Party tricks?

[Muddyfox]

I still don't know how that's done! And I'm slightly over 5!

I can burp the alphabet in one continual burp! Kids under 60 love it!

Dayvo ... the invisible penny in the paper bag is still one of the most closely guarded secrets of the magic cirle

The burping alphabet sounds impressive

Simon

 

[gbb]

Split an apple clean in two with my bare hands. Takes two seconds.
The tough ones are Granny Smith

Never seen anyone else do it when ive showed them how.

 

[gbb]

The burrping reminds me....i used to 'power' belch.

Went to the loo one day at work...stood there and belched as i peed. Went back to the canteen and one of the guys said,
'did you just belch ?'
..err yes..
'thought so, we heard you through three walls'

 

[ufkacbln]

Spot the dog....

Imaginary dog on table and get "victim" to point out various places, like ears, left leg etc.

Then try again with eyes closed, and encourage with a couple of correct ones. then......

Ask them to point out tail with eyes closed and as they point, place mouth around the finger.... when they pull back in shock, simply say ..."close"

 

[buggi]

am double jointed. always freaks people out a bit.

 

[Globalti]

Fire breathing. Best done outdoors at night though.

 

[BrumJim]

I can also stab my little finger of my right hand through an unbroken, dry and intact beer mat. That makes people wince.

There was a short period in 1993 when I could do this. Couldn't before, and couldn't afterwards. However for a glorious couple of months it was no problem.

 

[Globalti]

Smacking a can of beans sideways down on your finger laid flat on a hard surface always makes people wince but in fact it doesn't hurt at all because the side of the can deforms and the soldered end seams stop it going any further.

The last time I did this was on the brand-new Formica kitchen worktop of some friends and unfortunately the impact of the ends left two huge dents in the surface. I was not popular.

 

[Arch]

Dayvo ... the invisible penny in the paper bag is still one of the most closely guarded secrets of the magic cirle

Simon

A friend of mine, one halloween, opened the front door to find a couple of skinny 10 year olds in minimal costume (just cheap plastic masks) saying trick or treat. Less than impressed by their costume, she called their bluff and said "Ok, show me a trick, I'll give you a treat". They were flummoxed, until one of them pulled a plastic carrier bag out of his pocket, and tried to do that trick. Very very badly. She took pity on them, and gave them some sweets.

 

[Arch]

Dunno if it counts as a party trick, but it's kept my nephew Oli quiet on many occasions:

You interlace your fingers so that they end up down between your palms (not on top of your hands as is the more obvious way to do it), and put your palms together, with thumbs side by side. This is the church. Raise your index fingers to a point, this is the steeple. Open the door (move your thumbs and palms apart and turn to whole thing 'inside out', and there are the people (your fingers wiggling). Oli now knocks on the thumb 'door'. And for some reason, then weaves his finger among the 'people', saying it's a snake, or sometimes an elephant. I think he was amused by my idea of the vicar having to get a bucket for the poo...

The 'trick' of course is interlacing the fingers the right way - do it wrong and you can't turn your hands 'inside out' and there aren't any people. Small children take a while to pick that bit up, so they struggle to emulate it.

 

[vernon]

Smacking a can of beans sideways down on your finger laid flat on a hard surface always makes people wince but in fact it doesn't hurt at all because the side of the can deforms and the soldered end seams stop it going any further.

The last time I did this was on the brand-new Formica kitchen worktop of some friends and unfortunately the impact of the ends left two huge dents in the surface. I was not popular.

Hah that's nothing. I've placed half a dozen bricks on my head and given a kid a lump hammer and told him to hit the top brick as hard has he can vertically and have the brick break in half. It got the rest of the class's attention in a Physics lesson.

 

[colly]

I can make a piece of string/cotton go through a solid object , neck, wrist, button on a coat, whatever.
Impressive to youngsters.
Sometimes even oldsters too.

 

[CopperBrompton]

I can juggle very badly, and do a couple of card tricks that fool the under-10s.

 

[kyuss]

I can put a coin inside an un-opened beer can.

 

[kendalcottages]

I can levitate a la David Blaine (but then that really isn't that difficult tbh).