This clever trick uses a pint of beer and two willing thumbs to handcuff your friend (or enemy) to the bar, while you take his keys, wallet, girlfriend and more.
Secret: Have your friend order a pint of his favorite drink. The more expensive the drink, the better. Make sure the pint glass is filled all the way to the top. Ask your friend to put his thumbs on the edge of the bar (as pictured). Now, carefully set the full pint of drink on top of his thumbs. Tell him it's important that he balance it perfectly.
Now, get out of there! With his favorite drink precariously balanced on his thumbs, he has no possible way of chasing after you! You could probably take his wallet, his keys, or whatever else you want, while you're at it! Useful for quick getaways.
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Posted by Heytheregoodlookin on 05/15/2008 at 09:58:50 pm in Scam School
The basic principle of the trick is great, but it does have a large flaw. If you get a pint of my favorite beer (PBR) and put it on top of my thumbs I am just going to lower my head towards the table so that I can lift the beer and chug it at the same time. However; if you were to buy a drink that the person doesn't like (I recommend Bacardi 151) then they have the choice of drinking something horrible and probably throw-up, spill the drink all over themselves and have people laugh at them or wait until someone(else) frees them. To help you save cost of buying liquor that you are not going to drink, just order a rocks class packed with ice and a shot of liquor should fill it up all the way.
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Posted by retz on 04/17/2008 at 11:55:14 pm in Scam School
Hahaha I like this trick. You can get out of it though, but you pretty much have to be sober. Just move your thumbs sideways along the table really fast and smoothly, the drink should drop with minimal spillage, especially if it's a short glass. I haven't tried it with a pint yet, too hard to place on the thumbs without someone helping me.
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Posted by jdl on 04/17/2008 at 09:05:33 pm in Scam School
"That's what I was thinking...but it was amusing, and I'm sure someone who'd been drinking may take awhile to think of that (and there's also some time as they get the 'wtf' shock out of their head first.)
Of course, if they're drunk enough, they may just spill it."
Exactly. You're mostly likely going to use this on some one who has already had a few. They will almost definitely spill it all over themselves, which could end up being just as funny as them being stuck there.
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Posted by damnedeyez on 04/17/2008 at 06:38:55 pm in Scam School
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That's what I was thinking...but it was amusing, and I'm sure someone who'd been drinking may take awhile to think of that (and there's also some time as they get the 'wtf' shock out of their head first.)
Of course, if they're drunk enough, they may just spill it.
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Posted by nextgenxbox on 04/17/2008 at 04:00:34 pm in Scam School
Straight to the top guys:
Jim Louderback, CEO
jim at revision3 dot com
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Posted by shwooddotcom on 04/17/2008 at 03:25:23 pm in Scam School
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"i am so gonna try this next time im at the bar....which is pretty much never..so it may be awhile. but i will try it!
great episode. make them longer! please?"
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"Yeah it's a bit short for a weekly.... which is why I said this should be a daily... or atleast three times a week on M,W,F :)
Funny trick though. Haha."
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I'm thrilled you guys are still digging the episodes. I've got plenty of material, so if you'd like to see more frequent releases, I'd send a thoughtful and polite note to the folks involved with the show (there's a convenient list of them in the credits of each episode. Let them know what you like, and what you'd like to get from the show. If there's one thing I've found about the rev3 crew, it's that they're thoughtful and really do listen to what the fans want.
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Posted by shwooddotcom on 04/17/2008 at 03:15:22 pm in Scam School
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Yeah, try to remember that 99.9% of viewers don't have the book... :)
...but hang in there! I think you'll be pretty happy with the next episode (currently being edited). I haven't seen that scam done anywhere yet.
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Posted by nollek on 04/17/2008 at 03:07:35 pm in Scam School
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I agree, being that short and weekly makes it seem like I'm not getting enough and really lowers the anticipation the next episode.
Nonetheless, the new trick was pretty awesome but couldn't the guy just bend down and grab the glass with his teeth?
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Posted by nextgenxbox on 04/17/2008 at 02:21:48 pm in Scam School
Yeah it's a bit short for a weekly.... which is why I said this should be a daily... or atleast three times a week on M,W,F :)
Funny trick though. Haha.
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Posted by Maynza on 04/17/2008 at 01:35:02 pm in Scam School
This is way too short for a weekly show. Awesome trick, but I would expect something so short and to the point in a daily.
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