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brakeless1.jpg "View Profile") New user Louisville 5 Posts 
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Did anyone say Abara cadabara? lol
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DoctaJones713 New user Massachusettes 64 Posts
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"Now, if you'll hold out your hand . . . the clean one."
Makes me cringe.
. . . but the third man answered, "I am building a cathedral."
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts
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On 2006-04-12 22:46, flimnar wrote: "All I have to do is snap my fingers"...
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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cjl467 New user Los Angeles 71 Posts
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I say "Did you see that?" way too much, after doing an effect -- kind of as a rhetorical question -- and it becomes awkward when people say "Yes". Sometimes I think they mean that they "saw" how I did it...
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts
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Actually, it is ordinary for someone to say "pick a card".
"Nuff Said! I know I use a bunch of lame stuff. But I think my bigger problem isn't overused phrases, it is the fact I speak at all while performing. My "Humor" some times gets people uncomfortable (I usually think it's funny as hell.....). At times I use words that are not in common usage, so my point gets missed. Once in a while my potty mouth slips in the wrong crowd. Gotta watch myself closely. Guess we all do. What I hate on the Café' is people firing off with stupid comments and off topic stuff.............. wait that's me
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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Tom Bartlett Special user Our southern border could use 763 Posts
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On 2006-07-09 02:08, Josh Riel wrote: This is funny stuff! or am I just warped?
Our friends don't have to agree with me about everything and some that I hold very dear don't have to agree about anything, except where we are going to meet them for dinner.
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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Let me show you this new card trick I've been working on.
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Will Eefting New user Southwest Michigan 93 Posts
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I have a bad habit of saying:
"Hey guys, how are you tonight?" "Mind if I show you something? It'll just take a minute" "Take the card, memorise it, don't let me see it" Of course, I also take cues from people I know, and often times I get asked to do a "Magic Trick" or a "Card Trick" to which I tend to reply curtly. "Dogs do tricks, but if you would like I'll perform some magic for you" "Trick huh? *gets down on knees and acts like a begging dog*" "Trick is a dirty word, do you not believe in magic?" "Well, I could perform a trick, but there are women and perhaps children present..." I've got a million of em.
A Trick? Well yes there are quite a few "tricks" I can do, but alas there are women and children present. Find me later.
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cigam3d New user 56 Posts
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When a magician says ladies and gentleman like 100 times want to punch him in the face, and another on that aggravates me is just a little wave of my hand or when they say just give a little blow
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stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts
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Rikbrooks (AKA Tex Austin) beat me to "actually." (See 6th post in this
thread.) It drives me nuts when I hear someone overuse this word. Another: "Personally" as in "Personally, I think..." or "Personally, I feel..." or "Personally, I like..." Some good news: overuse of "basically" appears to be dying. Stan |
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cheesewrestler Inner circle Chicago 1157 Posts
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On 2006-04-23 15:10, johnnymystic wrote: How long is this David Blaine bashing going to continue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: |
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts
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In all seriousness, the phrases that I find annoying due to the number of times I hear them are (No particular order)
-I cannot serve you, you've had enough to drink- -stay away from my wife- -stay away from me- -I'm getting a restraining order- -She has a restraining order- -I'll punch you if you say "Ladies and Gentleman" over 100 times- -what's that smell?- -is that you?- -don't you bathe?- -I wish someone would ban him from the Magic Café- -David Blaine is the greatest magician- -David Blaine sucks- -you have the right to remain silent- -why won't you shut up?- -haven't you always wanted a monkey?- -I- -He- -You- -They- -Bacon- -don't do that it makes you blind- -don't do that, you'll make god cry- -sir, your under arrest for doing that in public- -It- So stop saying them!
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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SeaDawg Special user The Lunatic Fringe 718 Posts
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Sometimes a very slight sublimal difference helps.
Rather thanpick a card(where they now think they have a choice...) I sometimes use "Grab one of these for me, please. Limit one per customer" (Then it is easier to force since you are telling them to grab...) My 2 cents worth
Crazy people take the psycho-path thru the forest...
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cheesewrestler Inner circle Chicago 1157 Posts
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On 2006-04-23 15:10, johnnymystic wrote: When will this David Blaine bashing cease!!!!!!! |
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cheesewrestler Inner circle Chicago 1157 Posts
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On 2006-04-16 12:33, Dave VanVranken wrote: and don't forget, in answer ro a request for information on a new product: "Anything XXXX puts out is worth buying!" and/or "It's from XXXX - just buy it!" |
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Muckey Spleen New user 83 Posts
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I want to echo Mr. Palmer, as it bears repeating - "What I'm going to ask you to do is..." Why not just MAKE THE REQUEST?
While we're at it, if I hear another magician refer to a "silk" in front of a lay audience my head will explode. Seriously. |
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yachanin Inner circle Cleveland, OH 2105 Posts
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I'd have to say the most overused phrase is "only limited by your imagination."
Regards, Steve
"Impossible? Your audience will think so..." TM
Thought Association Card Triangulation Word Search Detective Christmas Eve Sights - Start A Family Tradition |
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bond_jmesbond007 New user India 70 Posts
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"Now look into my eyes......"
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fredmoore New user 72 Posts
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"check this out"
and my favorite: "and......NOW!" Give that man a twinkie! |
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ChristopherM Special user UK 844 Posts
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Would you be amazed if...?
All I have to do is... and then x happens. If we put it in the middle...it comes back to the top of the pack. Want to see something cool? Isn't that great? Watch it go...did you see it? Put the card back....no no, on the top of the pack. Please write the letters in capitals, as large and legibly as you can, er, cos...so that other people can see later...yes, that's the reason. Uhm Errr OK Fantastic Great Alright Now... Watch this, look, just watch How about most under-used phrases by magicians: Please, Thank you, grateful comments to the audience.... Instead it's just "put your hand out" "take this" "put it back" "pick one" "do this/that". This does not endear the magician to his (/her) audience. Good topic. Cheers Chris |
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Posted: May 12, 2006 11:04 am 