Trick in the pub the other night

kraggy

Ok.

The other night, while in the pub, one of the lads played a trick.

He laid out up to 9 glasses at a time and got one of us to touch one while he wasn't looking. then he'd turn around and hover his hand over each one and then correctly pick the one that had been touched. we all did it and he got it right each time.

he even went into the toilet at one stage and more than one of us touched a glass each and he came back and rightly said that more than one had been touched and that more than one person touched one. and again, correctly named the right glass.

he initially claimed that he could read the reaction of peoples faces as his hand hovered over the glasses and guess from that. but then we closed our eyes, thus not give away anything but he still got it right.

so, anyone see this one before?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

there was someone standing behind you...

Dragan

Another person was in on it.

They would indicate which class had been touched. It's really not difficult to fool those who just want to be entertained by something.

Reku

Which glass has fingerprints on it perhaps?

asti_mivec

Ha ha....yeah I know this one alright.

I usually do it with coins and pretend that the heat from people touching it makes their coins stand out to me.

I'm not giving it away or loads of people will start doing it and it will lose the appeal, but your friend had an accomplice!!!!

Jesus Wept

There was a thread like this about a week ago.

connundrum

Your friend is Jesus.

Jumpy

I know the trick, someone standing nearby is using hand signals.

humanji

connundrum wrote: »

Your friend is Jesus.

That's the only logical answer.

wba88

Jumpy wrote: »

I know the trick, someone standing nearby is using hand signals.

or even a bartender sometimes

kev_s88

humanji wrote: »

That's the only logical answer.

definitely jesus

Cuddlesworth

Don't rule out Santa, he's got some mad wicked skills and is bored 365 days of the year.

copacetic

krazy_8s wrote: »

Don't rule out Santa, he's got some mad wicked skills and is bored 365 days of the year.

when does he deliver the pressies?

arseagon

copacetic wrote: »

when does he deliver the pressies?

He must deliver 4 Years worth on Feb 29th?? I always knew them damn parents were in on it. :mad:

copacetic

zippy28 wrote: »

He must deliver 4 Years worth on Feb 29th?? I always knew them damn parents were in on it. :mad:

thats the only answer all right, they are mad wicked skills though.

Cuddlesworth

copacetic wrote: »

when does he deliver the pressies?

I said days, he spends his night's whipping the elves and one night delivering presents.

copacetic

krazy_8s wrote: »

I said days, he spends his night's whipping the elves and one night delivering presents.

well it wasn't him then so since the trick happened in the pub at night.
pffft, qed.



and lets be honest, you just forgot how many days were in the year!

Cuddlesworth

copacetic wrote: »

well it wasn't him then so since the trick happened in the pub at night.
pffft, qed.



and lets be honest, you just forgot how many days were in the year!

True, but your not a short bloke with funny ears are you?

squiggy

Ah pulled this trick myself before always someone else in on it basically as I touch the glass my sis takes a drink as I touch the one that the other person touched its a good one

Degsy

My faveourite is a bet a girl ten cents i can weigh her tits without touching them.
I then grab both tits shout "waaay" and say "well worth ten cents" and walk off.

copacetic

I like the old

' I bet you a tenner you can't down that drink in one'

then when they do, ask them to pay up.

Leads to some major arguments though.

coolhandc

copacetic wrote: »

I like the old

' I bet you a tenner you can't down that drink in one'

then when they do, ask them to pay up.

Leads to some major arguments though.

i dont understand that?they are betting that they can down the drink in one,when they do,they win surely?!

Blisterman

Even better, stick a barmat on top of you're friend's pint, tell, them you bet them 50c, that you can drink their pint without the beermat moving, or being damaged in any way.

Let them say "And you can't blow it off?" etc, until they agree to the bet.

Then, take off the beermat and knock back the pint.

It'll be the cheapest pint you'll ever buy.

copacetic

coolhandc wrote: »

i dont understand that?they are betting that they can down the drink in one,when they do,they win surely?!

no, you are betting that they can't down it in one.
If they do, you have won.


but you see where the arguments come in..

Vorsprung

Love doing this trick on people! Lots of money to be won on it.

Dun laoire

An old prank but funny enough is to get two pints (would reccomend about half full) and get your mate to put his hands open wide with palms facing down on the table. Put one pint on each hand and then say to your mate "Now dont move and wait till you see what happens" and walk out for a smoke.

The_Hustler

copacetic wrote: »

no, you are betting that they can't down it in one.
If they do, you have won.


but you see where the arguments come in..

If you bet they can't, they are betting that they can. If they do, they have won.


If you said "I bet you a tenner that you can down that drink in one" then it would make sense.


I think...

Sofaspud

copacetic wrote: »

no, you are betting that they can't down it in one.
If they do, you have won.

Umm, but then they do down it it one, thus proving they can, thus proving you wrong, ergo, winning the bet?

xabi

copacetic wrote: »

Leads to some major arguments though.

Yeah, cause you would be wrong to assume you won the bet.

X.

evil_seed

Degsy wrote: »

My faveourite is a bet a girl ten cents i can weigh her tits without touching them.
I then grab both tits shout "waaay" and say "well worth ten cents" and walk off.

LOL love it. might try that sometime:D

copacetic

Sofaspud wrote: »

Umm, but then they do down it it one, thus proving they can, thus proving you wrong, ergo, winning the bet?

no, that is the normal usage, of 'I bet you can't' but in english it does't mean what the normal usage says.

I am putting a tenner on that you can not drink your pint in one.

If you can, I win.

Sofaspud

copacetic wrote: »

I am putting a tenner on that you can not drink your pint in one.

If you can, I win.

But if you're putting the tenner on him not being able to drink his pint in one, then if he can, you'll lose?

Or maybe you just argue until he gets really confused and gives up the tenner? 'cos I feel like paying you now :P

copacetic

Sofaspud wrote: »

But if you're putting the tenner on him not being able to drink his pint in one, then if he can, you'll lose?

Or maybe you just argue until he gets really confused and gives up the tenner? 'cos I feel like paying you now :P

surely if I put a tenner on him not being able to drink his pint in one then I win if he isn't able to drink his pint in one?

It is a bit of a heads I win, tails you lose thing alright.

xabi

copacetic wrote: »

I win if he isn't able to drink his pint in one?

Exactly, but he does drink it in one, therefore you loose, QED.

philcsl

kraggy wrote: »

Ok.

The other night, while in the pub, one of the lads played a trick.

He laid out up to 9 glasses at a time and got one of us to touch one while he wasn't looking. then he'd turn around and hover his hand over each one and then correctly pick the one that had been touched. we all did it and he got it right each time.

he even went into the toilet at one stage and more than one of us touched a glass each and he came back and rightly said that more than one had been touched and that more than one person touched one. and again, correctly named the right glass.

he initially claimed that he could read the reaction of peoples faces as his hand hovered over the glasses and guess from that. but then we closed our eyes, thus not give away anything but he still got it right.

so, anyone see this one before?

I used to make a fortune off this one, with 9 coins laid out. The 9 coins or glasses are laid out in 3 rows of 3 so they form a square. The person doing the trick just needs someone close enough watching (within 10 feet or so).

After the coin is touched, the watcher takes a drink from his pint and puts his pint glass back on the beer mat. If it was the coin in to bottm left corner that was touched the pint is placed on the bottom right corner of the beer mat, if it was the middle coin, the pint is put on the middle of the beer mat etc... The person doing the trick pretends to feel the heat from the coins and spends a couple of minutes before picking the right one!

Oh yeah if the person touching a coin doesn't touch any coin to try to trick you the pint is put down on the table beside the beer mat.

If you play for money it helps to lose a few smaller bets for say a fiver before increasing the bets to €10 or €20 a go!!! Just quit when you're up €50!!

Gordon

Golden rule is never, ever, bet someone in a bar.

Tusky

copacetic wrote: »

no, that is the normal usage, of 'I bet you can't' but in english it does't mean what the normal usage says.

I am putting a tenner on that you can not drink your pint in one.

If you can, I win.

Err...think you may have got this one wrong.

Gordon

I think so too, I think copacetic should say:

"You should bet me a tenner that you can't drink your pint in one go" That would make sense.

copacetic

ok i'm trying to work out what the wording is, it works though. honest.
maybe when I sober up it'll come back to me.

pretty-in-pink

Betting in bars- or at parties, or anywhere when drink has been taken- is very silly. Oh yes, it makes bad things happen.

pretty-in-pink

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

Betting in bars- or at parties, or anywhere when drink has been taken- is very silly. Oh yes, it makes bad things happen.

It also leads to silly bets, like the optic race - one drink from each optic, first to the other end of the bar is the winner! :HIC:

Degsy

Write this on a beermat
Paris in the the spring
Ask the person to read it to you....they NEVER spot the second "THE".

sunny2004

Your mate is a genius and has special powers...


ALL HAIL YOUR MATE !

I have done this one but I thought it was old hat at this stage, all you need is a friend at the bar.. when you hover over the right glass, your friend gives you a signal, example, moves his hand lifts his pint, anything except "shout out that the one "

Degsy

Degsy wrote: »

Write this on a beermat
Paris in the the spring
Ask the person to read it to you....they NEVER spot the second "THE".

Unless they stammer

zAbbo

philcsl wrote: »

I used to make a fortune off this one, with 9 coins laid out.

If you play for money it helps to lose a few smaller bets for say a fiver before increasing the bets to €10 or €20 a go!!! Just quit when you're up €50!!

Where's the fun in scamming people ?

BillyGoatGruff

I think i can see where copacetic is coming from on this one. It's all about the emphasis on words. It's a tough one to get the head around and i can see how it could start a row.

Giblet

Guy 1: I bet you I can drink five glasses of water before you can drink a shot of whiskey!
Guy 2: Yeah right!
Guy 1: The only thing is, you are NOT allowed to touch my glasses in any way, And I can drink one first to warm up!
Guy 2: Sure(hahahaha)
Guy 1: <Drinks one glass>, ok ready?
Guy 2: yep!
Guy 1: <puts empty glass over shot glass>, GO!!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Giblet wrote: »

Guy 1: I bet you I can drink five glasses of water before you can drink a shot of whiskey!
Guy 2: Yeah right!
Guy 1: The only thing is, you are NOT allowed to touch my glasses in any way, And I can drink one first to warm up!
Guy 2: Sure(hahahaha)
Guy 1: <Drinks one glass>, ok ready?
Guy 2: yep!
Guy 1: <puts empty glass over shot glass>, GO!!

:rofl:

AlmightyCushion

Giblet wrote: »

Guy 1: I bet you I can drink five glasses of water before you can drink a shot of whiskey!
Guy 2: Yeah right!
Guy 1: The only thing is, you are NOT allowed to touch my glasses in any way, And I can drink one first to warm up!
Guy 2: Sure(hahahaha)
Guy 1: <Drinks one glass>, ok ready?
Guy 2: yep!
Guy 1: <puts empty glass over shot glass>, GO!!

Yeah I heard that one before. I've been tempted to use it some night but I'll probably be too hammered and muck it up.

semibluff

when in a round with the guys - wait till the really tight one has gone to the bathroom. get his full pint, put an empty packet of crisps on top of it so that its airtight. now put the pint upside down on the table (really fast) and pull out the crisp wrapper. hilarious when the guiness settles upside down now in the glass.
My mate came back from the bathroom,and nearly cried - little did we know he dint have any more change for another pint - LOL

or

get someone to make a gun with their two hands together, placing their fingers on the table. now place their full pint on their fingers that are flat on the table - now, put on your jacket and leave the table . . . unless he's got a massive mouth, he wont be moving that glass too easy!!

JohnnyStones

semibluff wrote: »

when in a round with the guys - wait till the really tight one has gone to the bathroom. get his full point, put an empty packet of crisps on top of it so that its airtight. now put the pint upside down on the table (really fast) and pull out the crisp wrapper. hilarious when the guiness settles upside down now in the glass.
My mate came back from the bathroom,and nearly cried - little did we know he dint have any more change for another pint - LOL

or

get someone to make a gun with their two hands together, placing their fingers on the table. now place their full pint on their fingers that are flat on the table - now, put on your jacket and leave the table . . . unless he's got a massive mouth, he wont be moving that glass too easy!!

Yeah but what's the "point":D