Alright, it's been a year since my work related spleen mishap, and losing my job, and typing my brains out to try to make a buck in the world's most expensive country to live in (Japan), and now I finally can eek out a tiny bit of time here and there to work on my old, long-dusty blogs. There's going to be some new things here (yeah, I know I've been saying that for a while, now), rest assured, so get ready to have a little fun... eventually. (*ehe*)
Okay, gotta go for now, but I'll be back!
Yes, I really mean it this time.
Seeya in a small number of days! haha :P lol
Bai bai 4 now ^_~
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Salutations! ^_~
Today, let's go over a pretty cool gag, that some of you all might remember from school, and others may be unfamiliar with yet. The "Bumblebee Eggs" bit, also known as "Rattlesnake Eggs", or something similar.
The effect;
An unwitting person is handed an envelope, marked "Bumblebee Eggs", by a friend, who warns, "Hold these a sec'.... but don't wake them up!"
Once the friend let's go, the receiver of this little parcel is almost instantly startled by a loud, vibrating buzzing sound, threatening to rip right out of the envelope. The victim.... uhm, I mean subject - often leaps up, dropping/tossing the envelope with a jolting shudder, upon which time, there may be riotous laughter all around your gathered friends.
Preparation;
You'll need - one envelope, one paper clip, one elastic rubber band, and one small button (the best size is about the size of a dime, or a little bit smaller - but not too small) with at least two holes in it.
Take the paper clip, and unravel it. You'll want to then shape this strand of wire into a bow, or a "C", with the tips turned back away from eachother. It is between these two ends that we'll want to be placing the rubber band at.
Now take the rubber band, and snip it broken, so that it is no longer a loop, but now a strand.
Then take your button, and pass one end of the elastic strand through one of the holes in the button, and then back through from the other side of the button through another hole. Tie up the ends of the rubber strand to return it once more to being a loop.
Place the rubber band on the bowed paper clip - this should now look like a stringed bow.... with a button midway on the string. Remember that the bowed paper clip should have the ends turned back from eachother so as to prevent the rubber band from slipping off.
Now, wind the button on the band, twisting the strands together, so that upon letting go, the button spins very fast on the unwinding.
Once wound, carefully place it into the envelope, and transfer your careful grasp of this to your other hand to hold the envelope and the mechanism within. Your grasp should keep the wound up button from unwinding.
Okay - needless to say, you should have pre-written something on the envelope like, 'bee eggs', or 'live baby rattlesnakes', but keep such writing short and sweet.... you want the receiver of this wonderful little package to get the message at a glance, before the buzzing starts, not after. Remember that it is the idea of what may be inside this cool little package that's what sets up your friend for his or her surprise.... otherwise it will just be an unexpected noisemaker. Perhaps 'bee eggs' is just right. Hand it of, saying something like, "Here.... hold this for me for a minute - but don't wake them up!"
Once handed to your unwitting friend, your letting go of this nifty little parcel will get your friend jumping!
If you time it perfectly, right while you say, " ....but don't wake them up", your subject has read 'bumblebee eggs', and is probably ready to let go.... but it is too late, as just as you finish saying, " ....up", you have released it into the person's holding - and the fun begins.
Alrighty, that's all for tonight's post - seeya next time! ^_~
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Hello, all!
Just a little late this evening with today's post - my apologies.... I had to visit the hospital on account of some mangled cartilage in and amongst my ribs. Long story, but everything's cool, no worries ^_^
Today I was hoping to include a video of my own with today's post, but apparently my little camera thingy needs a bit of tweaking, so I will have to edit this in the near future to include such video. In the mean time, I will try to be as descriptive as possible to explain this trick.
The effect;
The performer of this illusion produces a small brown paper lunch bag, folded flat, from his pocket.... upon opening it up, the illusionist then announces that he will now show his favourite toy, a simple ball, though not too simple - after all, it's invisible.
He then shows it to the audience, in an upturned hand, which is seemingly holding nothing. Upon tossing it into the air, he catches it in the bag, which in turn seems to jolt with the landing of the ball inside of it, with a sharp sound as though someone had caught a tossed stone into a newspaper page. The ball is clearly "seen" to have been caught in the bag, but upon showing the interior to the audience, the bag is proven to be empty, having nothing in it at all.... except of course, for the invisible ball.
Preparation;
Take a small brown paper bag, the type described above, and fold the top edge outwards and downwards on itself all around, creating a "cuff", much like rolling back a shirt sleeve, or rolling up a leg on your pants. Now, do this again, doubling it. The doubled rolled-cuff fold should be about an inch or more wide all around.
See to it that this is neatly done, without riping the bag - be careful! And, in neatly enough a way as to fold the bag up again - with it's new cuff - to be placed into your pocket.
Upon opening the bag, hold it by the cuff with your index and middle fingers, and your thumb. This of course, is held by the edge facing you, but hold it above eye level. You don't want your audience to be able to see into the bag, or your fingers which are holding it up.
When performing this trick, and upon tossing up your "invisible ball", bring the bag up to above eye level at the time of "catching" this ball, looking up at the descending phantom orb as you do so.... then, holding the cuff primarily with your thumb and middle finger, snap your fingers on the cuff, landing your grasp to be by your thumb and index finger.
The result of such action, with a modicum of practice (some of y'all out there may just be an instant natural at this), will cause the bag to appear to jolt suddenly downwards just a slight bit, with a somewhat loud and instant report, as though you have just caught something quite tangible, and just a mite weighty. The double-folded cuff at the top edge of the bag's opening, serves to both allow for the sound, and to somewhat amplify it, thus its importance.
This is an excellent trick to practice in front of a mirror with. Give it a try! You'll certainly boggle the minds of many a spectator of any age - though I should note that this is exceptionally wowing for children.
That's all for today's post - until next time, have a wonderful evening!
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Okay, before I go on with today's post and trick, I should apologize to my subscribers for the lateness in posting. Sorry - still tweaking the site here, just a mite.
Alrighty then - today, we're going to go over a somewhat startling bit of comedy, that is very simple, and may get a lot of laughs.... at least from those who aren't of the faint of heart. Be careful hehe ^_~
MIND YOU,.... this bit of comedy is a mite dark for some, and a mere nothing for others - choose your spectators *WISELY*.
DO NOT do this trick for children, under any circumstances.
What you will need, is a paper bag, of the brown paper "lunch bag" variety and size.
You will also need a small fistful of feathers, preferably white, and not of the fluffy plume variety - you know, of the 'normal' shape that usually first springs to mind whenever "feather" is mentioned.... oh, and they need to be small. Remember, you're not attempting to make a wild turkey, or an ostrich magically appear.
Now place these in the bag, flatly on the bottom, so that the bag can then be folded up the way it was when first gotten. You know what I mean?
Now, fold it further in half, or thirds, so that it then can be placed into your pocket, for retrieval upon the time that you wish to whip this bad boy out and slightly shock your audience.
Upon said time, proclaim to the spectators that you will now perform a very famous feat, known throughout the world, and performed by so many of the masters from time immemorial - you will blow up a paper bag, and upon popping it, you will cause a dove to appear and fly away.
Produce the aforementioned folded bag, and open it up, and blow into it to inflate the whole thing, then twisting the top to then burst it with a loud bang at the clapping together of your hands over it. Keep up the banter, explaining to the viewers about this trick's travel through time and fame, as you do so.
Then, upon slamming your hands together to make the bag pop loudly, all will jump and be startled.... and more so, when they see the cloud of feathers burst forth from the resulting "boo-boo" you have just unwittingly committed.
Have a look of sudden deep concern, while slowly looking into your hands in such a way as to seem to not let the others see what mess you have created in them.
Now, just look disappointed and embarrassed, crumple up the bag and put it back into your pocket, and say something like, "Uh,.... uhm,.... okay, that worked the last time I did this trick.... uhm, right - ON TO THE NEXT TRICK!!" And rush on to the next bit of magicery in your act.
Now, as long as you DON'T perform this in front of people who are faint of heart, hyper animal activists, children, or anyone who has ever wept while watching an episode of the Smurfs, then you should get laughs all around.
The next time you perform this trick in a show, or just this trick alone, you'll be well remembered!
Hehehe ^_~
That's all for now - see you next time!
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Today's post is short - just writing to say that I'll be making changes to this website's layout (doing it now), so soon things will look a lot different, and there'll be more resources to draw from here. Already changed much, just need to add a few more small tweaks, and it'll be all done.
Hope y'all like it!
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Now this here's a mite sneaky, and should only be done for a good laugh, amongst those who would sooner laugh than fist fight. Hehehe.
Aaaaaaaanyho, on with today's post.
This here isn't much of a stage magic trick, mind you, but it is rather interesting, in a somewhat comedic sense. For this reason, I include it here.
Here is how you start off; you take a shot glass, and fill it with your favourite booze.... Jagermeister, Sambuka, Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay, or what have you.... then you take a paper cup, or any cup that you cannot see through, and place it upside-down over the shot glass, obscuring it from view.
Now you tell your friends that you can drink the contents of the shot glass without touching the overturned cup what sits over it, hiding it from sight. They of course will be mighty skeptical, but then you can say, "If I can't do it, then I'll buy us a round of drinks.... but if I can do it, you all gotta buy me a drink!"
Now stick your head under the bar, or under the table, wherever you have chosen to do this trick, and make a bunch of sloppy gulping sounds, come back up, say something like, "That was great! You all ready to buy me a drink now?" - don't actually SAY that you have DRANK it already just yet - if anyone says that you didn't drink it yet, then you can tell them that they are welcome to take a look to answer any questions they have in their minds.
When any of the other people pick up the cup, you then take the shot glass and drink it all down. You didn't touch the overturned cup, and everyone owes you a drink!
Kinda sneaky, but, well, there it is hehe :P
That's all for today - until next time, have a nice night! ^_^
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