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Me too!

I'm happy to look for the eastern walking through, but apart from using the term, who on earth did use SAM?

Vic

I dont know of a magician who used them specifically but i was in a magic shop and overheard a confused customer who just had a trick demonstrated to him say "it's all smoke and mirrors"

And thinking about it. I believe there was a magician who, in World War 2, helped camouflage, and then draw attention away from a town by using beacons and big mirrors along a river.

I cant remember his name

Any of the previous pictures can count, i've come up with yet another hard pic to find next time it's something really simple. I promise

So what request is up?

does my man through eastern mortar still go ahead?
My picture wasnt very good though, so i don't mind, tough one too

Mark

that's fine by me

Biggz wrote:
And thinking about it. I believe there was a magician who, in World War 2, helped camouflage, and then draw attention away from a town by using beacons and big mirrors along a river.

I cant remember his name
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You're probably thinking of Jasper Maskelyne and his work as part of the 'A Force' where he used sleight and misdirection to confound those against whom we were fighting. Excellent reading if you can find it.

Vic

His largest trick was to conceal Alexandria and the Suez Canal to misdirect German bombers. He built a mockup of the night-lights of Alexandria in an adjacent bay three miles away with fake buildings, lighthouse and anti-aircraft batteries. To mask the Suez Canal, he built a revolving cone of mirrors that created a wheel of spinning light nine miles wide.

That was him! I watched a program on it a while ago and it was fascinating.

So what's the next item folks? If there are no other suggestions how about the classic Indian Rope Trick?

Mark has the ball with

If so, I'd like to see a picture of a man walk through a not so famous? Eastern landmark.

So away we go (anyone help me with a translation to this one, never much good at cryptics ),

Vic

Here's some China from 'Copperfield's Antiques' - will it do?

Why not? new request:) ?

rcarlsen wrote:Why not?

Um, because it isn't a picture of what was requested!

I must admit, I'm struggling to find one though!

Argh... searching....

Ok

I'll make it less of a riddle.....

Man walking through eastern landmark = man walking through the G**at W*ll of Shanghai? Hong Kong?

Mark