If I can convince my friend to do this, I shall do this as well.
Looking forward to the upcoming episodes from the panel.
Learn how to eat some balls of fire!
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 – running time 08:41
Impress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!
How it looks: After intently looking at your burning torch, you reach in and tear out a piece of flaming ember. Without pause, you toss the coal into your mouth and chew it up.
How it's done: This one's a bit of a trick. The effect is pretty clean looking: it really looks like you're tearing off and eating chunks of fire! However, in actuality, you'll be eating a fiery cotton ball.
Get some cotton balls (make sure they're made of 100% cotton, as any synthetic fibers will literally melt in your mouth--ouch!) and stick them in your back pocket. Walk up to a burning tiki torch, reach into your pocket and "palm" the cotton (watch the video for details).
...There's nothing difficult about this, you're just holding the cotton pinched between your middle and ring fingers, while allowing your hand to dangle loosely by your side.
Give an intent look at the torch and bring your hand up to the wick, with the cotton facing toward you (again, see video) then, pinch the cotton toward the wick, and pivot your hand as you move away, revealing the cotton as you do. This motion should appear like a plucking or ripping motion to the audience. As you do this motion, reveal the cotton so it seemed to have plucked from the torch. In performance, the cotton will ignite, and it will seem like you've torn out a bit of the flame to toss in your mouth.
Now, just toss the flaming cotton into your mouth and close it.
Since the cotton ball ignites quickly and burns slowly, closing your mouth will snuff out the flame long before it gets hot enough to do any damage.
If you don't think you can convincingly pull off the magic moves, you can perform this effect simply as is: just pull out a cotton ball, light it, and toss it in your mouth. That's still something they don't see everyday!
NOTE: You're playing with fire here, and you'll only have a couple of seconds of holding the cotton ball before it will begin to burn your fingertips...make sure you take sensible precautions when doing this or ANY other fire related acts! Make sure you have a fire extinguisher nearby and (most importantly), a PLAN for how to deal with any mishaps.
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" What -- it showed its true that good things do happen after 2 AM Scam School the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bars and on the street. I hope Brushwood and by popular demand I give you the secret of -- fire so get ready to eat some balls of."
" And fire at them."
" Some fireballs on. Just watch this."
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" We're -- your mouth."
" I get purple a couple of tidbits -- Absolutely sure that you have a 100%. Cotton balls if there's any -- sit there you're gonna have melted synthetics like militant element -- class and and that's going to be very sad. Second of all you'll notice from the -- commvault. Me too big they look like giant marshmallows. But I do with a ticket jumble cotton ball and I take out about stuff depending on your comfort level and to take up to a half to a third whatever Watson involved recommended to. Second thing you notice is that when we come right out -- welcome dents and but if you pull them apart and get lots of these -- and -- the more heavily involved you have. The better the more kind of amorphous. It looks. This got the more important than what you grab it. And Gordon. They reach forty -- it ignites. And for how long enough we're going to see if -- kind of move it left to right you'll have a little bit of time before you burn your fingers that they'll edit right. It starts to get warm your fingers that you -- about your -- moisture on it and win this sticks to your -- in -- can draw. Close them out on it immediately goes like this show it. -- What could be right. Black and also you'll -- that we're doing this when they're pretty in pretty well lit environment this isn't the greatest -- again to you when it's dark at night at a barbecue. And -- of Tiki torch you want there to be. A lot of flame to cover what it is you're going out and it. Because otherwise it just looks like no we just let it -- tuchman -- now and and Iraq which is you want to be a surprise that's a heart. Of all great match."
" I got this is the killer trick and the method is even better person I think our sponsors and dean is originals is celebrating sixty years of souls and strikes and they encourage everyone to celebrate originality whether it's art you. Music sites and you name it. Do whatever inspires you settlement with the news.com slash originals and check out their shoes and apparel -- event where he does that's 234327. Get 15% now if you this year."
" That's why you're gonna need a little with a skill an awful lot of trickery just gonna. So here's the question who's --"
" And and."
" Hi this is that there is so he's got. --"
" The fire yeah. --"
" I don't I don't have a closed -- slow go to you could say keep close them -- and then like dragons and now. Editor it was awesome. All right is next -- are -- Bring it -- Actually know what I'm gonna make you do the advance will love -- out of that Skiles just going to get a room now. Right ready and we'll see got a box. The fire. I'll -- you lord for taking the by diseases like had to play the guys who is playing it. I don't dig about had a heart out and they -- the US crude analogy actually trying to do is fighting and colleges totally so I don't want to look. -- walked up the night. That's I think. I can't turn things like. That's right. Okay now we're gonna have the full of magic back to call this is gonna get -- on."
" What is it we and -- one where where all of us have a one. -- and a and we just haven't thought well this kind of alternative like all have a have a -- but it all reasonable doubt that it ought -- at the same time. That's a good but we do indeed suffered the defeat -- the giant. Yeah yeah constantly. -- that's. You ready. Big others are big final exam and everybody else they didn't want -- to three."
" We're."
" Okay."
" Our -- couple things to remember on this 11 of all you are literally playing with fire to be careful out there don't burn your house -- you might bring your fingertips your lips just don't -- your house and come crying to me. Send them all want to -- Colin violent injuries of those guys were breaking up is it that way I know you guys are gonna have awesome video of this don't want to post those videos. At revision3.com. Slash Scam School hop on the message board. If you want to suggest your favorite bars him -- it directly at Brian at revision3.com. Next week we're gonna be learning how to convert old TVs and decorator but for now."
" I gotta get this thing."
" But of the island."
" I -- it."
" I'm gonna call this one. -- my balls of fired back back back back. Under the of that route -- about bowels of fighters. And a little progress -- and this week you're gonna eat -- balls. --"
" This week I hope you're like balls. That you're gonna eat them and -- flame being ball lovers. This week you're gonna in fighter so get ready to eat my."
" It's got sent apparently next week we'll be having a lesson."
" On how to run manual transmissions instead."
" This -- on scams goats no big deal really teach you. How to -- breaking buyer. That sense understandable -- the -- has --"
" What -- it showed its true that good things do happen after 2 AM Scam School the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bars and on the street. I hope Brushwood and by popular demand I give you the secret of -- fire so get ready to eat some balls of."
" And fire at them."
" Some fireballs on. Just watch this."
" Thank you so much for coming out here. -- three so I don't know you know that sort of had a reputation. In the -- sort of fiery you know that yes indeed impact actually wrote a book on -- Like literally his father professional study by anything. And there's a bit than they used to do book reports on what to report it -- and extra apparatus. They don't do this on the back up here and actually if you got a little show will look -- monastery built him. -- area. Well there again. Hi this is the bid values the in the shortly here and animate teaching guys can do it because it's something to do but when your at a buddy's barbecue and got to -- what -- actually -- going to. What kind of sports part of the plane."
" We're -- your mouth."
" I get purple a couple of tidbits -- Absolutely sure that you have a 100%. Cotton balls if there's any -- sit there you're gonna have melted synthetics like militant element -- class and and that's going to be very sad. Second of all you'll notice from the -- commvault. Me too big they look like giant marshmallows. But I do with a ticket jumble cotton ball and I take out about stuff depending on your comfort level and to take up to a half to a third whatever Watson involved recommended to. Second thing you notice is that when we come right out -- welcome dents and but if you pull them apart and get lots of these -- and -- the more heavily involved you have. The better the more kind of amorphous. It looks. This got the more important than what you grab it. And Gordon. They reach forty -- it ignites. And for how long enough we're going to see if -- kind of move it left to right you'll have a little bit of time before you burn your fingers that they'll edit right. It starts to get warm your fingers that you -- about your -- moisture on it and win this sticks to your -- in -- can draw. Close them out on it immediately goes like this show it. -- What could be right. Black and also you'll -- that we're doing this when they're pretty in pretty well lit environment this isn't the greatest -- again to you when it's dark at night at a barbecue. And -- of Tiki torch you want there to be. A lot of flame to cover what it is you're going out and it. Because otherwise it just looks like no we just let it -- tuchman -- now and and Iraq which is you want to be a surprise that's a heart. Of all great match."
" I got this is the killer trick and the method is even better person I think our sponsors and dean is originals is celebrating sixty years of souls and strikes and they encourage everyone to celebrate originality whether it's art you. Music sites and you name it. Do whatever inspires you settlement with the news.com slash originals and check out their shoes and apparel -- event where he does that's 234327. Get 15% now if you this year."
" That's why you're gonna need a little with a skill an awful lot of trickery just gonna. So here's the question who's --"
" And and."
" Hi this is that there is so he's got. --"
" The fire yeah. --"
" I don't I don't have a closed -- slow go to you could say keep close them -- and then like dragons and now. Editor it was awesome. All right is next -- are -- Bring it -- Actually know what I'm gonna make you do the advance will love -- out of that Skiles just going to get a room now. Right ready and we'll see got a box. The fire. I'll -- you lord for taking the by diseases like had to play the guys who is playing it. I don't dig about had a heart out and they -- the US crude analogy actually trying to do is fighting and colleges totally so I don't want to look. -- walked up the night. That's I think. I can't turn things like. That's right. Okay now we're gonna have the full of magic back to call this is gonna get -- on."
" What is it we and -- one where where all of us have a one. -- and a and we just haven't thought well this kind of alternative like all have a have a -- but it all reasonable doubt that it ought -- at the same time. That's a good but we do indeed suffered the defeat -- the giant. Yeah yeah constantly. -- that's. You ready. Big others are big final exam and everybody else they didn't want -- to three."
" We're."
" Okay."
" Our -- couple things to remember on this 11 of all you are literally playing with fire to be careful out there don't burn your house -- you might bring your fingertips your lips just don't -- your house and come crying to me. Send them all want to -- Colin violent injuries of those guys were breaking up is it that way I know you guys are gonna have awesome video of this don't want to post those videos. At revision3.com. Slash Scam School hop on the message board. If you want to suggest your favorite bars him -- it directly at Brian at revision3.com. Next week we're gonna be learning how to convert old TVs and decorator but for now."
" I gotta get this thing."
" But of the island."
" I -- it."
" I'm gonna call this one. -- my balls of fired back back back back. Under the of that route -- about bowels of fighters. And a little progress -- and this week you're gonna eat -- balls. --"
" This week I hope you're like balls. That you're gonna eat them and -- flame being ball lovers. This week you're gonna in fighter so get ready to eat my."
" It's got sent apparently next week we'll be having a lesson."
" On how to run manual transmissions instead."
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Started discussion: March 25, 2009 @ 8:29pm GMT
Episode 54 - Learn how to eat some balls of fire! [Discussion]
Impress everyone at the next party you attend by learning a simple fire eating trick!
Watch and download this episode here.
Minton
8 months ago
a great episode even though I already knew the trick it was nice to see it put together, the outtakes at the end were great as well...summer is just around the corner...must remember to bring along some cotton balls so I can pull this one off!!!
Quick question do you spit out the cotton at the end, I'm sure it's not healthy but it would probably look a lot better if you swallowed (wow that sounds dirty), otherwise you have to figure out how to get a partially burnt cottonball out of your mouth
Quick question do you spit out the cotton at the end, I'm sure it's not healthy but it would probably look a lot better if you swallowed (wow that sounds dirty), otherwise you have to figure out how to get a partially burnt cottonball out of your mouth
Metacore
8 months ago
If you put your hand to your chin in "appreciation of the flavor", you could try to spit it out then. You could also try touching the tip of your hand to your upper lip while "in deep thought" for more coverage and try to spit it at your hand and just let it fall(if your doing this in the dark, should be hard to see, and even better if your do a half turn). Still, it's probably best to just try to sneak it out when no one is looking then to try to spit it out in front of them.
Worst thing you just take it out and everyone stop thinking you actually just ate fire(as they were totally sold on, moments ago). I mean, you liked learning the trick, so worst case scenerio they get the idea too. Maybe bring a couple extra balls for people in case this happens?
Haven't actually tried this one, but maybe you could pretend to be chewing gum moments before, do the trick, say "whoops, forgot to spit out my gum" and just spit it into some trash?
Worst thing you just take it out and everyone stop thinking you actually just ate fire(as they were totally sold on, moments ago). I mean, you liked learning the trick, so worst case scenerio they get the idea too. Maybe bring a couple extra balls for people in case this happens?
Haven't actually tried this one, but maybe you could pretend to be chewing gum moments before, do the trick, say "whoops, forgot to spit out my gum" and just spit it into some trash?
rabidbadger
8 months ago
Bummer, not on itunes yet. And I gotta sleep. Guess I'll wake up to morning shwood.
mooy
8 months ago
Best show...no, best trick ever!
I was just thinking yesterday, Only if there was a simple fire trick that was easy and quite harmless. And "bam" scam school episode deluxe. Now I'm going through my girlfriends makeup kit for some cotton.
A good moment for this is when someone is lighting a cigarette and you just steal some fire from them. Don't forget to say thanks.
What should you do to get the "dragon smoke" coming out from your nose. Inhale when eating or is that not advisable due to fire in lungs. But its only cotton. Any suggestions.
/Robin - now have breath like a smoker and its only 7 am. A downside I can live with.
I was just thinking yesterday, Only if there was a simple fire trick that was easy and quite harmless. And "bam" scam school episode deluxe. Now I'm going through my girlfriends makeup kit for some cotton.
A good moment for this is when someone is lighting a cigarette and you just steal some fire from them. Don't forget to say thanks.
What should you do to get the "dragon smoke" coming out from your nose. Inhale when eating or is that not advisable due to fire in lungs. But its only cotton. Any suggestions.
/Robin - now have breath like a smoker and its only 7 am. A downside I can live with.
Murphy1d
8 months ago
In reply to mooy:
What should you do to get the "dragon smoke" coming out from your nose. Inhale when eating or is that not advisable due to fire in lungs. But its only cotton. Any suggestions?
Watch the SXSW TRS episode where Brian specifically says NOT to inhale, as fire goes down your throat (other trick, but I'm sure message is the same).
Watching it now will add my $0.02 shortly