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From: killerb_0187
Date: Wed Dec 18, 2002 7:17pm
Subject: Re: 3 of diamonds
--- In a previous message Blue Chip wrote:
>
> Try his letter suggesting routines. He likes to mispronounce
peoples
> names. Listen to the Joe Whiley tape and spot why the girl choses
the
> letter she does. See if you can guess before she speaks -
actually, pause
> it before she decides and think about it carefully.
No way, it's toooo subtle....He said "Lean-DER". I don't see how she
could have thought that before he wrote it...Nah...cant be.
>
> Now watch the Oxford Uni routine with "Isssssssssssable" and he
will tell
> you "Isssssssssssable yes? It is not the FIRST letter or your name,
not the
> FIRST letter". "If you think" <change in tone of voice> "Im trying
to
> suggest something to you" <knit fingers to look like an S> <nod a
few
> times>. As I write the letter down I will
say "sssssssssssssssssssssss"
> and move the squeaky pen in an S motion. "Now put the card on your
hand
> ESS" What letter have i been shouting and miming for the last
minute, you
> know the misproNUNciation of your name - quickly now, before you
have a
> chance of some kind of independant thought to slip in and screw my
trick up....
>
> Now start making it up and see what works - if you want to be
perfect first
> time every time, give up now - you will never be any good. If you
are
> prepared to practice a few new routines and perfect them you can
soon have
> something that only YOU will understand - no TV special on it ;)
>
> >just wondering if anyone knows any quick little tricks like
Derrens "3
> >of diamonds" trick he does where he points at the screen towards
the
> >viewer? I've tried it and it works really well and I like to know a
> >couple more just in case the conversation in the pub peeters out.
