I was listening to the radio the other night and one of the bods did one of those mind tricks and I thought I would post it here. I reckon a few of you may have heard this one but at Sunday lunch this week I realised that no-one at the table did, so here it is-
Pick a number between 1 & 10.
Times it by 9.
Now whatever number you have left keep adding the numbers together until you end up with a single digit (36 = 9)
Take away 5.
Now each number relates to a letter of the alphabet. 1 = A, 2 = B, etc...
Now, with this letter pick a country that begins with it.
With the last letter of that country choose an animal.
Finally, with the last letter of that animal choose a colour.
Now you can amaze your friends by reading their minds and saying that they chose the following
[spoiler]DENMARK - KANGAROO - ORANGE[/spoiler]
Remember this is done in a pub or just round a table with friends but you will always get one sod who tries to think of the obscure to ruin it but most will come up with those answers!
Does anyone else have any of these tricks they want to share with the forum!
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 14 June, 2011, 05:45:25 PM
Now you can amaze your friends by reading their minds and saying that they chose the following[/color]
[spoiler]DENMARK - KANGAROO - ORANGE[/spoiler]
Remember this is done in a pub or just round a table with friends but you will always get one sod who tries to think of the obscure to ruin it but most will come up with those answers!
!
My first and not-sodding-about attempt:
[spoiler]Darfur-rabbit-teal[/spoiler]
[spoiler]SORRY![/spoiler]
SBT
This one's guaranteed to make friends and influence people. Ask a smoker, in the pub, if you can show them a magic trick. It works best if they have a fresh pack of twenty fags. Get them to hold their hands out, thumbs touching, over the table. Place the twenty cigarettes one by one between their fingers, then lay the remainder on top of the figers, threaded through the fag-gaps, creating a "net" of fags around their hands.
Then tear up the packet.
:lol:
Warning: The last time I did that, I had a pint of beer emptied over me and was punched in the face. My mum can be so cruel.
SBT
You naughty boy SBT, that is not a country but a region in [spoiler]Sudan[/spoiler] :thumbsdown:
Which is longer, the circumference of a pint pot or the height?
Sorry, I had: [spoiler]Dominica-ant-turquoise[/spoiler].
Admit it, you sat there for bloody ages to get that country ::)
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 14 June, 2011, 07:36:59 PM
Sorry, I had: [spoiler]Dominica-ant-turquoise[/spoiler].
Ha, ha! I had [spoiler]Dominican Republic-cat-turquoise[/spoiler]!
And for some reason the more obvious country 'Denmark' didn't spring to mind.
A very simple trick that usually works:
You write down something on a piece of paper (or beer mat, or whatever) in front of whomever you're trying this on. Keep the paper in sight but make sure your mark can't see what you've written.
Ask your mark what 3 plus 5 is. Assuming they give you the right answer, ask again. And again. And keep on asking, sometimes varying the question as 5 plus 3.
Without warning, ask them to name a piece of furniture. Even if they bumble, they'll usually say "chair".
Reveal what you wrote down in front of them.
Chances are, at least one daft bugger will be truly amazed by your psychic ability.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 14 June, 2011, 06:14:22 PM
This one's guaranteed to make friends and influence people. Ask a smoker, in the pub, if you can show them a magic trick. It works best if they have a fresh pack of twenty fags. Get them to hold their hands out, thumbs touching, over the table. Place the twenty cigarettes one by one between their fingers, then lay the remainder on top of the figers, threaded through the fag-gaps, creating a "net" of fags around their hands.
Then tear up the packet.
:lol:
Warning: The last time I did that, I had a pint of beer emptied over me and was punched in the face. My mum can be so cruel.
SBT
This is a classic - I used to do it with a lengthy shaggy dog story about sheep and rustlers, with the fags representing the farmer the thieves and the sheep , the hands representing fields and farmyards and the fag packet being the barn - which burns down at the end.
Another one that is likely to get you a punch is to bet a woman a pound that you can make her breasts move WITHOUT touching her. If she accepts the bet, give the boobies a good old manual jiggle with a WAY-HEY! - and then hand her a pound.
Ha ha , boobs one is a classic! Would it worth the risk to try it on a woman at work....
Quote from: strontium71 on 15 June, 2011, 01:26:52 PM
Ha ha , boobs one is a classic! Would it worth the risk to try it on a woman at work....
Just don't cite me in your disciplinary hearing!