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Stuff Magicians Like No. 14 – Sharpies

Sharpie

I think that taggers and magicians are Sharpie’s two largest market demographics…and not necessarily in that order.

Sharpies are awesome! Aren’t they? There’s just so much you can do with them in a magical performance. Of course there is the obligatory having a card signed with the mandatory line of “This is the only card like this in the world, right? Unless you make it a habit to go around signing playing cards.” <SARCASM>We all know that a spectator will never be able to tell their card apart from all the others. That’s why we have them write their name on it!</SARCASM>

For the super-daring, you can always have the spectator sign their own money, inviting federal retribution. It’s a slippery slope though. I’d bet dollars to donuts that in a week that performer will be performing a Smash & Stab with the spectator’s hand in which it gets impaled on a, you guessed it, A SHARPIE!

We sure do love our Sharpies though. We buy them in bulk. We get the extra large ones for laughs. We get the extra small ones for laughs. We modify them for tricks and make them the butt of jokes! “Let me recap.” or “Careful! It’s a Sharpie!” We even buy nice decorative covers for them to make them look “sharp.” -groan-

It’s such a beautiful romance shared between a magician and a Sharpie. May they never part. (Cue romantic violin music.)

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Stuff Magicians Like No. 5 – Putting their Feet in their Mouth…Both of Them!

…and at the same time nonetheless! For some of us, major surgery is required to have our feet removed. That would at least make it easier to get them out of our mouths! Buh-duh-tsch!

Magicians love their puns and “witty” jokes. We’ve heard them all and know them by heart. We love them so much, we have to share them with others. Why else would we use them in our performances? “Do you want to change your mind? No? You like the mind you’ve got?”

Personally, I don’t think that magicians could exist without these fun, clever, tidbits of wit. Not that I use…any…of these…um…

Look! A bird! (Runs away.)

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