You know you're a Magician when.....
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by justinsane » Oct 11th, '07, 11:28
If you start taking your rocky raccoon out for walks because "He gets depressed staying in that box all day." you just might be a magician.
If you look at your computer and it says I.B.M. on it and you get excited looking for the hidden compartment. You might be a magician.
If you ever have problems with your coins "talking" too much. You might be a magician.
If you find yourself vanishing the salt at a dinner party and then reproducing it when someone asks you to pass the salt.
If you have ever tried to figure out a way to gimmick your television, or any household furniture so it looks like it is levitating.
If you find yourself bringing a deck of cards instead of a magazine with you to the restroom. You just might be a magician.
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by Magical_Trevor » Oct 11th, '07, 11:46
You openly criticise TV magicians - instead of saying 'wow' - when they do something amazing
Haahaahaahaaa, thats so true! It annoys the hell out of my girlfriend, cos she knows that I probobly can work it out right away, where as it takes her weeks - good one Seige!
I also agree 100% with p*****g coins all day for no good reason, same with the searching through change for Coin uniques or bitten coins, its crazy...the hobby takes over your life haahaa
Dan
aka trev
Haahaahaahaaa, thats so true! It annoys the hell out of my girlfriend, cos she knows that I probobly can work it out right away, where as it takes her weeks - good one Seige!
I also agree 100% with p*****g coins all day for no good reason, same with the searching through change for Coin uniques or bitten coins, its crazy...the hobby takes over your life haahaa
Dan
aka trev
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by FRK » Oct 11th, '07, 12:21
You know you're a magician when...
...you are the only one driving to work while practicing palming a quarter.
...you pull five bucks out of your waitress's ear to leave a tip.
...you just bought more toys at the dollar store than your kids, because of
a trick you plan on making.
...you always walk around with three different decks of cards in your
pockets because each one is set up for a different trick.
...you pull the four aces out of the deck ... only to lose them back into
the deck ... just so you can find them again!
...instead of just spreading four cards and showing that there are four, you
count them!
...you save your wife's/girlfriend's stockings with runs in them.
...you refer to everyday objects as "ordinary". <-- My favorite
...you can have a heated debate whether Dai pronounced "Day" or "Die".
...you have more than a dozen open decks of cards and even more unopened
ones.
...you accidentally do a double while playing "Go Fish!"
...you are the only one that can have fun with a Blank Deck.
...you refer to handkerchief as "silks".
...every coin that you receive gets "accidentally" palmed.
...you have a deck of cards and some half dollars within arms reach of the
toilet bowl!
...you have 101 retorts for the question "How'd you do that?"
...you're willing to pay $15 to learn how to make $1 disappear.
...you own more than three tuxedos.
...your twin boys are named Siegfried and Roy.
...your idea of a fun date involves a lady and a saw.
...you have a dog named "Houdini".
...you go to the S&M store for handcuffs but not for the reason they think.
...you are back-ordered for rabbits and mice at the pet store.
...you have more than three decks of cards on you at any given time.
...you introduce your wife as "My assistant."
...someone asks for your card you give them the Ace of Diamonds.
...you wear black on the Anniversary of Houdini's death.
...you see a bag and wonder how long it would take to escape from it.
...you try to teach your cat to jump through burning hoops like Siegfried
and Roy's tigers.
...your best pick up line begins with "Pick a card".
...you watch the space shuttle lift off and start thinking of ways to make
it disappear.
...you have never been to the insane asylum, yet you own a straight jacket.
...no one will play cards with you....ever.
...you have "at least" eleven fingers.
... you paid $25.00 for a quarter.
...you are playing cards with the guys and when someone asks you to shuffle
the deck, you get a blank look on your face and ask "You mean a real
shuffle?!"
...then you have to think really hard to remember how to do a real shuffle.
...the oldest deck of cards in use in your possession was purchased a week
ago and you're ready to toss it.
...you can't help but wonder what those cups would look like mouth-down on
the table.
...the thought of bending or writing on a playing card doesn't throw you for
a loop anymore.
...you have half-dollars in your house that you acquired on purpose.
...you get a strange pleasure when you hear any of the following words or
phrases in normal conversation: "spellbound," "triumph," "pass," "assembly,"
or "oil and water."
...it matters to you how someone shuffles your deck.
...you know what FASDIU stands for and appreciate it!
...you'll buy two copies of the same newspaper and not read either.
...you have a business card printed with the word "magician" under your
name.
...you know how David Blaine did most of his tricks and have created your
magic shopping list accordingly.
...you find yourself inexplicably compelled to inform that professional
magician whose show you just saw that you are a magician, too.
...you're happy when you get a half-dollar in your change!
...you actually want to go to a lecture.
...a "shell" is not something found on a beach.
...a "half" can only mean a coin that no one else in the world uses.
...seated at a restaurant you survey the table for "props."
...you want to put a coin into your left hand you have to first pick it up
with your right.
...you are the only one of your male friends to have a nice silk collection.
...people refuse to sit near you because you insist on practicing your
passes, palms, double and count even though you don't have a deck of cards
in your hands.
...every Christmas, you get a new load of Svengali decks or sponge balls.
...you back-palm your movie ticket and produce it out of thin air.
....you can't stand to play card games because of the temptation to flourish
and cheat at least once.
...all your friends call you when magic is on TV.
...your child says," Daddy what happens to a magician when he dies?" and you
say "His friends slap him on the back and say" Nice show".
...you have to be careful not to spend some of the change in your pocket.
...you have more decks of cards than a casino.
...your entire friends name starts with "The Amazing" or "The Great".
...after viewing magic on TV, everyone in the room looks at you asks, "How'd
they do that"? And, all you do is smile and say, "It's really easy if you
think about it, but magicians can't tell." And you're really thinking "How
the heck did they do that"? <-- Yep, that's me....
...you make more "passes" with decks of cards than you do with the ladies.
...you can lose your TT and you visit the magic shop instead of the
emergency ward.
...you pay to see a lecture, buy a written version of what was just
demonstrated to you, and then buy a manufactured version of something in the
notes.
...handing you a tip in a restaurant, people ask you," Do you make your
living doing this? I mean, full time?"
...you pay $60.00 for a book and get, possibly, one or two useful things out
of it and you're happy.
...you buy lots of brightly colored silk scarves for yourself and your best
girl's name isn't "Bruce".
...you are the only guy dragged into the women's clothing store and not
bored to tears because you plant yourself in front of a mirror and check the
angles on your coin moves.
...someone asks for a piece of rope, and you pull one from your pocket.
...you carry more "office supplies" on you than at your desk. (For the
Mentalist)
...you actually have a "use" for rubber cement.
Additions from JLC:
...you admit owning a powder blue tuxedo and didn't co-star in "Dumb &
Dumber".
...your facial hair is partially drawn on.
...you shave a widow's peak into your hairline (even when it starts on top
of your head).
...you think combing your eyebrows up looks cool!
...you are strangely drawn to wearing a bolo tie - and yet you fear what
wearing one might mean.
...every household cleaning product you own has the word "magic", "merlin",
or "wand" as a part of its name.
...you associate the phrase "the rabbit died" with faulty apparatus and not
pregnancy.
...you can't play pool without wondering if you can vanish the cue like a
flip stick.
...spend hours trying to rearrange the letters in your name to use on stage
(only to come back years later using your real name).
...tell people that you do "mind reading" and then ask what they do.
...send out publicity photos which look like you....20 years ago.
...hesitate doing Gospel magic because your favorite publicity shot has a
little devil whispering in your ear.
...you own several of the same trick because the tubes are different in
height (by a 1/4"!).
...you specialize in "the hard stuff" but only if it is on DVD because you
can't learn from books.
...you don't use a sixth finger because you are all thumbs.
...you wonder why folks are shocked when you tell them that you do tricks
with a stripper.
...you think a lap dance is trying to catch coins on your thighs while
wearing dress pants.
...you perform all original material...its just not yours !.
...you think change bags look like common household objects.
...you don’t mind kissing a dove.
...you think your audience believes multiplying bottles look like real glass
bottles.
...you reply “$18.95!” (current price) when you hear someone say “What’s
Next”.
...you hear “Goldfinger” and think “black magician” before thinking “James
Bond”.
...you find logic in making your assistant float and disappear in mid-air -
but you need the cover of a cloth to make a 4” ball float.
...you know a card fan has nothing to do with St. Louis baseball.
...you have a tell-tale bulge from a hip pocket wallet, yet when you make a
card appear in a huge zippered coat pocket wallet, you think it looks
normal.
...you collect Wally Barber postcards.
...you know Teller CAN talk.
...you know Chinese sticks are not table utensils.
...you think an all mentalism show is entertaining.
...you expect people to think it’s magic when it took you half an hour to
set up.
...you own a dozen thimbles and can’t sew.
...you readily accept a black American, wearing African clothing, being
named “Hiawatha”.
...you don’t perceive a square circle as a geometric oxymoron.
...you own a top hat, cape and cane and have never gone to the opera.
...you begin demonstrating the mysteries of ancient China at the age of 9.
...you make money appear out of thin air and then wait for someone to give
you a check.
...you hate it when clowns and mimes do magic BUT you perform the
banana/bandana routine and make it appear that a zombie ball has a mind of
its own.
...you are the only one driving to work while practicing palming a quarter.
...you pull five bucks out of your waitress's ear to leave a tip.
...you just bought more toys at the dollar store than your kids, because of
a trick you plan on making.
...you always walk around with three different decks of cards in your
pockets because each one is set up for a different trick.
...you pull the four aces out of the deck ... only to lose them back into
the deck ... just so you can find them again!
...instead of just spreading four cards and showing that there are four, you
count them!
...you save your wife's/girlfriend's stockings with runs in them.
...you refer to everyday objects as "ordinary". <-- My favorite
...you can have a heated debate whether Dai pronounced "Day" or "Die".
...you have more than a dozen open decks of cards and even more unopened
ones.
...you accidentally do a double while playing "Go Fish!"
...you are the only one that can have fun with a Blank Deck.
...you refer to handkerchief as "silks".
...every coin that you receive gets "accidentally" palmed.
...you have a deck of cards and some half dollars within arms reach of the
toilet bowl!
...you have 101 retorts for the question "How'd you do that?"
...you're willing to pay $15 to learn how to make $1 disappear.
...you own more than three tuxedos.
...your twin boys are named Siegfried and Roy.
...your idea of a fun date involves a lady and a saw.
...you have a dog named "Houdini".
...you go to the S&M store for handcuffs but not for the reason they think.
...you are back-ordered for rabbits and mice at the pet store.
...you have more than three decks of cards on you at any given time.
...you introduce your wife as "My assistant."
...someone asks for your card you give them the Ace of Diamonds.
...you wear black on the Anniversary of Houdini's death.
...you see a bag and wonder how long it would take to escape from it.
...you try to teach your cat to jump through burning hoops like Siegfried
and Roy's tigers.
...your best pick up line begins with "Pick a card".
...you watch the space shuttle lift off and start thinking of ways to make
it disappear.
...you have never been to the insane asylum, yet you own a straight jacket.
...no one will play cards with you....ever.
...you have "at least" eleven fingers.
... you paid $25.00 for a quarter.
...you are playing cards with the guys and when someone asks you to shuffle
the deck, you get a blank look on your face and ask "You mean a real
shuffle?!"
...then you have to think really hard to remember how to do a real shuffle.
...the oldest deck of cards in use in your possession was purchased a week
ago and you're ready to toss it.
...you can't help but wonder what those cups would look like mouth-down on
the table.
...the thought of bending or writing on a playing card doesn't throw you for
a loop anymore.
...you have half-dollars in your house that you acquired on purpose.
...you get a strange pleasure when you hear any of the following words or
phrases in normal conversation: "spellbound," "triumph," "pass," "assembly,"
or "oil and water."
...it matters to you how someone shuffles your deck.
...you know what FASDIU stands for and appreciate it!
...you'll buy two copies of the same newspaper and not read either.
...you have a business card printed with the word "magician" under your
name.
...you know how David Blaine did most of his tricks and have created your
magic shopping list accordingly.
...you find yourself inexplicably compelled to inform that professional
magician whose show you just saw that you are a magician, too.
...you're happy when you get a half-dollar in your change!
...you actually want to go to a lecture.
...a "shell" is not something found on a beach.
...a "half" can only mean a coin that no one else in the world uses.
...seated at a restaurant you survey the table for "props."
...you want to put a coin into your left hand you have to first pick it up
with your right.
...you are the only one of your male friends to have a nice silk collection.
...people refuse to sit near you because you insist on practicing your
passes, palms, double and count even though you don't have a deck of cards
in your hands.
...every Christmas, you get a new load of Svengali decks or sponge balls.
...you back-palm your movie ticket and produce it out of thin air.
....you can't stand to play card games because of the temptation to flourish
and cheat at least once.
...all your friends call you when magic is on TV.
...your child says," Daddy what happens to a magician when he dies?" and you
say "His friends slap him on the back and say" Nice show".
...you have to be careful not to spend some of the change in your pocket.
...you have more decks of cards than a casino.
...your entire friends name starts with "The Amazing" or "The Great".
...after viewing magic on TV, everyone in the room looks at you asks, "How'd
they do that"? And, all you do is smile and say, "It's really easy if you
think about it, but magicians can't tell." And you're really thinking "How
the heck did they do that"? <-- Yep, that's me....
...you make more "passes" with decks of cards than you do with the ladies.
...you can lose your TT and you visit the magic shop instead of the
emergency ward.
...you pay to see a lecture, buy a written version of what was just
demonstrated to you, and then buy a manufactured version of something in the
notes.
...handing you a tip in a restaurant, people ask you," Do you make your
living doing this? I mean, full time?"
...you pay $60.00 for a book and get, possibly, one or two useful things out
of it and you're happy.
...you buy lots of brightly colored silk scarves for yourself and your best
girl's name isn't "Bruce".
...you are the only guy dragged into the women's clothing store and not
bored to tears because you plant yourself in front of a mirror and check the
angles on your coin moves.
...someone asks for a piece of rope, and you pull one from your pocket.
...you carry more "office supplies" on you than at your desk. (For the
Mentalist)
...you actually have a "use" for rubber cement.
Additions from JLC:
...you admit owning a powder blue tuxedo and didn't co-star in "Dumb &
Dumber".
...your facial hair is partially drawn on.
...you shave a widow's peak into your hairline (even when it starts on top
of your head).
...you think combing your eyebrows up looks cool!
...you are strangely drawn to wearing a bolo tie - and yet you fear what
wearing one might mean.
...every household cleaning product you own has the word "magic", "merlin",
or "wand" as a part of its name.
...you associate the phrase "the rabbit died" with faulty apparatus and not
pregnancy.
...you can't play pool without wondering if you can vanish the cue like a
flip stick.
...spend hours trying to rearrange the letters in your name to use on stage
(only to come back years later using your real name).
...tell people that you do "mind reading" and then ask what they do.
...send out publicity photos which look like you....20 years ago.
...hesitate doing Gospel magic because your favorite publicity shot has a
little devil whispering in your ear.
...you own several of the same trick because the tubes are different in
height (by a 1/4"!).
...you specialize in "the hard stuff" but only if it is on DVD because you
can't learn from books.
...you don't use a sixth finger because you are all thumbs.
...you wonder why folks are shocked when you tell them that you do tricks
with a stripper.
...you think a lap dance is trying to catch coins on your thighs while
wearing dress pants.
...you perform all original material...its just not yours !.
...you think change bags look like common household objects.
...you don’t mind kissing a dove.
...you think your audience believes multiplying bottles look like real glass
bottles.
...you reply “$18.95!” (current price) when you hear someone say “What’s
Next”.
...you hear “Goldfinger” and think “black magician” before thinking “James
Bond”.
...you find logic in making your assistant float and disappear in mid-air -
but you need the cover of a cloth to make a 4” ball float.
...you know a card fan has nothing to do with St. Louis baseball.
...you have a tell-tale bulge from a hip pocket wallet, yet when you make a
card appear in a huge zippered coat pocket wallet, you think it looks
normal.
...you collect Wally Barber postcards.
...you know Teller CAN talk.
...you know Chinese sticks are not table utensils.
...you think an all mentalism show is entertaining.
...you expect people to think it’s magic when it took you half an hour to
set up.
...you own a dozen thimbles and can’t sew.
...you readily accept a black American, wearing African clothing, being
named “Hiawatha”.
...you don’t perceive a square circle as a geometric oxymoron.
...you own a top hat, cape and cane and have never gone to the opera.
...you begin demonstrating the mysteries of ancient China at the age of 9.
...you make money appear out of thin air and then wait for someone to give
you a check.
...you hate it when clowns and mimes do magic BUT you perform the
banana/bandana routine and make it appear that a zombie ball has a mind of
its own.
www.michaelmagnum.com
magic@michaelmagnum.com
magic@michaelmagnum.com
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by Farlsborough » Oct 11th, '07, 13:27
The other end of "you refer to everyday objects as ordinary/regular/normal" is that my girlfriend has noticed I take great joy in explaining things with "...but secretly", e.g. "I told my housemate I'd do the washing up later, but secretly I'm going home tonight before I'll get the chance! (tee hee!)"
Other things: you have about 5 wallets and are still looking longingly at another one on eBay...!
When everyone else in your house has gone to bed, the annoying cheesy intro music on L&L DVDs can be heard emanating from your study.
You scour WHSmiths and Staples for envelopes and pens which look cheap and common to everyone else, but you know they've got that specific dimension or quality which makes them essential for the miracle you have in the pipeline... but dammit if they have every other product other than the one you want!
or...
You go into a shop and ask where the wage envelopes/candles/rubber bands are, and when they take you to exactly what you have just asked for you look disappointed and say "oh, nevermind" or "do you have any others?"
And finally, for those in the UK - you start calling elastic bands "rubber bands"
Other things: you have about 5 wallets and are still looking longingly at another one on eBay...!
When everyone else in your house has gone to bed, the annoying cheesy intro music on L&L DVDs can be heard emanating from your study.
You scour WHSmiths and Staples for envelopes and pens which look cheap and common to everyone else, but you know they've got that specific dimension or quality which makes them essential for the miracle you have in the pipeline... but dammit if they have every other product other than the one you want!
or...
You go into a shop and ask where the wage envelopes/candles/rubber bands are, and when they take you to exactly what you have just asked for you look disappointed and say "oh, nevermind" or "do you have any others?"
And finally, for those in the UK - you start calling elastic bands "rubber bands"
- Farlsborough
You know you're a Magician when.....
by reda » Oct 13th, '07, 01:20
You know you're a Magician, the day
that you dont ask yourself anymore that question.....
then maiby.............one day.............
Reda
that you dont ask yourself anymore that question.....
then maiby.............one day.............
Reda
- reda
by cymru1991 » Oct 14th, '07, 21:10
I'll know that I'm a magician when that's what my friends etc refer to me as. I dream magic and am always eg. palming coins when I'm bored. I suppose that it's what other people think you are that matters most. But I suppose that KNOWING as opposed to HOPING that you're seen as a "magician" instead of "a guy who does tricks" must be a nice boost.
James, 19, Lifelong student of magic and will carry on learning for the rest of my days if I'm a very lucky boy.
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by Beardy » Oct 14th, '07, 21:53
Farlsborough wrote:And finally, for those in the UK - you start calling elastic bands "rubber bands"
guilty as charged...and i don't even know I'm doing it!
Love
Chris
xxx
"An amazing mind manipulator" - Uri Geller
"I hope to shake your hand before I die" - Derren Brown
"That was mightily impressive - I have absolutely no clue how you did that" - Tim Minchin
Chris
xxx
"An amazing mind manipulator" - Uri Geller
"I hope to shake your hand before I die" - Derren Brown
"That was mightily impressive - I have absolutely no clue how you did that" - Tim Minchin
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by LeftEye » Oct 14th, '07, 23:19
Blapsing_Beard wrote:Farlsborough wrote:And finally, for those in the UK - you start calling elastic bands "rubber bands"
guilty as charged...and I don't even know I'm doing it!
I was thinking the same thing
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by HenryHoudini » Oct 15th, '07, 02:59
"...you can have a heated debate whether Dai pronounced "Day" or "Die"."
Dont even get me started on that...
Dont even get me started on that...
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by lozey » Oct 15th, '07, 23:26
Farlsborough wrote:
When everyone else in your house has gone to bed, the annoying cheesy intro music on L&L DVDs can be heard emanating from your study.
My pet parrot whistles the L and L theme tunes from the Jay Sankey dvds i have
(C, AH)
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If you have a quality,let it define you no matter what it is-Doug Bradley
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by Beardy » Oct 15th, '07, 23:32
also know you are a magician when you are eagerly awaiting the postie for something other than his/her good looks!
Love
Chris
xxx
"An amazing mind manipulator" - Uri Geller
"I hope to shake your hand before I die" - Derren Brown
"That was mightily impressive - I have absolutely no clue how you did that" - Tim Minchin
Chris
xxx
"An amazing mind manipulator" - Uri Geller
"I hope to shake your hand before I die" - Derren Brown
"That was mightily impressive - I have absolutely no clue how you did that" - Tim Minchin
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by out_slide » Dec 9th, '07, 07:52
...when you start censoring words which normally would not be censored
...when you have 50 decs and never played any card game witth any of them
...when you start thinking how to make the moon disappear
...when you start attracting compasses
...when you can use playing cards as a weapons
=D
...when you have 50 decs and never played any card game witth any of them
...when you start thinking how to make the moon disappear
...when you start attracting compasses
...when you can use playing cards as a weapons
=D
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