First off, I love to perform. It is SO much fun! My best friend, Blake, and his girlfriend Hillarie (along with my girl, Caitlin) are kind of like my test subjects lol. Hillarie LOVES to see magic! It doesn't matter where or when; if I pull a pack of cards out of my pocket she wants to see magic! Blake always likes to see new stuff BUT, since he has seen probably all of my tricks, he doesn't ever "freak out" anymore. He thinks they are cool and he always tells me his honest opinion on them and if he likes them or if he saw anything he wasn't supposed to etc.
Anyhow, Blake, Hillarie, Caitlin and I all went out bowling last night and decided to go to Skillets and grab some food. It was a great night we were having fun, and I hadn't done any magic. The guy waiting on us was Leslie. We have had him before and it is always hilarious because he is kind of strange and off the walls. I was waiting on my check and was fiddling with my credit card in my hand and he literally stared at it until he commented that I was "fingering my card rather fondly." He walked off and we all burst into laughter.
Blake and I started coming up with ways to mess with Leslie. We were dying laughing and I said Blake what if I did a magic trick?! He bust out laughing and said that would be hilarious and he wanted to see what Leslie would do. I said ok here is what I will do... (I actually showed this to Blake, I didn't just describe it)
I pulled out a quarter and said that I would ask Leslie if it would be enough to pay him with. They all laughed at this and I said that when he said no I would act upset and say fine I'll just make it disappear. Again they laughed. I grabbed a salt shaker and wrapped a napkin around it. Yep, I did the old vanishing salt shaker trick.
Like I said, Blake doesn't usually freak out any more but I swear, his eyes were about to pop out of his head and he was almost jumping out of his seat. He was basically stuttering things like "what..how...its gone...you....wait.....THE HECK?!"
Wow it was awesome!
Oh yeah, then I did it for Leslie. He stared at where the salt shaker had vanished. I acted surprised like that wasn't supposed to happen and apologized for his salt shaker disappearing. He literally just stared for about 30 seconds and then just walked off. It was HILARIOUS!
Well, sorry for the long story. Just to sum it up, I basically learned two things:
1.) Magic on the offbeat KILLS!
2.) Don't underestimate the classics!
Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed the story!
Anyhow, Blake, Hillarie, Caitlin and I all went out bowling last night and decided to go to Skillets and grab some food. It was a great night we were having fun, and I hadn't done any magic. The guy waiting on us was Leslie. We have had him before and it is always hilarious because he is kind of strange and off the walls. I was waiting on my check and was fiddling with my credit card in my hand and he literally stared at it until he commented that I was "fingering my card rather fondly." He walked off and we all burst into laughter.
Blake and I started coming up with ways to mess with Leslie. We were dying laughing and I said Blake what if I did a magic trick?! He bust out laughing and said that would be hilarious and he wanted to see what Leslie would do. I said ok here is what I will do... (I actually showed this to Blake, I didn't just describe it)
I pulled out a quarter and said that I would ask Leslie if it would be enough to pay him with. They all laughed at this and I said that when he said no I would act upset and say fine I'll just make it disappear. Again they laughed. I grabbed a salt shaker and wrapped a napkin around it. Yep, I did the old vanishing salt shaker trick.
Like I said, Blake doesn't usually freak out any more but I swear, his eyes were about to pop out of his head and he was almost jumping out of his seat. He was basically stuttering things like "what..how...its gone...you....wait.....THE HECK?!"
Wow it was awesome!
Oh yeah, then I did it for Leslie. He stared at where the salt shaker had vanished. I acted surprised like that wasn't supposed to happen and apologized for his salt shaker disappearing. He literally just stared for about 30 seconds and then just walked off. It was HILARIOUS!
Well, sorry for the long story. Just to sum it up, I basically learned two things:
1.) Magic on the offbeat KILLS!
2.) Don't underestimate the classics!
Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed the story!