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by "Andy Capiau" <andy.capiau@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 6, 2004 at 06:23 PM

Looking foreward to it.

enjoy man!

"michaelalder" <mich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:c4q35c$q2m$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Fantastic.
>
> We are going to see his latest tour.
>
> I will send an update!
>
> "Dan Scorpio" <Dan.Scorpio@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:c4p5fg$s83$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > And For my Next Trick
> > (Derren Brown on Practical Interrupts)
> >
> > "He was leaving a hotel at three in the morning after
> > attending a magic convention when he was confronted
> > by a large, drunken man displaying a clear appetite for
> > random assault.
> > 'I was wearing a velvet jacket and velvet waistcoat,'
> > recalls Brown. 'It wasn't looking good.'
> > 'What the **** are you looking at?' the drunk asked as he
> > squared up to Brown's face.
> > 'There's not much you can say to that kind of question,'
> > observes Brown on reflection. 'But what you can do is
> > act completely out of context. So I said: '''The wall outside
> > my house isn't four feet high.''' The drunk's eyes narrowed
> > in confusion.'
> > 'What?' he asked.
> > Then Brown hit him with another broadside.
> > 'Ah, you see, when I was in Spain, they were about
> > seven foot high. But look at them here - they're tiny.'
> >
> > The fledgling mind-magician took a deep breath and
> > waited to see if his strategy had worked.
> > 'I was expecting him to get so confused that his mind
> > would become susceptible to some kind of hypnotic
> > suggestion,' Brown explains. 'What happened was he actually
> > shouted out: ''''Oh ****!''' and burst into tears.
> > I spent the next 10 minutes sitting on the kerb trying to give
> > him advice about his girlfriend.' "
> >
> > ['The Guide': Guardian, April 3 2004]
> >
> >
>
>
 




 3 Posts in Topic:
And For my Next Trick...
"Dan Scorpio" &  2004-04-04 14:18:25 
Re: And For my Next Trick...
"michaelalder"   2004-04-05 00:06:57 
Re: And For my Next Trick...
"Andy Capiau" &  2004-04-06 18:23:20 

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