On 10 Sep 05  00:53:39, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: John's Surgery   
      
    DC>> On both.  2 of the local rivals tout their awards.   
    RY>> Standard promotions.. you should see the process by which they   
    RY>> get picked, it's politics..   
       
    DC> I'm sure it makes the Oscars look legit!   
      
    RY> As legit as a Vegas dealer pitching seconds from a cold deck..   
      
    RY> (dealing the second card from the top from a stacked deck)   
      
   I love card tricks, but my fingers don't like me!      
      
   But, I can do one trick very well.   }:-)      
      
   I've actually fooled people that play cards a lot, a very lot!  The    
   real kicker it that not only do I show them the card they selected    
   but I give that card to them and the rest of the deck for them to shuffle.     
      
   Then, I find their card.      
      
   Actually, I 'miss'.  If it was the 4 of clubs, I show them the    
   4 of spades.  They almost are impressed until they realize that    
   the suit is wrong.     
      
   It's then that I "give up" and throw the deck onto the table.     
   That's when the 4 of clubs literally pops up.     
      
   And no, I don't palm the 4 of clubs, or have a second one of them.     
   It's a legitinate deck with 52 cards.  They can count both before    
   and after.  In fact, I insist it is their set of cards.  They    
   get to suffle both before and after they select the card.     
      
   You need to see how easy the trick is to perform and how effective    
   it is to understand why it works.  My 'miss' on the call allows me to    
   take it a bit further and make them pick the next card that I tell them    
   that it will be.      
      
         
      
      
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