| some magic to a man whose wife was patiently standing a bit behind him. She was |
| being attentive but polite. I did some magic from my new book and he seemed to like |
| it. He was pondering about the purchase of the book and I did not know what to do in |
| the silence. Usually I do something to change the subject a bit to avoid putting the |
| person in a “buy-no-buy” situation. It is somewhat like he who speaks first |
| loses. I asked him if he had seen Matrix. He nods indicating that he knows what it is. |
| His wife suddenly comes alive. She steps forward and says, “He does that, and it |
| is my favorite trick!” I shrug and say that I guess I don’t need to do it. Then, he |
| says, “Yaa, I would like to see you do it.” So, I do Matrix. When I am done, he |
| stands there and simply looks down at my pad. She snuggles up real close to him. |
| Then she slips an arm around his shoulders. Then she turns her head so she can speak |
| softly into his ear and says, “Honey that’s not the same trick that you do!” |
| There is a pause. Then she says, “He doesn’t even touch anything and the |
| Consider how this individual is doing it. More than likely, he is using a popular |
| handling. In this handling, the performer uncovers the coins at two locations. At one |
| location, there are two coins, one being hidden when it is picked up via the Al |
| Schneider Pickup move. At the other location, one coin is exposed. Then the coins are |
| covered and uncovered. This time the hidden coin is dropped and the single coin |
|
| |