up, use a little
flash. If you are using an imaginary deck, act as if you have
a real one. Make your victim actually pick a card from the
"deck" that you just flushed and fanned.
Have the
person who picked the card announce it to the crowd or even
write it down.
You then go to the phone, dial a number, and ask to speak
to "Glablock the Great," or "The Wizard"
or "The Sorceress."
Whatever.
You then
say, "Sorceress, there is someone here holding a card."
Hand the phone to your victim and watch their face as "The
Sorceress" tells them their card.
If you
want to really impress them, make it a long distance number
that you dial.
I've watched
people look for hidden microphones and bugs, check for extra
phone lines etc, trying to figure this one out.
Here's
how you do it.
For this
one you need what is called a "Confederate." A confederate
is a friend who knows the routine. You can be confederates
for each other and reverse roles whenever the opportunity
presents.
You use
a very simple code. When you ask to speak to "Glabock
The Great" (or whatever name or title you agree on).
Your confederate starts counting down the cards . . . "Ace,
King, Queen" and so forth. When they hit the number,
you say, "Glablock The Great," at which time they
start counting down the suit, "Spade, Heart, Club, Diamond."
When the correct suit is hit, you quickly say, "I have
a person here holding a card." You then hand the phone
to the victim who hears a mysterious voice say "You have
the Jack of Hearts."
Or whatever
the card was. They then hang up.
You're
simply AMAZING!!
Get this
down pat and you can apply it to different things. Such as
furniture in a room etc. Just don't use more than two variables
in your code and remember the KISS principle. Keep It Simple
Stupid.
One hint; Try to pick a confederate that is home or by a phone
on a fairly reliable basis.
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