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34. People who walk into magic shops with a psuedo-intelligent look on their face as if they are about to say something original and inform the person behind the counter that they have a party coming up in a couple of days time and they'd like to do something visual, repeatable, completely surrounded, examinable and they haven't got any time to practice??!! (This post is to be read from the point of view of the guy behind the counter).
When I've been working at Davenports I have to make a lot of effort to bite my tongue and say "Oh REALLY? I was going to offer you something totally non-visual, non-examinable, that you have to practice for 2 years in your bedroom before you can show it in it's full mundanity!"
The other great line from customers is when they stroll in John Wayne style, walk up to the counter and ask, "What have you got that's new?". And you look at them and think to yourself sarcastically "Yeh, like you've already thoroughly covered the entire history of magic apart from the last 2 months."
It's good fun to then do something like "Dots Incredible" and make a sale.

35. Magic is easy once you know the secret.
36. DO you do kid shows?
37. Can you do it for free? Look at all the exposure you will get! Hey. If I perform magic at a nudist camp, am I at an exposure site? I did magic at a nudist wedding once, It was easy to see who the best man was.
Cheers
Al

Al Doty wrote:35. Magic is easy once you know the secret.
36. DO you do kid shows?

Yeah the first one drives me mad! If magic is so easy, why arnt you a magician Heres a deck of cards, show me something.....

I dont mind being asked if I do kids shows, after all, its only a question. What I hate is people ASSUMING youre a kids magician without asking. Like when your talking to a potential client and they say 'a magician, great! that'll keep the kids entertained '

37: The funny face people pull when trying to remember the one card they selected less than a minute ago!

38. Despite being paid to perform magic, having cards grabbed by a drunk spec so you can endure his "great trick wot I know"....in other words yet another terrible version of the 21 card trick.

Incedentally, a bill is soon to be passed making us legally obliged to bludgeon said offenders with their own shoes.

Incedentally, a bill is soon to be passed making us legally obliged to bludgeon said offenders with their own shoes.

can't wait

magicmonkey wrote:38. Despite being paid to perform magic, having cards grabbed by a drunk spec so you can endure his "great trick wot I know"....in other words yet another terrible version of the 21 card trick.

Incedentally, a bill is soon to be passed making us legally obliged to bludgeon said offenders with their own shoes.

Post of the week

39. More jokers in a new deck of cards.

Yesterday I opened a regular deck and there were six . . I counted . . . six jokers! I thought someone had slipped me LSD!

40. Funny, witty, original jokes that specs come up with like 'can you make my wife vanish'

And the other one is "Don't play poker with this guy." or " Watch your wallet." I am a card weilding pickpocket with latent tendencys to wear clown makeup while dressed in tails. Where do they get the idea they should worry what I am about.
Al