the greatest magic trick on the web

Fri, 2007-01-19 15:24

#2

poetjude

None of the cards from the first hand appear in the second. jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Fri, 2007-01-19 15:34

#3

Jack Cade

Well, that's a bit disappointing.

Fri, 2007-01-19 15:40

#4

maddan

Ah, but I was thinking of all the cards in the first hand, and they all disappeared. Explain that!

Fri, 2007-01-19 15:54

#5

alan_benefit

I was thinking of a card that wasn't in the first hand, but it WAS in the second. Explain THAT!

Fri, 2007-01-19 17:14

#6

mississippi

Come on you guys. Jude is right, none of the cards in the first hand are in the second, so it doesn't matter which you think of. Alan, the second hand will contain any of the 46 cards not in the first, so sooner or later, if you think of a card not in the first hand, it will show up in the second. Jesus christ, how difficult is this? It's nursery stuff, so simple in fact I'm surprised Haemorrhoid didn't dream it up/

Fri, 2007-01-19 17:20

#7

Jack Cade

*Think* they were joshing around, Missi.

Fri, 2007-01-19 17:25

#8

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Fri, 2007-01-19 17:37

#9

tcook

Now I know I'm thick.

Fri, 2007-01-19 19:06

#10

alan_benefit

Jack's right, Missi. I was just joshing. There are lots of similar tricks on the web.

Fri, 2007-01-19 21:14

#11

mississippi

Look, you people need to understand I wasn't being serious either, it was just a golden opportunity to have a pop at you know who... I KNOW you guys aren't dumb... er...Tony.... Oh fergeddit.

Fri, 2007-01-19 22:31

#12

alan_benefit

Who's 'you know who'? Is it the 'you know who' I'm thinking of or the 'you know who' you're thinking of?

Fri, 2007-01-19 23:42

#13

mississippi

Oh do try and keep up Tony...er I mean Alan.

Sun, 2007-01-21 11:58

#14

tcook

The joy, and problem, of magic tricks for me is that I really want to believe in them. I know magic doesn't exist but I wish it would!

Sun, 2007-01-21 19:12

#15

pepsoid

How do you know, Tone? pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Sun, 2007-01-21 21:32

#16

tcook

Because the brain, by and large, is mightier than than the heart. But as we skiers say: 'always ski on the right side of the slope... be doop, be doop, be doopie doopie doop....' it's not what your anal left brain says as much as what your liberated right brain says...

Sun, 2007-01-21 22:20

#17

poetjude

all the damage in my brain is on the left hand side. Maybe that's why I can still do all the fun things but am totally dismal at DIY. P was laughing at me earlier because I put the shade on a lamp upside down and he couldn't believe anyone could fluff up something so simple. jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Sun, 2007-01-21 22:23

#18

tcook

I think if you could choose a side to be damaged then you would choose the left side, jude - and I think you know that I don't mean that unkindly. If we can learn to allow the right side of our brain the correct amount of space then I think we will all be better people - but it does need some tempering by our rational, right side.

Mon, 2007-01-22 08:32

#19

pepsoid

Well I believe in magic! :-) What magic is, however, is a whole different barrel o' bunions... pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Mon, 2007-01-22 16:10

#20

poetjude

the most important function of the left side of the brain, IMO is speech and language. That's why damage on that side can cause dysphasia or aphasia, problems with language and speech or a complete inability to speak. It's a weird experience because you are often still able to think properly . David Constantine wrote a wonderful poem called 'Aphasia' (it's in the 'Something for the Ghosts' collection: "The stuck for words, I've watched them hit the place The word should be and find it gone and claw The air for it and pluck the sheet and close Their eyes and groan, knowing it's nowhere near The tip of the tongue but on a piece of once And no longer terra firma come adrift Somewhere arctic going mushy in a fog." jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Tue, 2007-01-23 12:18

#21

tcook

That reminds me of my father's experience after he had a stroke. Here was a man who could do the Times crossword in ten minutes normally, struggling to remember the simplest of words. He knew what he wanted to say but he just couldn't find the correct language. It was funny at times but also incredibly frustrating for him. Happily, over the course of a couple of years, his faculties came back for the last four years of his life - but the sight of him pointing at his hand because he couldn't remember the word for 'hand' will remain with me for the rest of my life.

Tue, 2007-01-23 13:50

#22

poetjude

One advantage is that you do become extremely good at charades! jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Tue, 2007-01-23 15:01

#23

archergirl

I met a man who'd had a stroke several years before and had suffered this. He was trying to say 'roadmap' to me, couldn't think of the word, and so instead, after a pause, said: "that piece of paper you use to drive your car there". I thought it was a brilliant piece of descriptive lateral thinking. But I agree it must be frustrating. I may have mentioned this just after your 'incident', Jude, but my father-in-law had a stroke two Christmases ago. He is a parapsychologist and about the most atheistic man I know, but immediately after his stroke, the only words he could say with any lucidity were, "Dear God. Almighty God. Jesus Christ.". It was hilarious (well, as hilarious as the situation would permit). Alas, he has reverted to his cantankerous, miserable atheist old self again. The enlightenment only lasted until his brain rewired itself.