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From: Philip Collins
Date: Mon Dec 16, 2002 6:58am
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Re: £10,000 Cheque
Or he could have been of of derrens matesin on the joke, or he could have
been the fifth attempt at the stunt and the only one of five that worked,or
derren could be simply relying on the fact the two is the most common number
selected when the options are presented thus
>From: "happany"
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [Derren Brown] Re: £10,000 Cheque
>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:06:52 -0000It could have been postdated. . . to 2099 !!
>
>
>--- In a previous message gilraenc wrote:
> > --- In a previous message zoweeuk wrote:
> > > Having watched MC1 last night I noticed a few interesting
>things.
> > > When he was doing the money in the envelopes in the pub, where
>he
> > put
> > > a cheque for £10000 in one envelope and allowed the guy to
>choose
> > > which envelope he would give to Derren. It was quite obvious how
> > > Derren emphasised the number 2 when counting from one through to
> > five
> > > and the "ow" sound in a lot of words, and it was the number 2
> > > envelope that the man chose to give to Derren.
> >
> > To be honest - on the first watch I wasn't expecting it - i was
> > expecting the number one. "settle on one..... I only get ONE shot
>at
> > this.... " etc
> >
> > But when I watched it a second time, knowing that the guy had
>chosen
> > number two, i did notice that when derren counted through the
>cards
> > initially, he always looked down at the envelopes, EXCEPT for the
> > number 2 - when he looks directly into the guys eyes, so I think
>that
> > this trick was more about a forceful suggestion than about mind
> > reading - the guy didn't give anything away to me when he counted
> > from 1 to 5, but then thats just me.
> >
> > I did like what the guy said about looking at the fifth envelope
>to
> > try and throw derren off - he tried gawd bless his little cotton
> > socks!
> >
> > still... £10,000 on one trick - derren's very sure of himself.
> >
> > I wonder if he had a certain amount of cheques already written iut
> > for different amounts, each depending on how sure he was that his
> > suggestion had been accepted - it wouldnt make sense to me to bet
> > £10,000 on a trick you're not %100 will work - but then £500 might
>be
> > a good way to go... still.. its a heck of a lot of money.
>
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