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I was at a family reunion type thing on Saturday, and decided that I wouldn’t bring much magic as I hadn’t seen some of these people for 20-30 years, and decided it would be more about catching up than anything else.

Well to cut a long story short, I was telling my new found second cousin twice removed (or whatever) that I had a passing interest in magic and the next thing you know it was yelled out that “Simon is in the Magic Circle and he’s going to do some magic”, and with that the kids and adults quickly gathered around and sat obediently in front of me. What the heck was I going to do!

After quickly explaining that I wasn’t actually a member of the magic circle, I made said I would have a look in the car to see if I brought anything, desperately trying to figure out if I had anything that would work with kids.

Mostly I have been travelling light recently and just brought the bands and cards, but I did have a few extra bits and pieces so I figured I would do a few things for the kids and then concentrate on the adults.

It all went like an absolute dream, never have I been so unprepared and have everything work so well.

I wont go into details about everything I did, although I started with the Multiplying Bunnies (you can never go wrong with those babies), I also did various elastic band and string routines, but really had very little I could do for enteratining the children. Then I realised that I had all the items needed for the “Silk to Panties” routine.

I am not sure I have done this at all in the last year, but it is a very basic and easy to do routine, and only really works for me with a mixture of kids and adults – so I decided it would be an ideal opportunity.

To remind you of the effect, You show a square of silk. It disappears, you show the square of silk again, and explain that this time a spectator will make it disappear. I chose one of the adults who I knew had kids in the audience, and after placing the silk square in his hand went through my usual patter of:-

“You have to concentrate on the square of silk. You have to really visualise it in your mind. I have to be able to see the square of silk in your mind, then I can make it fade away and at the same time it will disappear from your hand. Now REALLY visualise the square of silk. Let me see it in your mind”

Then I paused for a moment and called him a “dirty old man”. I said “That was rude. You’re not thinking of the silk square at all are you?”

And he replied…

“No. I was thinking of my wife’s silk panties…” (to much laughter)

Well I couldn’t have had a better feed line than that! I told him that his rude thoughts had changed the magic, and that he better open his hand to see what he had done. At which time he opened his hand to reveal a pair off silk panties…

Now of course everyone laughed and clapped at the change of the square into the panties, but Andrew – the assistant, just stood there with his mouth open muttering “how the dickens [edited by me] did you get me to say that?” The whole night he followed me around asking how I did that.

And as for the rest of the night – everything I was doing was working like a dream. Sometimes everything just falls into place…

Congratulations!

Those things only happen occasionally so I'm chuffed it went well for you. Re the Magic Circle thing, I'm not sure if I heard this from somewhere or not but you could always say that you're not a Member of the Magic Circle as such, you actually belong to the Magic Square - but it was getting very expensive so they had to cut a few corners...........(sorry)

bananafish wrote:“No. I was thinking of my wife’s silk panties…”

And this is a relative of yours?!?!?!

you are never to old to think of silk panties just ask paul danials.

well done son just a little tip if your caught out again how about burnt and restored party napkin pm me for special gimick instructions.
cups and balls done with napkins, dyral does a great one on his fooler dooler tapes.
silks from paper napkin, kid chooses point on napkin and you punch a hole there and produce a silk (use the rule of thumb for this one).
multiplying napkins balls of napkins split into two repeatedly.
seat kid on chair and clip napkin inbetween first and second finger say i will count one, two, three and the napkin will vanish.
the whole audience will be in on how it is vanished and laugh along with you, not sure who origionated the idea so won't tell you the secret on open forum as i don't own it.

magicdiscoman wrote:you are never to old to think of silk panties just ask paul danials.

Ok, i will, im going to meet him in october!!!!!!!!

great tell him i said hi and when he says he dos'nt recal me that will be ok because iv'e never met him thank you please (avid marion boselecta).

say hello to the craig, Avid

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i love the craig


I will go back to my corner now

At the risk of going off topic, I hate that program and everything about it, to me it is absolutely the worst of everything bad that has ever tried to pass itself off as funny. However, I seem to be in a minority so I won't mention it.

nicely done bananafish sounds like you pulled a rabbit out of the hat