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I've got a little routine that starts off with a card trick and then goes into a couple of coin productions. I need the coins handy so I hold two of them in the palm while doing the card trick. It's quite fiddly and took a while to do without dropping them but I managed it.

But now I've just had a thought, why not just sleeve the coins? So much simpler!!!!

Ahhhhh why didn't I think of that before instead of trying to do card tricks with two coins in the palm.

Most tend to do things in the most complicated way because they are simply too lazy to think of an easier way.

You, obviously, have found another way.

Lady of Mystery wrote:I've got a little routine that starts off with a card trick and then goes into a couple of coin productions. I need the coins handy so I hold two of them in the palm while doing the card trick. It's quite fiddly and took a while to do without dropping them but I managed it.

But now I've just had a thought, why not just sleeve the coins? So much simpler!!!!

Ahhhhh why didn't I think of that before instead of trying to do card tricks with two coins in the palm.

Was it Pascal who once wrote on the bottom of a letter that he apologised for the length but he hadn't had time to make it shorter?

Tomo wrote:

Lady of Mystery wrote:I've got a little routine that starts off with a card trick and then goes into a couple of coin productions. I need the coins handy so I hold two of them in the palm while doing the card trick. It's quite fiddly and took a while to do without dropping them but I managed it.

But now I've just had a thought, why not just sleeve the coins? So much simpler!!!!

Ahhhhh why didn't I think of that before instead of trying to do card tricks with two coins in the palm.

Was it Pascal who once wrote on the bottom of a letter that he apologised for the length but he hadn't had time to make it shorter?

Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parceque je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte

Actually, it's generally attributed to Oscar Wilde.

haahha im the same..

Peter Marucci wrote:Actually, it's generally attributed to Oscar Wilde.

And Mark Twain, it turns out. Wondering which was right (and mindful that I've got to write nearly 100 quiz questions for the local league), I've looked it up now (should have done so originally). It's actually from a letter Balise Pascal wrote on December 4th, 1656 to the Reverend Fathers of the Jesuits, telling them what's what:

"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter."

I know what you mean Lommy, I have a ring routine that requires a coin being introduced halfway through and for quite some time I persisted with a convoluted concealment procedure with all sorts of tenkai nonsense and switching between hands as I manipulated my ring. Then I realised that it was infinitely better to have the coin under my belt and slip it out at an opportune moment. Sometime you can't see the wood for the trees eh?

This business of using the more complex methods to achieve something is rather annoying as it makes Occam's Razor totally redundant. Which I think is quite selfish of you!

bronz wrote:... and switching between hands as I manipulated my ring...

fnar fnarrr gnur gnurrr yuk yukkk (in the words of old Finbar Saunders)

Apologies for this contribution but I promise that when I get better at doing magic my contributions to this forum will improve in quality! Promise!! X
(curently considering this last paragraph as my new signature)

In all seriousness, when working out a new routine or adding something to an old one, it's worth stopping from time to time, taking a step back, and sort of mentally disassembling everything to see if it couldn't go back together much easier.

That sounded clearer in my head.

I guess it just helps to break a routine down to "what needs to be where, when do I need it and how do I get it?". Oh, and I can't remember who said it, but never waste a trip to your pockets.

Which is partly why Sankey stuff is so good, he cuts out all the unnecessary trickiness and focuses on the effect rather than the method.

By the way Mick, congratulations for very quickly spotting my little bit of innuendo bingo. I like to amuse myself by slipping those snippets in from time to time and seeing how long it is before they're spotted!

bronz wrote:By the way Mick, congratulations for very quickly spotting my little bit of innuendo bingo. I like to amuse myself by slipping those snippets in from time to time and seeing how long it is before they're spotted!

Oh you mean you INTENDED it? And I wasn't that clever after all I was just being lead down a garden path? (or should that be "lead down a back passage"?)
Oh thanks very much I thought I was being really clever!
Never mind

Oh yes, I certainly took you up the wrong one there. Chuckle.