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From: richard
Date: Sun May 4, 2003 8:00am
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Did anyone else notice this at the dog track?
Great stuff...some excellent observations... nearly fell out of my chair
laughing while reading the second half of your post :0)
Mucho respect!
Rich
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From : "nxnzerx "
To : derrenbrown@y...
Date : 04 May 2003 01:30:14
Subject : [Derren Brown] Did anyone else notice this at the dog track?
There seems to have been a lot of theories floating around regarding
>how Derren performed the dog track feat. Most of the ideas seem
>quite plausible and well thought out but are ignoring one factor.
>
>If my memory serves me correctly:
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>1) DB places bet on losing dog
>2) DB goes to window with losing ticket
>3) Cashier checks the ticket using the machine - No payout
>4) DB gets his bang on
>5) Cashier checks ticket using machine and pays out
>6) DB accepts cash and questions payment policy
>7) Cashier agrees that mistakes can't be rectified
>8) DB asks what the number of the winning dog was
>9) Woman answers 4
>10)DB says and you paid out on?
>11)SHE LOOKS AT THE TICKET AND SAYS 1
>
>In my mind, this removes the possibilty of a switch (Unless DB has
>extremely thin, dexterous invisible arms that he fed through the
>grating and manipulated the ticket in the womans hands). Like I
>said, Im going off memory, could someone check their video. It seems
>that DB handed over a losing ticket and got paid. I can remember
>that the woman looked at the ticket to confirm its number after she
>had paid out.
>
>Check it out and please let me know...
>
>Personally I dont believe the interrupt story offered by DB. A
>effeminately dressed balding man with a goatee followed by a camera
>crew with spotlights and mics does not need to bang on a windowframe
>to create a "Hmmm, thats out of the ordinary" interrupt.
>
>All that leaves in my mind is that either the trick is stooged or DB
>is one clever chimp - if the method of "Lift" is anything to go by,
>I would be inclined to agree with the latter. Either that or he has
>a computer graphic team on hand who scan and reprint manipulated
>copies of the betting slips (Which would explain the evident lag
>between the end of the race and DBs collection of his
>winnings)...The rabbit hole gets deeper
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