The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 running time 08:05
Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
Effect: Pour a shot of whiskey, and set it next to a shot of water. Challenge your friend to figure out a way to get all the whiskey into the water glass, and vice versa, WITHOUT using a third vessel of any kind (including your mouth!).
Secret: Whiskey is lighter than water (the better the whiskey, the better this works). Place a business card over the glass, turn it upside down and place it on top of the whisky glass. Then, pull the business card out just the tiniest amount, so a small crack opens between the two glasses...and wait. The lighter whiskey will slowly trickle upwards to the top of the water's shot glass, while the water trickles down. It's a really neat looking effect! After 10 minutes, the two drinks will have completely swapped places.
Highlights
First Amendment
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0:24, 0:24
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whiskey
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0:43, 0:58, 0:59, 1:04, 1:24, 2:56, 3:04, 0:43, 0:58, 0:59, 1:04, 1:24, 2:56, 3:04
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east village
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2:34, 2:34
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pricing increased
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7:11, 7:11
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First Amendment
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0:24, 0:24
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whiskey
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0:43, 0:58, 0:59, 1:04, 1:24, 2:56, 3:04, 0:43, 0:58, 0:59, 1:04, 1:24, 2:56, 3:04
)
east village
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2:34, 2:34
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pricing increased
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7:11, 7:11
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Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
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" Visit puzzled puzzled outside is always keep versus water and the challenges to get all the whiskey from the whiskey glass. Into the water glass. All of the water from the water left in the whiskey glass without using -- company. And he can't he can't rather drink it and feel more in -- life and do switcher over react and get him out either that'd out of there are battling to take -- shot him pointed. Spitting it out without using a third level of any kind you want. Transfer the water through here and here in the whiskey for me here. In the she did not that --"
" You decide that let me. Dream is on the -- you gotta -- me. If you don't."
" But the problem with good people -- like -- lot of very elegant hey look at their character -- given. No ideas. I heard citing it was a bad idea. -- It is saying no there's no way. All right. What do you guys. No third vessel right. We could use a business cards right this thing is my frequent -- that target this. -- but I'm -- east village here."
" Yeah it was just -- and yeah. Area yeah. In the water and it weighs more yeah that was. Oh yeah."
" News of the -- like this isn't the waters -- whiskey and we need just. A crash."
" You can actually see the whiskey seeping up to the top. And the water. Falling down the --"
" And yet it yeah."
" It's. This. I think you're gonna get and -- onto it was uses its site and ultimately that once it was great because you actually without even knowing that you had the right he said. You can sizable is that what's what's. That's just crazy -- I there's no way of equitable -- is what. That's exactly what went. And you can actually see the idea that thin layer."
" On the list -- top. And you can watch it is like a little waterfall -- it's getting cleared out the bottom. It's it's a chance and it's it's -- wizardry."
" Here's the other thing there's a trade off if you open it up to -- it starts to move too fast and the -- water can actually blend together. Right and once it blend together."
" They're not going to come apart because there is some water the whisky and end in. So one. You want it just enough where that you see apart from one another you can actually see you get all the way yeah there's like and layer of clear at the bottom. You want to make sure that -- wide open that you get and they get a mixture. Yeah get RD tells -- This is slightly. More exciting than watching it."
" Right now right now we're already at 5050 that it. -- An answer that question thing -- is -- more laminated cards but the -- the card is. The the bigger the gap for example if you use is a driver's license."
" He is a driver's license you can see that a driver's license is much much bigger than this. So well."
" It is true that what happens is is when you make that crack open. It just starts the washing out the size cards burden on account. ActiveX and there's pretty much -- clothes on them. There -- go and other than that trade off enemy and again this is."
" You're gonna want to practice a little bit because because it's not picked and eliminated. It's gonna be a little bit lazier -- got to be. Better."
" There it is yeah yeah. Got a fantastic thank you guys don't like you're pretty amazing I don't appreciate the tasty beverage here is due. Do."
" very prevalent that was U -- waters -- this elaborate on the tasted it."
" People think you're will be at the moment for both."
" But when you promise to give a solution that's worth their time in their money they will -- it would -- in order to get the answer. Now all it does take a while for the solution to play out the moment they see that information of all the water going into one last. Although -- going to the other in more than happy to buy a drink have a success story about this or that -- am going to show."
" As opposed it and revision3.com. Slash in schools. Any questions like is directly at Bryant admitted -- green dot com -- in activities that those schools. Class dismissed. Now quick word from the people who really are by and -- series can still godaddy.com."
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" Total -- control is much more all for as little as six dollars 99 cents what are you waiting for."
" Plus as a -- school they had -- one when you check -- is ticketed adult 10% in order your piece of the Internet go to."
" Dot --"
" War. This upset a scam school route you might godaddy.com. I've won him the best thing happen to bars that quickly First Amendment -- school the only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street. After I graduated today we've got another old school straight up bars stands on its gonna -- to a free drink. It's something that sounds so outrageous so unbelievable on the face of it and yet when you see the payoff it's gonna explodes and rains. It's called whiskey and water check it out."
" Visit puzzled puzzled outside is always keep versus water and the challenges to get all the whiskey from the whiskey glass. Into the water glass. All of the water from the water left in the whiskey glass without using -- company. And he can't he can't rather drink it and feel more in -- life and do switcher over react and get him out either that'd out of there are battling to take -- shot him pointed. Spitting it out without using a third level of any kind you want. Transfer the water through here and here in the whiskey for me here. In the she did not that --"
" You decide that let me. Dream is on the -- you gotta -- me. If you don't."
" But the problem with good people -- like -- lot of very elegant hey look at their character -- given. No ideas. I heard citing it was a bad idea. -- It is saying no there's no way. All right. What do you guys. No third vessel right. We could use a business cards right this thing is my frequent -- that target this. -- but I'm -- east village here."
" Yeah it was just -- and yeah. Area yeah. In the water and it weighs more yeah that was. Oh yeah."
" News of the -- like this isn't the waters -- whiskey and we need just. A crash."
" You can actually see the whiskey seeping up to the top. And the water. Falling down the --"
" And yet it yeah."
" It's. This. I think you're gonna get and -- onto it was uses its site and ultimately that once it was great because you actually without even knowing that you had the right he said. You can sizable is that what's what's. That's just crazy -- I there's no way of equitable -- is what. That's exactly what went. And you can actually see the idea that thin layer."
" On the list -- top. And you can watch it is like a little waterfall -- it's getting cleared out the bottom. It's it's a chance and it's it's -- wizardry."
" Here's the other thing there's a trade off if you open it up to -- it starts to move too fast and the -- water can actually blend together. Right and once it blend together."
" They're not going to come apart because there is some water the whisky and end in. So one. You want it just enough where that you see apart from one another you can actually see you get all the way yeah there's like and layer of clear at the bottom. You want to make sure that -- wide open that you get and they get a mixture. Yeah get RD tells -- This is slightly. More exciting than watching it."
" Right now right now we're already at 5050 that it. -- An answer that question thing -- is -- more laminated cards but the -- the card is. The the bigger the gap for example if you use is a driver's license."
" He is a driver's license you can see that a driver's license is much much bigger than this. So well."
" It is true that what happens is is when you make that crack open. It just starts the washing out the size cards burden on account. ActiveX and there's pretty much -- clothes on them. There -- go and other than that trade off enemy and again this is."
" You're gonna want to practice a little bit because because it's not picked and eliminated. It's gonna be a little bit lazier -- got to be. Better."
" There it is yeah yeah. Got a fantastic thank you guys don't like you're pretty amazing I don't appreciate the tasty beverage here is due. Do."
" very prevalent that was U -- waters -- this elaborate on the tasted it."
" People think you're will be at the moment for both."
" But when you promise to give a solution that's worth their time in their money they will -- it would -- in order to get the answer. Now all it does take a while for the solution to play out the moment they see that information of all the water going into one last. Although -- going to the other in more than happy to buy a drink have a success story about this or that -- am going to show."
" As opposed it and revision3.com. Slash in schools. Any questions like is directly at Bryant admitted -- green dot com -- in activities that those schools. Class dismissed. Now quick word from the people who really are by and -- series can still godaddy.com."
" You know that on July 1 Yahoo! domain renewal pricing increased to thirty or 95 per year."
" Actress for your domain to GoDaddy for as little six dollars and -- get a free one year extension plus guaranteed renewal pricing. Godaddy.com extremes for -- and offers loads of extras including hosting a five page site builder complete --"
" Total -- control is much more all for as little as six dollars 99 cents what are you waiting for."
" Plus as a -- school they had -- one when you check -- is ticketed adult 10% in order your piece of the Internet go to."
" Dot --"
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Started discussion: July 24, 2008 @ 9:00am GMT
Episode 19 - The Amazing Whiskey/Water Trick [Discussion]
Apply high school physics to amaze your friends and win free drinks.
Watch and download this episode of Scam School here.
nightwang
about 1 year ago
Brian, you training to become a bar tender? Seems pretty awesome they let you behind the bar. Maybe you can change the show to "Brain's bizarre bar tending: the only show to get you free drinks at work" lol.
speed
about 1 year ago
Sorry, Brian, but as soon as I saw the playing cards next to the shots, I figured it out. I guess when you're just out of high school, the premise of high school physics isn't as confounding.
retz
about 1 year ago
Cool trick, could be a risky one around really drunk people - I'd probably just take the shot, buy another round and finish one up. :p
MrPopular
about 1 year ago
Great trick.. Brian...
I really need to remember to video tape these tricks. I'm such a slacker
I really need to remember to video tape these tricks. I'm such a slacker
patrickd
about 1 year ago
Before seeing the episode, I thought it was a different (much lamer) trick.
There's a big Russian on our development team and a month back a bunch of us went to the local bar across the street from the office. Since there were so many, we split up into two groups. The group I was with were friends with the wait staff. We (easily) talked one of the servers into serving the other table shots of "vodka". ...except the Russian guy was the only one who got a real shot. Everyone else got water.
I s'pose it's one of those things where you had to be there.
Anyway, I figured this scam was something like that. Betting someone you can out drink them, but having it set up with the server to give you water.
I like this one better.
There's a big Russian on our development team and a month back a bunch of us went to the local bar across the street from the office. Since there were so many, we split up into two groups. The group I was with were friends with the wait staff. We (easily) talked one of the servers into serving the other table shots of "vodka". ...except the Russian guy was the only one who got a real shot. Everyone else got water.
I s'pose it's one of those things where you had to be there.
Anyway, I figured this scam was something like that. Betting someone you can out drink them, but having it set up with the server to give you water.
I like this one better.











And bonus points to guy 3 for drinking a Stella!!!
Could you spill any more water on the bar there Brian???
And since when has wild turkey counted as a better whiskey?