Good bar tricks.
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CyprusCraig

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472 posts

212 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Explain some of your good money making bar tricks!smile

my favorite is the 17 trick

Make the other person say 17.

Me: I bet you £20 i can make you say 17

Money on the bar

think of a number between 1-10 and tell me

7

double it
14
double it again
28
double it again
56
Add 20
76
minus 6
70

take the money and walk away

9 out of 10 people will say "oi, you said 17"

Then turn around and say thank yousmile

davido140

9,616 posts

255 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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challenge someone to fold a cigarette in half without breaking it..

Let them snap one or two, then take one, roll it up in a bank note, fold it till your heart's content, unwrap it and it should be fine!

CyprusCraig

Original Poster:

472 posts

212 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Another one is

Allow someone to double their money by getting them to get a bank note out their wallet place it on their hand and tell them you will double the value if you can leave it their until a cigarette burns through...

You will never burn a hole through a bank note.

Some people aren't happy with it.

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

271 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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7 pints Vs 7 shots.

Defcon5

6,468 posts

220 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Justayellowbadge said:
7 pints Vs 7 shots.
Is that where you put your pint glass over their shot glass? I wouldnt be standing after 7 pints!

Eddh

4,656 posts

221 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Spoon in your mouth hit each other on the head jobbie, you hit them with a ladle from the kitchen.

nelly1

5,665 posts

260 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Eddh said:
Spoon in your mouth hit each other on the head jobbie, you hit them with a ladle from the kitchen.
Something like this...?

hehe

Kozy

3,169 posts

247 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Bet someone 'X' amount of money you can open a beer bottle with nothing more than a piece of A4 paper.

Fold it up until it is about the size of a cigarette lighter, and use it to pry the bottle cap off.

bertelli_1

2,425 posts

239 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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My favorite magic trick.

You need a box of matches & a fabric napkin (one where the edges are folded over & sewn - available in most pubs & restaurants).

Secretly push a match into one of the sewn up folds in the napkin. Lay the napkin flat & get a victim to place a match in it, now loosely fold it up, keeping taps on your 'secret' match. Gather the napkin up in your hands with the secret match near the top, get victim to feel for match & ask them to snap it. Let the napkin unfold & hey presto, their match is intact.

pokethepope

2,667 posts

217 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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CyprusCraig said:
Explain some of your good money making bar tricks!smile

my favorite is the 17 trick

Make the other person say 17.

Me: I bet you £20 i can make you say 17

Money on the bar

think of a number between 1-10 and tell me

7

double it
14
double it again
28
double it again
56
Add 20
76
minus 6
70

take the money and walk away

9 out of 10 people will say "oi, you said 17"

Then turn around and say thank yousmile
What if they say a number 1-10 other than 7? It doesnt reach 70 and you don't end up with a number that sounds like 17?

Still works I guess but its only clever when the final number is 70 to make them question it as 17 not 70.

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

271 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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pokethepope said:
CyprusCraig said:
Explain some of your good money making bar tricks!smile

my favorite is the 17 trick

Make the other person say 17.

Me: I bet you £20 i can make you say 17

Money on the bar

think of a number between 1-10 and tell me

7

double it
14
double it again
28
double it again
56
Add 20
76
minus 6
70

take the money and walk away

9 out of 10 people will say "oi, you said 17"

Then turn around and say thank yousmile
What if they say a number 1-10 other than 7? It doesnt reach 70 and you don't end up with a number that sounds like 17?

Still works I guess but its only clever when the final number is 70 to make them question it as 17 not 70.
You're actually asking that question?

You just change the double it, add x, subtract n, steps to get to 70 whichever number they started with.

Timsta

2,779 posts

275 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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pokethepope said:
What if they say a number 1-10 other than 7? It doesnt reach 70 and you don't end up with a number that sounds like 17?

Still works I guess but its only clever when the final number is 70 to make them question it as 17 not 70.
I think you probably have to know how to do maths to get it to work. shouldn't be too hard for about 99% of the population. (hang on, maybe not) tongue out

NWTony

3,002 posts

257 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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pokethepope said:
CyprusCraig said:
Explain some of your good money making bar tricks!smile

my favorite is the 17 trick

Make the other person say 17.

Me: I bet you £20 i can make you say 17

Money on the bar

think of a number between 1-10 and tell me

7

double it
14
double it again
28
double it again
56
Add 20
76
minus 6
70

take the money and walk away

9 out of 10 people will say "oi, you said 17"

Then turn around and say thank yousmile
What if they say a number 1-10 other than 7? It doesnt reach 70 and you don't end up with a number that sounds like 17?

Still works I guess but its only clever when the final number is 70 to make them question it as 17 not 70.
I can't do the woosh thing so I'll allow myself a FFS instead...

escargot

17,123 posts

246 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Justayellowbadge said:
pokethepope said:
CyprusCraig said:
Explain some of your good money making bar tricks!smile

my favorite is the 17 trick

Make the other person say 17.

Me: I bet you £20 i can make you say 17

Money on the bar

think of a number between 1-10 and tell me

7

double it
14
double it again
28
double it again
56
Add 20
76
minus 6
70

take the money and walk away

9 out of 10 people will say "oi, you said 17"

Then turn around and say thank yousmile
What if they say a number 1-10 other than 7? It doesnt reach 70 and you don't end up with a number that sounds like 17?

Still works I guess but its only clever when the final number is 70 to make them question it as 17 not 70.
You're actually asking that question?

You just change the double it, add x, subtract n, steps to get to 70 whichever number they started with.
laugh

Dupont666

22,894 posts

221 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Tearing a telephone book in half.... the easy way!!

Challenge someone to it.. the bigger the bloke the more money you will make... watch as they cant unless you happened to pick a freak of nature.

Then when they give up tear it in half in front of them to piss them off.


How to do it?

fold the telephone book in half, then whilst still folded in half flatten out the top bit (only 20 or so pages) so it looks like:



instead of:



now cause all your pressure is on the top several pages only (not the whole book like the meat head tried) they should start to tear easily and then just keep the momentum going and it should tear easily in less than 10 seconds.

Take your winnings!!


Tried to edit the ascii picture to no avail and put proper pic in.

Edited by Dupont666 on Tuesday 6th October 12:20

pixel chick

98 posts

204 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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nelly1 said:
Eddh said:
Spoon in your mouth hit each other on the head jobbie, you hit them with a ladle from the kitchen.
Something like this...?

hehe
hehehehe

Vipers

33,501 posts

257 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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pixel chick said:
nelly1 said:
Eddh said:
Spoon in your mouth hit each other on the head jobbie, you hit them with a ladle from the kitchen.
Something like this...?

hehe
hehehehe
The grand finale is to tell the guys to swap places, and when the guy who has been taking all the stick sees you raise the ladel to hit the other bloke, the penny drops............

smile

Vipers

33,501 posts

257 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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Bet anyone you can fill two pint glasses up with water, put them neck to neck, and put a penny inside them without spilling the water.

Heres what you do :-

Fill up sink, lay glasses in water, then put them neck to neck, take glasses out, stand on bar.

Get penny, and holding the penny at the two necks of the glasses slightly above it, get a knife, and using the handle, carefully tap the bottom glass, this causes it to move ever so slightly out of alingment with the top glass.

Eventually the penny slips in the gap, but the gap is not big enought for any air to enter, or water to exit, sorted.

smile

dirty boy

14,859 posts

238 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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The Adam Currie beer trick hehe

gamefreaks

2,067 posts

216 months

Tuesday 6th October 2009
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All you need for this one is a book of matches and a mate with enough money to buy another round of beers.

Hand him the book of matches and challenge him to light a match with only one hand.

Use your best smug/bemused face as he fails miserably fumbling around trying to pull a match from the book and strike it without dropping one or the other.

The trick is instead of tearing a match from the book, simply fold the match backwards round to the strike strip and then drag it across using your thumb and 1st finger.

Light up a 'victory cigarette' while he gets the beers in!