Re: Crazy candle project

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:01:18 +0000, Don Pearce wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:54:04 GMT, Active8 <reply2group@xxxxxxxxx>
>>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:55:35 GMT, Don Pearce wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:44:01 +0100, "John Smith"
>>>><bolwarra5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> Well , I'll put this crazy problem forward and see what comes back. The
>>>>> project is to have a candle (modified or 'gimmicked' I guess) under a
>>>>> cup which is face down on a table. When the cup if lifted up (hence
....
>>>>>
>>>>That sound extremely complicated. Does the project have to involve ...
>>
>>Kinda the opposite of one of my suggestions
>>>
>>> The problem I can see with this is that lifting the cup won't reveal
>>> an already lit candle, but one with a match head striking next to it -
>>> not the effect he is looking for.
>>
>>That's not what he said. The match is in the cup. The striker's on the
>>candle. You use your x-ray vision to light the candle as the cup is
>>ascending.
>>
>>That's why I suggested perhaps impregnating the wick with powdered match
>>head. You'd have to make the strike with a short, quick motion and lift
>>the cup the rest of the way slowly, to give it time.
>>>
>>> I recommend just having a lit candle under the cup.
>>
>>Not very impressive for a magic trick.
>
> But just think of what the trick gains my way - clouds of sooty smoke
> and a magician jumping around the stage sucking his fingers and shouting
> "ow - f*$%!".
>
> Which do you think the kids would prefer?

Kids? Then the whole trick is a wash. Who cares about a candle?

Performer: "And now, under this very cup <drum roll please> A BURNING
CANDLE!!! <ta-da!>"
Audience: "[Yawn]"

If you want to impress kids, do the three-rope trick or any
viable card trick. The easiest card trick to learn is the three
columns of seven, as far as I know.

Or stick a fork in your eye[0]. >:->

Me, I wanna learn the moving-hole-in-the-business-card trick.

If the guy wants to do illusions, he should check with a competent
illusionist. Engineers make notoriously poor illusionists. Sorry.

Break a Leg!
Rich

[0] This is a trick - do not stick a fork in your eye. You stick
the fork in one of those little coffee paint tub thingies, and
squirt the white stuff all over your audience.

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