I watched this, and then I immediately ran to the work coat closet and stole a plastic hanger — and then to a coworker’s desk, where I rooted through his coin cup until I found a quarter.
I then marched to the centre of the newsroom, announced that I was going to try a magic trick that I had just seen on YouTube, and proceeded to fail miserably. Thrice. So I switched hangers. Failed thrice again. Retreated back to my desk in ignominy.
Sigh. Back to work.
(via tdw)
I know how the hand thing works, though I do it a little differently. And I know the theory behind how this card trick works. But it’s still a darn impressive sight to see. And he does it through the whole deck!! when most people who do this trick do it just with the face cards.
I consider myself a pretty okay card shuffler — I can do a nice riffle and cascade, but those are pretty standard. I can also do a pretty clean one-handed cut, and if I gave myself some practice time, I could probably do it both right- and left-handed, and I used to be able to do them simultaneously.
I joked recently that card shuffling and the one-handed cut was the only practical thing I recalled learning in high school.
But now I feel inadequate:
Yes, it’s kind of an ad for clothing, and also for the magic instruction of Dan and Dave, but it’s also a pretty spectacular display of dexterity. Wow.
