The Genii Forum

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The reason I posed my question, will be clear from the following: A while back I was booked for a (rare!) upmarket private function. On announcing Im also a lwayer: crowd goes ooooooohh. 'There are only 3 lawyer jokes' I said, 'the rest are true': aaaaahh goes the crowd ( funny) Yes, the first thing...

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I will be specific. Ive been a lawyer ( the object of many jokes- as of being sharks and ripping people of) for 20 years.

Should one wish to adopt 'the lawyer' persona, should one?

Make fun of 'other lawyers' , but you are not like that.
Take it on the chin, ie youre on of them.

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I have a (serious) question for Tom and others:

Talking of assuming a (performance) character:
Does anyone know of any comics, magicians etc who have ( successfully) portrayed themselves as mean unlikeable characters?

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Motherinlaw
Hitlerwoman

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Wonder how a jumbo version may work?
This effect involves a count, a glide and a double turnover.
Hopefully not an Elmsley count..........
We shall wait and see what Max has got in mind.

Nice anagram

Elvis
Lives

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Great article ( Dustin) on Michael Finney in the Feb issue. Reading about how someone had charged him $100 for a thumbtip, took my memories back about 30 years, when I spent 3 weeks on the QE2, a now retired luxury liner. On board performing was a BIG NAME UK magician. Sometimes he would walk of to ...

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I received my Wonder matches from EM Magic the other day.

The dimishing matchbox part ( as described in the instructions) is hopeful nonsensical garbage.

If anyone owns this prop and disagrees, feel free to post.
If you were considering buying it, caveat emptor.

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Bad luck Marco. Luckily literacy is not high on the African agenda so books and dvdees largely make it safely through. Not so lucky for gifts or items of clothing though............ On another note, Amazon has reportedly resumed shipping for MacMillan. The article I read reported a 70/30% profit spl...

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International shipping is where some dealers make a mint.
First Kilogram to my country is $32. Some dealers charge the full kilogram ( rate) even where the weight is far less.

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I came across a little booklet recently, titled Fighting the devil with Magic, by John de Vries. In the foreword it states: he ( de Vries) estimates the worth of his accumulated equipment at over $7000 ( written in 1974) Question, was it ever the done thing in days gone by do refer to the value of o...

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H and R can be recommended for fair price shipping internationally.

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The UK Telegraph reports the death of Derrick Speight,aged 83, who is described as a 'senior Marks and Spencer executive and talented ameteur magician'.

Ring a bell for anyone?

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Thank you. The beginning sounds identical as i learnt it.( and have the match box) Astor sells a variant, Firefly,( match box vanishes ala disappearing card case or cigarette box) as well as Ezre Moshe, Wonder Matches.( diminshing matchboxes) Both after starting with 'vanishing match box cover', ala...

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Anybody know who invented, and perhaps when, this trick with a matchbox came to light. It may be called Vanishing matchbox cover or something. Performer holds( index and thumb over the flint part) and shakes a matchbox, places it on the palm of his hand, closes his hand, turns it over and pushes the...

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Thank you.

Its sad but true: lay people much more enjoy this type of effect than any hard practised sleight of hand ( with playing cards) routine. For me anyway.

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If convicted of prostitution and laying a false rape charge, this dame has no chance of success against DC in any court.

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I only recently acquired this delightful and clever effect. For those unfamiliar, show a picture of a lemon. Then spell out with alphabet cards LEMON The l and M are swopped, now spells MELON Picture of lemon has now changed to that of a melon. Brainteaser for readers: Can anyone come up with any va...

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I think it was Harold Taylor who authored a trick in Macigram, essentially a 20th century silk effect, using a vanishing cane. Lets see: a red silk is tied to one end of the cane, a green to the other. Yellow is vanished, cane is held by the ends by the hands, cane vanishes, yellow silk is found tie...

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Jolly Roger,

Yes Harold Taylor is a forgotten name.( except of course for Macigram readers from days gone by.) 3 trick Taylor you say.
Am I correct one of them was 20th century silks?
What was the third?

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Lewis 'ol boy, look on the bright side.
When one day you go the big BBQ in the sky, there will be an obituary. It will mention you as magicworld's foremost internet forum loiterer.

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No Derren Brown.
Walking down the street-the 'clicks' echos, will for example tell him
That he's next to a car
That there is a tall building in front of him etc

No trickery as I said, and absolutely amazing.

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What about the blind? I saw a Belgium guy on Dutch TV- he is able to 'decipher' objects around him ( non trickery here) He emits sounds, he then picks up the echos ( coming back to him) of the objects around him. The interviewer had a globe on the table, the (echo man) picked up that it was indeed a...

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All is well.
Serious question: have you considered putting your Svengali book on Dvd?

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I do apologize for the spelling error, and understand you never make any.
I see your latest E Book contains inter alia your ramblings on internet forums ( your words) Any chance of this thread featuring in your next tomb?

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Your psychic prediction re the demise of Snap Illsions in February has been noted and shall be followed closely. I got very excited when the postman dropped a note this morning saying there was a parcel from Canada: which could only mean that my Psychic Trigger had arrived. My parcel however was mar...

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Mark,there are rumours on the said Tragic Cafe that you are bringing an exclusive new product to market called Psychic Trigger. Best used after a few bad misses during one's reading, its essentially a tiny herbal capsule (comes in beetroot, carrot, tomato and garlic versions)that fits directly on a ...

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Quite sad indeed to see you have no sense of humour......I was expecting more (wit) from you frankly. You can't take a bit of sparring but are happy to dish some out.

But by labelling us cynics are you implying that you indeed have psychic powers? In that cae I apologize.

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Lewis,( I hope you dont mind me calling you that, avoids confusion) unless you can clearly explain the 'triggering of psychic vibes' to me, I shall take it that you have lied and are not psychic at all. Intuition, definitely yes, psychic ability no. But some people (readers) honestly believe they ar...

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Tarot, runes and numerology are spiritual tools.
Using them doesn't make one (a) psychic.

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Thank you Martin. I think you would agree that for every psychic who 'delivers' a positive message to their sitters, there are 3 unethical ones who do not. Just the other day a distant acquaintance told me the psychic she had consulted told her she was at deaths door! The 'placebo' effect of such a ...

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Thank you Mark, no need to put a hex on me. You are psychic, I am a skeptic, who has a vituperative special dislike for those flakey 'spiritual mediums' who exploit the bereaved by pretending to receive messages from those passed on. I just had to satisfy myself, that you are not one of them! I read...

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As part of your reading, do you make contact with their departed beloved ones,and convey the odd message from them?

Yes or No. No money.

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Hi Mark,

Seeing you are touting your psychic abilities may I ask:

Ever done a psychic reading for a fee?

A clear Yes or No will suffice.

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Craig, keep calling as you see it!

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50% of Americans believe in miracles........any labels gents?

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A 1999 Gallop Poll found that 6% of the American public doubted the moon landings, which skepticism according to Fox Television increased to 20% after the showing of it's Feb 2001 special, viewed by some 15 million people. In 2009 a poll conducted by the British Engineering and Technical Magazine fo...

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Thank you RK for calling me a stupid f#####moron. Further to your advices to go elsewhere Id be happy to do so. Do you offer ( partial ) refunds on subscriptions or no such luck? I must hasten to add that this choice largely came about by the sad news that you won't be publishing anymore books about...

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On the second disc the interviewer approaches several of the astronouts with a Bible and asks them to put their hand on it and swear they walked on the moon. None would.

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Hope you all enjoyed the 40 year anniversary 'man on the moon' celebrations. I for one am one of those who believed it never happened....so convinced was I after viewing the 4 set disc from moonmovie.com So do yourselves a favour: purchase and watch these discs to destroy many an illusion. It's all ...

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Thanks Matt, that makes me feel fuzzy. I dare say that there exists a rare consensus amongst economists that where the money supply is drastically increased, inflation is sure to follow ( albeit it delayed for a year or two ) Of course should you disagree with this 'callow' consensus Id be pleased t...

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