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Bananafish - Congratulations!!

as for something for your speech..... two ideas

1) use this if you don't fancy saying too much.... stand up, go to get the speach out of your 'fire wallet' and ... 'well, that's my speach up in flames ... so it just leaves me to say' ... and raise a toast to your wife...

2) use this for the soppy over the top speach ...using the 'secret' behind the torn and restored newspaper... take various notes out of your pocket... each one leads you to say something romantic about your wife... and end by 'restoring' everything into a banner with 'thank's for making me the happiest man in the world' or something..

Alternatively, just tell everyone how much you love magic and drop the suprise honeymoon destination.... yes you're spending two weeks in a plastic box suspended abover Tower Bridge with your greatest idol.... Mr Blaine!!!!

Cheers

Vats

Thanks for that vats. I actually quite like the flame wallet speech idea, but knowing me on my wedding day, I'd probably set the whole damn place on fire.

I was going to use cue cards – but I decided that if I had a deck of cards in my hands I would automatically shuffle them, fan them out and then ask everyone to select one. So I decided not to use them.

almost forgot....


congrats mr and mrs banana!!!



hehe heh

That's the one - empty trouser pokets pulled out etc. See the Mother-In-Law get angry, see the Bridesmaids get jealous, see you in the Divorce Court on Monday!

Sorry to bring up an old old thread, but there is so much in here that reminds me of me, I thought it was a great read

Oh and Congrats Mr bananafish.. late as it may be..

My penniesworth..

You know your a magician when:

you go to pay for items at a shop and you cant resist making the coin disspear or changing the bill into another.

When shopping for jackets, your primary concern is the 'give' in the sleeve and the how many inside pockets it has.

When working out your monthly budget, you start to include a budget for magic supplies.

You no longer shop for wallets in River Island.

You purchase trainers and ask for an extra pair of laces.

You start to keep your coins in a purse

When on the phone at work, your really tempted to ask your client if they has a pack of cards to hand

You approach random girls and tell them you want to show them something.. then slowly take your hand down towards to your trouser pocket

...when the homless person next to Jackson's asks you for some spare change and you produce the 10p you already have palmed.

You can't sit down and relax without grabbing a deck of cards and trying to perfect a sleight.

The most common phrase you hear from your housemate is "not another bloody trick"

You dread getting your credit card bill

There are packs of cards scattered throughout the house.

You've been into stationary shops looking for a certain sized envelope or other such exact item you are not sure actually exists.

During a romantic engagement with your better half you think of something to add to your reportoure....magic that is....the art of magic....ummm it sounds smutty however I put it. You get the idea

...when you start getting annoyed at people who have been at it for a year or less, yet talk like they know it all... (no one ever knows it all...)

...you can put away your magician's eyes and watch derren brown without immediately tutting dismissively "pah...that's so old.."

...you realise that the K.I.S.S. acronym works the best when creating your own magic...

You know and are in awe of people like Dai Vernon, Slydini, Kaps, Houdin, Paul Harris

Almost four years since the first post and all the observations are even more true today than in 2003!

You know that you are magican when:

All your change is signed

Your best pick up line begin with "choose a card..."

Your friends calling you when there is a magic programme in TV.

Bicycle and spoke have nothing in common in your opinion.

Your left hand is always in mechanic grip even with no cards in it.

You handle three kilograms of gimmicks on you

You wondering wich queen is the hottes babe

Nice thread i enjoy that

You know you're a magician when . . .

You randomly open a pack of card in public and shuffle them in hopes someone will ask "Do you know any tricks?"

When someone talks about how much they love The Matrix you immediatley take out a handful of change and some Bikes

You haven't ridden a real bike in five years

You replace your wedding ring with a PK ring so it won't look "obvious"
...or...
You and your fellow magician fiancee buy wedding rings at an online PK store

Your homepage on your computer is Talk Magic

You know your a magician when...

Your friend asks you to borrow 20p and you produce a 10p coin that you already had palmed from each hand and they aren't even slightly surprised.

You have to concentrate really hard to not perform any sleights when playing card games with friends.

No matter where you stand in your flat you are always within arms reach of a prop.

The word "french" makes you think of coins not coutries.

You know you're a magician when....

You start wearing a hat and a cravat and carry a handkerchief so you can peform those effect from books written in the 40's

None of your wallets are normal

You always have a pack of cards on you

All the pens you carry are fitted with magnets

When you take your jacket off, you're careful not to let people see the pulls, ravens and IT reels it's kitted out with

you know what a 'Topit' is

You can keep a secret

No one wants to play cards with you

You have a drawer full of things you'll never use but can't bring yourself to throw out

Can make a couple of hundred quid vanish just by looking at a website (or in a shop) for ten minutes