Derren Brown: Archive
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From: ujermagaddi
Date: Tue Oct 29, 2002 11:43am
Subject: Re: General stuff on MC3
--- In a previous message vlaca_malacca wrote:
> If Derren's simply using dual semantics (for/four), then surely he
> could work other numbers into the trick (e.g. one/"one" as in "this
> is the winnin ONE"; "eight"/"wait" as in "this is the ticket you've
> been wAITing for", etc.)
>
> Crap examples, but you catch my drift.
>
Oh sure, but I can only comment on what made the final cut - he may well have
tried different lines for different winning #'s. It's just that in the examples
we see, the winning dog was #4 which coincided with his choice of words.
>
> [re: the coin trick]
> > oh, I'm aware of the techniques used in guessing the hand, it's
> > just the heads/tails aspect that is a bit of a 'cheat'.
>
> So what factors does Derren use in deciding which hand the coin is
> in?
>
essentially non-verbal cues (nose-point, furtive glances etc). note the
hands-crossing one - the hand with the coin is beneath the empty one, almost as
if he's trying to hide something...
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