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I dont carry much now days due to the fact i get a lot of "You do hypnosis could you put me under?" That and an heirloom wallet with some goodies in thank you very much.

I am sure Freddie gets people asking him to put them in to trance all the time too? or is that just me?

Yes, a lot of people do to see "what it feels like".
Sometimes I do, enough to relax them, depending on the person, place and atmosphere.

I add it a lot to my effects and claim that hypnosis is the cause of them choosing those cards to writing those things etc.

Better safe than sorry though. You had plenty to fall back on.
Better that than not bringing enough and standing there like a dilbert!

I always carry a deck of cards around with me and will usually take something else along depending what I feel like, could be a rope, could be sponge balls, could be cups and balls or maybe some ESP cards. Wha ever I feel like at the time really.

Markdini wrote:I dont carry much now days due to the fact I get a lot of "You do hypnosis could you put me under?" That and an heirloom wallet with some goodies in thank you very much.

I am sure Freddie gets people asking him to put them in to trance all the time too? or is that just me?

I don't use hypnosis to put people in a trance. I just go through a 15 minute ambitious card routine. The spectators eyes glaze over, some are even drooling, most however, are pleading with me to just kill them to make it less painfull.

I'm right up there with you guys, pack small play big. If doing walk around speak to your audience and let them speak to you. Everyone will enjoy it so much more. Magic is just another form of communication. And always remember, 'entertainment first' and watching one trick after another just gets really bland. Unfortunatly most people are too polite to tell you whats going on, and when they do quite a few magicians will figure its the spectator, or the effect. But never them, oh no never is it the magicians fault.

If I saw 15 minutes of ACR my eyes would glaze over too.