Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: the tricks win you goodwill, but the puzzles win you good beer!
The Setup: turn an empty pint glass upside down, and place a "treasure" inside (in this case, a $5 bill). Set another empty pint glass upside down next to it. Finally, set up the "alarm system": a match, suspended between two pints.
The Challenge: Liberate Abe Lincoln from his pint-glass prison, without setting off the "alarm system". You can use anything on the table, but you can't touch the match, you can only touch one glass, and the moment the match loses contact with the pint glass holding the money, you lose. Can you do it?
The Solution: Use another match to light the head of the "alarm system" match. Just after it flares up, blow it out. You'll find the match is now tenuously fused to the pint glass. With a steady hand, you'll be able to lift the pint glass, taking the match along with it. Remove the bill, replace the glass...and order yourself a free beer!
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8:04, 8:04
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liquefied
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4:11, 4:11
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Brushwood
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8:09, 8:09
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puzzle
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0:32, 0:39, 6:23, 6:42, 0:32, 0:39, 6:23, 6:42
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ups
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8:04, 8:04
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liquefied
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4:11, 4:11
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Brushwood
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8:09, 8:09
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puzzle
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0:32, 0:39, 6:23, 6:42, 0:32, 0:39, 6:23, 6:42
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" It's -- end zone."
" You know what you episode yeah yeah. We're fine silver has --"
" Now there's a problem with this puzzle is that the answers too clever it comes out of nowhere and people feel like there's no way they could've seen it coming. To make sure to set up the answer appropriately. Make sure that you -- everything -- right from the make it clear that is not about them -- hitting the table. It's about the match losing contact with a pint glass as somebody on the form pointed out this secret to a -- stadium for a good puzzle that everything should be right from your pace and only when it's -- do you realize. We should have known the entire time he got his -- carefully speaking of which -- success stories or better yet failure stories. Make sure that both inevitable and that revision3.com. Slash dance -- any questions suggestions and lightning directly F Bryant provision of the dot com. And don't forget next episode -- a very special guests mistress manners will be here to talk about -- etiquette until next I'm gonna get a drink."
" Your for the folks as it is just -- even after last well."
" Godaddy.com. Keep your personal information away from spammers hackers and you're crazy ex -- private domain registration from go to any dot -- protect your privacy -- your address phone number and more out of the public database GoDaddy recently started registering dossier building. Some restrictions apply see thank repeated it explodes in three we checked out and keep your domain for only six dollars 95 cents some restrictions apply see site details keep your piece of the Internet -- dot com. Actually in your hometown yeah. -- adults -- school meet ups all of my tour schedule and join -- on my practice nations by following the that's -- Brushwood on twitter. Head over to twitter.com slash word and click on the follow button that's this HW OOT we'll see you guys online."
" War. This upset a -- school of rock you by godaddy.com."
" He showed America for you dad. Political watching you. -- school the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the -- and her boyfriend does what and today another unbeatable puzzle as you know here's canceled we teach that you never tell the secrets. You sell the secrets and the secret to this puzzle is well worth the cost of a free drink little thing we call. The heist."
" little puzzling."
" Got a really great --"
" Let us live closet of my rules I'm gonna make it interesting for you guys we're gonna have a reward. We're gonna have the treasurer of the ancients. Mr. Abraham Lincoln. How -- I don't yeah. Inside -- here tonight. -- Rules are innocent little track and that a trap and I want to imagine that utilizes."
" Alarm systems goes off and -- moments."
" Moments that next. Drops. This thing -- Internet picked up behind. You -- news and whatever other. Yeah. You could only -- one glass. -- America. So really -- one last you don't that's -- plus. In order to get involved in order to get."
" Don't forget the -- but apparently -- utilizes the."
" I'm having the same thing isn't it tries."
" Things that you think might work and it's available he said. And maybe my."
" Yes it is and a very advanced alarm system planet."
" Well it's not it's not the background of electrified. Yeah. Routed Trinidad is like the moment it drops not yeah."
" Yeah. You want to help -- it now appears that. How badly you want to know the -- For it and badly. We'll because it appears something wrong with my tasty beverage yeah and another man."
" If only there was more truth serum. I yeah -- me I think there is visited yeah. We get this I occasionally you're getting your brain and I get it --"
" Notice -- it can happen at five dollars. He gave this. -- we're not. It is an ambulance system. This -- yeah okay. It's. --"
" What makes it work that needs to be enough surface area -- where this thing like in the brief moment and it's burning and it turns in the liquefied whenever. You need to handicap lot of surface area such an insult that is occurred services weren't."
" And this is a person as well right so the kind of maximize the contact area or whatever whatever magic picture you used those updated headed -- yeah."
" Didn't want to keep. Now it."
" So that you get a black candidate. It's what. Client and battle against battle maximize the contact area right there. They have news. Don't maximize the contact area that it won't happen this is also its timing."
" We need you regulate you want to practice that he finds a home. But but first my get a hold this flame -- cynical. Signs -- that -- nothing glasses and."
" And it's a timing thing it's gonna do the admit that the blacks gonna start at the outside of work its way."
" The market is almost the plan is almost touching the lives that's when you blow it out."
" You'll be able to see."
" I don't the next --"
" Got a handle it -- buried here."
" In order to not let it fall. And you -- about it so the first up there is bigger than a little bit of practice to get the moves down on hunting."
" Stick but the second thing is freezing and a lot of little as there is McCain's. I would guess that after another surprise."
" He be more than happy to I think the guys who didn't incidentally I think it's pretty good. They gave us and I think today my chance and you guys and tennis club gig exports and you know what they're that is very scared."
" It's -- end zone."
" You know what you episode yeah yeah. We're fine silver has --"
" Now there's a problem with this puzzle is that the answers too clever it comes out of nowhere and people feel like there's no way they could've seen it coming. To make sure to set up the answer appropriately. Make sure that you -- everything -- right from the make it clear that is not about them -- hitting the table. It's about the match losing contact with a pint glass as somebody on the form pointed out this secret to a -- stadium for a good puzzle that everything should be right from your pace and only when it's -- do you realize. We should have known the entire time he got his -- carefully speaking of which -- success stories or better yet failure stories. Make sure that both inevitable and that revision3.com. Slash dance -- any questions suggestions and lightning directly F Bryant provision of the dot com. And don't forget next episode -- a very special guests mistress manners will be here to talk about -- etiquette until next I'm gonna get a drink."
" Your for the folks as it is just -- even after last well."
" Godaddy.com. Keep your personal information away from spammers hackers and you're crazy ex -- private domain registration from go to any dot -- protect your privacy -- your address phone number and more out of the public database GoDaddy recently started registering dossier building. Some restrictions apply see thank repeated it explodes in three we checked out and keep your domain for only six dollars 95 cents some restrictions apply see site details keep your piece of the Internet -- dot com. Actually in your hometown yeah. -- adults -- school meet ups all of my tour schedule and join -- on my practice nations by following the that's -- Brushwood on twitter. Head over to twitter.com slash word and click on the follow button that's this HW OOT we'll see you guys online."
Started discussion: August 7, 2008 @ 9:02am GMT
Episode 21 - Clever Match Trick Scores Free Drinks [Discussion]
All you need is a match, two pint glasses and a quarter, and you'll be drinking free all night!
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Once said money is in hand, hold the match and drag the glass back with match and reset.
Yeah, there's been a bunch of match-related stuff all in a row. I think that's the last one for a while, though.
Once said money is in hand, hold the match and drag the glass back with match and reset.
That's kinda the allure: you want the sucker thinking in terms of pushing items around together... and then the real solution comes out of left field.
I didn't see you set it up with the glasses, but then later on I heard it get knocked off when you were setting back up the glasses and "alarm" to demonstrate how it was done.
Totally random but Brian do you ever get any heat from anybody when you reveal a "trick".. I was reminded of that show back in the late 90's called Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
On Another Side Note: Over the weekend I got a ton of footage @ the bar doing tricks/scams to a big group of friends.... The only problem being at the bar at night, it was really dark, I'm gonna try and clean it up before posting.
So far, no heat from the magic folks. In fact, iTricks.com and magicnewswire.com have been VERY supportive of the show. I think there's a different mentality among magicians saavy to the current state of magic on the internet.
Awesome! Get those up ASAP. I'd love to start featuring user submitted vids in future eps of scam school.
sorry.. but I guessed right away that it probably had to do w/ lighting the match as a large % of the tricks do.... but I didnt know if to let the match completely burn, etc... also it sounded on the setup (to me at least) that the "alarm" would sound if the match disconnected from the 2 glasses (just a thought about clarification of the setup).
I'm guessing that you need a completely fresh dry "vault" glass for this or am I wrong... not many bartenders wanna give out clean empty glasses... and asking for one might impede the idea that UR using stuff laying around instead of a possible "setup" glass. Moisture will condense on the outside of a freshly drank glass... will the microscopic moisture help in the fusion of the match or hurt? Also.. any residual damage to the glass (should you look for thicker or thinner glasses?
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