Dirty Magician

[Huei Xiang]

Wish I could avoid all this. This morning when I was walking in the street I was stopped by a magician who was doing his stuff (card tricks) near a mall. So, I let him entertain me with his card tricks. He was well-dressed, with a decent suit and a tie. But one thing that turned me off was that before he started spreading the cards, he openly digged his nose without wiping it off started to spread his deck nonchalantly. I picked a card hesitantly and the card that i picked (i could still remember that it was the 8 of hearts) was smeared with his sticky, greenish nose fluid! Besides, he had dirty fingernails too. I threw the card off and just walked off. It was a bad experience.

 

[.Molawin]

ew. you shouldve kept the card as a souvenir XD

-M.

 

[Haavard]

It wasn't a magician. It was a comedian trying to make a TV show. (I'm sure there were some hidden cameras).

 

[GusEds]

And you'll be seeing yourself in America's Funniest Videos.


Wait, my bad - Malaysia's Funniest Videos!

G

 

[Ashrei]

You guys just don't understand him. That was probably his way of marking his cards in impromptu settings. Huei Xiang actually picking the card supports the hypothesis.

 

[praetoritevong]

No no no, he was setting up for an impromptu card to ceiling - no Ammar wax needed!

 

[VagueTheory]

Ewwwww that's grotesque.

 

[Ramo D.]

he was using his snot as a break lol

 

[TheBlack&WhiteIllusionist]

Could've been worse. He could have picked his @$$ instead of his nose.

It does sound like The Dirty Deck Principle though, I mean hey, why wait around for it to get dirty, when you can wipe some nose gold all over it.

 

[William Draven]

yeah it sounds like this was the intended trick. It`s snot a card trick if you will.

kind of like a gross ambitious.

 

[ajp500]

Sounds like a hidden camera show to me.

 

[ZachMueller]

Come on, this is well known technique by only the best Professionals. It is a key card, an impromptu breather crimp, a marked card, AND a substitute for double stick tape. Papercrane is coming out with a DVD on this, thought everyone knew.

~Zach