Then, when the volunteer is done the magician turns back around. He/she waves his hand over the cards and turns over one of the cards. The number on the card is the number of cards the volunteer moved.

(or have the magic puppet wave its hand over the card and then whisper to you to turn it over.)

Supplies: 11 cards from a regular deck of 52. Take 1 joker, an ace and all the numbers up to 10.

Secret: Lay out the cards face down in this order: 6 5 4 3 2 A J 10 9 8 7 (A is Ace and J is Joker).

Then have someone move the cards one at a time from right to left.

Say they moved three cards (the magician wouldn''t know it though) the position of the cards would now be

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A J 10

Then wave your hand over the cards and silently count 7 cards over from left to right. Turn the 7th card over. It''s the three!!!

It doesn''t matter how many cards they move over, this will always work.

Always count 7 cards over (starting with the setup above) and it''ll be the number of cards they moved.

If they decide not to move any at all the card will be a Joker and this tells you they didn''t move any at all.

1 glass, a matchbook, six quarters, and an ashtray with water.

OBJECTIVE

Bet your friends one drink that you can get the water out of the ashtray using only the ingredients mentioned and without moving or tilting the ashtray.

SOLUTION

Make sure ashtray is filled with at most a quarter inch of water to make your oasis. Stack the quarters in the center of the ashtray so the top two quarters are above the water. Place four unlit matches on top of the quarters. Light the matches and immediately cover the flame and quarters with the glass. The water will be drawn into the glass . Collect your bets.

1) Ask the person to reverse the last four digits of their telephone number to produce a new 4-digit number. Subtract this new number from the telephone number, or vice versa, depending on what number is smallest. Don''t ask for the result! For example, a telephone number such as *** 4587 would become 7854, so subtract 4587 (the smaller telephone number) from 7854 (the larger new number), leaving a result of 3267.

2) Ask the person to add together the digits of the resulting number and to repeat the procedure until only a single digit number remains. Don''t ask for the result! In our example, 3267 would become 3+2+6+7 = 18, and 18 would become 1+8 = 9 (a single-digit number).

3) Finally, ask the person to subtract this single digit number from the last two digits of their year of birth. Ask for the result! You will then be able to tell them their age, and the year in which they were born!

How does it work? The final number remaining from the calculations in 1-3 is always 9. Therefore secretly add nine to the result they give, and you will be able to tell them their age! Try it out on someone who doesn''t really want to reveal their age to you - such as your teacher.

Effect:

A napkin is placed on the table , then a toothpick is put on top and in the center of the napkin . Then you fold the napkin so that the toothpick is inside the folded napkin , the spectator is asked to break the toothpick inside the folded napkin , remember the spectator breaks the toothpick himself . As well as this , everyone can double check it and even hear the sound of it breaking . Then you can make some magical gesture over the folded napkin and tooth pick . Then the spectator unfolds the napkin and everyone can see that the toothpick has restored.

Props:

Fabric napkin with seams on the sides . 2 toothpicks

Secret and preparation:

Before this trick , insert 1 toothpick into the one of the seam on either side of the napkin. This toothpick is the one which is going to be broken . Then the trick is ready to be performed .

Method :

Show the audience a napkin on both sides then lay it on the table or bar . You must remember on which side the seam with hidden toothpick is . Then take out a toothpick from its box and place it on top of the napkin .

Then fold the napkin by bringing all 4 corners over the toothpick to the opposite side, remembering where the last position of the seam with hidden toothpick is . After the napkin is folded , grab the seam with the hidden toothpick and ask a spectator to break the hidden toothpick , after that you can let another spectator check the broken hidden toothpick without opening the folded napkin . You should always hold the napkin to make sure spectators don''t do something that can mess the trick . Then you make a magical gesture over the napkin then put it back on the table , then unfold the napkin and find that the toothpick is restored.

A friend is challenged to see who can smoke a cigarette the longest distance without losing any ash.

You win.

PREPARATION

You will need a packet of cigarettes and a paperclip

METHOD

Everything starts off OK, but soon they realise that they are fighting a losing battle as your entire cigarette refuses to let a single piece of ash drop!

It''s all in the hidden paperclip!

Simply straigten it out and slide it down your cigarette (taking care not to punch a whole in the side in the process). Make sure it slightly digs into the filter so as to give it some stability.

Now, snip off the end. This should give you a normal looking cigarette with no protruding wire(s).

Light up and see for yourself. This looks great in the right context.

Just lighting one up in the pub makes you an instant magnet for girls (& drunk fellas).

Remember you can add the wire to the cigarette at ANY TIME. The cigarette ''tastes'' normal (or so I''m told) so if someone thinks it is a fake just let them have a drag.

If you are a good play actor then you can pretend to cast a ''hex'' upon it.

Remember - a decent pub trickster always puts on a really good performance when needed!

If you do this a few times people begin to get lazy and not notice the dirty work; stretch the rubber bands back towards your wrist. The middle finger of the right hand slips through the bottom part of the rubber band and your thumb releases it.

This should be hidden by the back of your right hand. The audience has seen you make the same motions twice already so they don''t expect anything. Your thumb comes up and places itself next to your right forefinger, sliding in behind around the rubber band. Bring your hands back together and the rubber band slips off your middle finger as you separate your forefinger and thumb.

Wave your hands magically and separate the rubber bands .

Drink the beer first , this is important!!!!

Place the empty bottle upside down on the table. Place your thumb against the side of the bottle with your fingers over the bottom.

Place either your first finger or middle finger on the bottom of the glass.

Your thumb and first finger should appear to form a right angle or as to close to a right angle

as possible.

Slowly pick up the bottle without touching it with your other fingers or anything else.

Once you''ve mastered the trick for this pick-up and performed it , ask the others with you to try it!!!

Bet a few beers on the outcome!!!

THE METHOD

Just before performing this trip rub your thumb and fingers up and down the leather belt your wearing to hold you pants up . Do this several times , no one will notice you doing it before the trick .

The leather seems to give your fingers the dryness necessary to allow you to pick up the bottle . If you can dry the bottle only slightly it will also help but it is usually not necessary . (The wetter the spectators bottles are the more impossible it will be for them to pick the up)

This one has won me MANY rounds in the PUB!!