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nicotine rush

Name = Jadoger
Email Add = jado_4u@hotmail.com
Date = 01-08-2003
Trick = Magi takes the silver foil paper from a specs pack of cigarettes. The paper is torn into four equal pieces. Magi rolls each into a ball, places the pieces in his mouth one at a time and swallows them. After all four pieces have been swallowed and washed down with a drink of choice, a cigarette is then removed from the spec's pack. The end is torn off the cigarette and the magi begins squeezing the end of the torn cig between his fingers to remove the tobacco. One at a time, the silver foil balls are seen dropping from inside the cig.
Preparation = Tear a piece of silver foil from another pack of cigarettes, roll into a ball and place between cheek and gum.
Method = This is a pretty easy trick and one I came up with on the spur of the moment in a bar setting... but it KILLED! Take the prepared foil ball and place in between your cheek and gum. Start the patter with some propaganda about smoking being bad for you... yada, yada, yada. Make sure the spec's cigarette foil matches the foil you have in your mouth... some are silver (ex. marlboro) and some are gold (ex. camel). Remove the foil from their pack and tear into four pieces. Ball each piece of foil between the fingers of the left and right hand in a French Drop position. Let the pieces fall into the gap between the middle and ring fingers. They will line up pretty well and you'd be amazed at how much mobility you have due to their small size. 
Pretend to place the piece in your mouth and show the piece you had stashed by placing it between your front teeth... fake a few chews and wash it all down. Repeat until all pieces are gone. Replace the piece between your cheek and gum and show mouth empty.
Take a cigarette from the specs pack, tear off the end and hold it pointing down between your thumb and four fingers... begin rolling the cigarette between your fingers. Make sure the back of your hand and fingers are facing the spec. When the tobacco starts to fall out, drop the pieces one by one into the ashtray or table.

A Dicey Trick

Name = Sheither
Email = Nil
Date = 30-01-2004
Trick = With your back turned, you give your friend a pair of dice to roll on the table. He stacks the dice and you write down a prediction on a slip of paper. Then, he totals the three sides not showing. He tells you his total and opens your prediction — they match! 
Method = With your back turned towards your friend, ask him to roll the dice on the table and to put one die on top of the other.
Quickly glance at the dice saying, "Just want to make sure you did that.... okay!") and note the top number on the top die. Subtract that number from 14 and write the result on the slip of paper. Fold it and drop it onto the table.
Say, "Looking at the dice, note that there are three sides you can't see — the one face down on the table and the two side touching each other. Now... I want you to add the three side that you cannot see, so carefully (!) pick up the top die and — without turning it — add the two sides that are facing each other... got that? Good... now, replace the die and pick up both dice and look at the side facing the table and add that number to the first number you have.
Now... what is the total you have?"
After they tell you, ask them to open the slip of paper and — of course — the totals match!

Easy Slip-Knot

Name = Zeeshan
Email = zeeshananees@hotmail.com
Date = 07-04-2004
Trick = A magician ties what appears to be an ordinary knot in a length of rope. He then makes the knot visibly 'melt' away.
Preparation = Get an ordinary length of rope, but not too small.
Method = Hold the rope at the right end with your right hand (I shall call this end A). Hold the rope somewhere near the middle with your left hand. Move End A inwards with your right hand, creating a loop. Hold the rope where the 2 bits cross with your left hand. Put your right hand through this newly created loop, and grab End A. Pull End A back through the loop, and don't let go with your left hand. Pull End A tight. You should now have 2 sort of rings around your left thumb. Remove that thumb. Using the left hand, pull the rope crossing nearest End A leftwards, so the knot is tight. You should now have a slip-knot that looks very real. Give the knot some magic (ie a blow, or a pass, or some words) and give the rope a sharp tug. The knot shall dissolve away.

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