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Pop Bottle Hop magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:18:33 +0000

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Friendly Floating Fork magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:48:05 +0000

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Pick Trick magic trick

Boys' Life — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:51:05 +0000

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52 Card Throw Up magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:54:04 +0000

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Tip Toe Tack magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:19:51 +0000

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Rock-N-Card magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:53:06 +0000

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One Cent Wonder 2 magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:29:23 +0000

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Eeny Meeny Miny Whoa! magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:48:03 +0000

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One Cent Wonder magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:14:01 +0000

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Gone in a Snap magic trick

Boys' Life — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:15:42 +0000

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Shell Shock magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:15:41 +0000

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Knot on the Spot magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:31:28 +0000

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AbraCAPdabra magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:38:07 +0000

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Super-Fantastic Elastic magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:44:44 +0000

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What’s Cappening magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:50:38 +0000

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Phonie Photo magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:05:41 +0000

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Baffling Bandage magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:57:52 +0000

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The Good, The Bad and The Monkey magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:24:55 +0000

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CD Trickery magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:58:48 +0000

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Kung Fu Hairdo joke

Boys' Life — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:57:42 +0000

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Cup Pick Up magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:07:01 +0000

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The Sound of Violence joke

Boys' Life — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:52:17 +0000

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Mind Reading magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:43:32 +0000

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Sticky Tricky joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:29:56 +0000

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Count Down Force magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:33:40 +0000

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Giggly Wiggly joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:42:44 +0000

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Jumping Jack magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:13:04 +0000

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What’s Cookin’? joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:02:34 +0000

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Lemony Letter magic trick

Boys' Life — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:47:45 +0000

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The Gift of Music joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:05 +0000

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Ring Leader magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:28:34 +0000

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Ignious Ignoramous joke

Boys' Life — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:06:50 +0000

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Currency Exchange magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:20:22 +0000

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Incog-neato joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:02:27 +0000

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Pop-O-Magic magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:27 +0000

There’s no need for a microwave or a stove. Amaze your friends by using magic to pop your popcorn.

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Silverware Sorcery magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:05:21 +0000

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From Pear to Thin Air joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:36 +0000

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Fast Food Fast Cash magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:50:05 +0000

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Think Before You Sink joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:39:15 +0000

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Chair-man of the Bored magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:10:32 +0000

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Cat’N Crunch joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:55:28 +0000

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King-O-Cards magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:33:57 +0000

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No-Neck Casanova joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:39:52 +0000

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Cockeyed Sodium Chloride magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:01:15 +0000

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Yanky Pranky joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:38:16 +0000

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Card Curl Up magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:43:02 +0000

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Giggles for the Greedy joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:05:39 +0000

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Tears of a Coin magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:59:29 +0000

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Blow For Show joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:08:49 +0000

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Goldfish Gourmet magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:19:28 +0000

Your friends will be surprised and disgusted when you grab a live goldfish and eat it.

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Snip A Strip magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:26:39 +0000

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Rope Wrangler magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:17:51 +0000

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Money for Nothing magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:04:07 +0000

Amaze your friends by making a wad of cash appear magically in your hands.

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Knots-O-Fun magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:18:20 +0000

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Feet of Fortune joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:24:21 +0000

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No Brain, No Gain magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:26:46 +0000

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One Way card trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:39:11 +0000

According to magician Mac King, this spectacular trick is one of the best “pick a card and find it” tricks in the world.

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Vegetable Visionary joke

Boys' Life — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:54:17 +0000

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Water Weight magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:54:07 +0000

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Fish Bait mystery

Boys' Life — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:24:41 +0000

Clay Moorehead, wide-eyed and angry, accused Kelly Diaz of stealing his goldfish. A bowl under her arm, its half dozen occupants swirling around in a fog, Kelly denied the accusation.

Also on the scene was Mac King, fresh from the farmer‘s market, a bag of produce in his arms. Quickly he sized up the situation, dropped the sack, and offered an immediate solution. An expert angler, the magician cast his hand into the bowl and with great finesse, flipped one of its orange occupants into his mouth.

“Now,” he mumbled around the squirming wet shape, “since you both claim this finny friend, I‘ll bite him in two and each of you can have half.”

“No!,” shouted Kelly. “Let Clay have him. Really! It‘s okay.”

Mac smiled, chewed, and swallowed. “Better luck next time Clay. Your fish is safe in the bowl, Kelly.”

And amazingly, he was. What was Mac‘s secret?

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Solution: The kids were so distracted by their argument, they didn‘t notice Mac palm a small piece of raw carrot from his grocery sack. When he stuck his hand in the bowl, he only pretended to pluck out a fish, mouthing the carrot instead. Taking a page from King Solomon‘s book, Mac knew that the true owner of the fish would rather it live with a stranger than be harmed.

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Super Slick Card Trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:16:26 +0000

Here’s a great card trick that’s simple to learn and will amaze your friends.

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The Wailing Wall joke

Boys' Life — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:07:36 +0000

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Hanky Panky magic trick

Boys' Life — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:27:39 +0000

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Spin Doctor mystery

Boys' Life — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:39:46 +0000

On an evening stroll through the park, Mac King saw his friend Kelly Diaz sitting on a bench, her eyes filled with tears.

When she explained that a new kid named Dennis had stolen one of her favorite compact disks, Mac had to admit, “I know Dennis, but I’ve never heard of Randy Rainbow.”

Kelly told Mac that Randy Rainbow’s CD was immediately recognizable. “It’s got six different colors printed on its face.” She drew a pie shape in the dust with her toe (and it looked very much like the picture at right).

“So you confronted Dennis?”

Kelly nodded. “He has a portable CD player with a transparent plastic top. You can look right in and see what’s playing over his head phones.”

“And you looked, and it wasn’t Randy?”

“Nope. He had a CD spinning in there, but the disk was pure white. No colors at all!”

“Kelly, I don’t know if he stole it from you, but I’ll bet Dennis was indeed playing a Randy Rainbow CD!

Why Did Mac Say That?

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Solution: Mac knows that white light is a combination of colors. For example, you can break these colors apart by shining a white light through a prism. So too, you can blend the colors. As the Randy Rainbow disk spun, the colors overlapped and Kelly’s eye saw a combination of colors that appeared white. Dennis might have been spinning a white disk … or he might have been playing Kelly’s disk as Mac surmised.

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String Together magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:20:16 +0000

Take two pieces of string and magically connect them together into a single string.

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A Nose for Eeews joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:10:57 +0000

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Rope Rope and More Rope magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:29:35 +0000

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Making Up a Lost Dime mystery

Boys' Life — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:01:31 +0000

Waiting in the lunch line in the cafeteria, Clay Moorehead popped the bubble Phylo Fogg was blowing with his bubble gum and demanded Fogg give up his lunch money.

Phylo carefully removed a wad of gum from his mouth.

“All the cash I have has been hexed by magician Mac King,” Phylo told the superstitious bully. “It’ll bring you bad luck.”

To prove it, Phylo showed Clay three coins: a dime, a quarter and a fifty-cent piece. Placing the dime on top of the quarter, he covered both with the half-dollar and dropped them from his right hand to his left.

When he opened his left hand, only two coins remained. The dime had vanished and so did a cowardly Clay.

Are Phylo’s coins really cursed?

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Solution: Phylo secretly stuck a bit of his chewing gum on the half dollar. When he covered the dime with the fifty-cent piece, he stuck the two coins tightly together. The ten cents remained hidden when dropped into his left hand.

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Pix Trix joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:23:25 +0000

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Goldfish Gourmet magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:29:49 +0000

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Swamp Sting mystery

Boys' Life — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:35:24 +0000

When Lt. Ramirez of the Miami police heard Mac King‘s Magic in Minute Road Show was performing at a theater on the very edge of town, across the street from a possible crime scene, he called the magician over to help.

Mac and Kelly found the detective drinking coffee on a dirt track overlooking a vast, swampy area. A short middle aged man stood beside him.

“Meet Salvage Sam,” said Ramirez. “Sam runs a junkyard called Auto Heaven. He happened to be walking along the path when I drove up.

“What’s the crime?” asked Kelly as she kicked the thick red dust from her shoes.

“Larceny. An armored car was held up for a million in cash, but the getaway car disappeared while we were in pursuit. We think the car and the money are at the bottom of this swampy glade.”

Kelly bent over to peer into the murky water. Her query was met with a violent explosion as two hungry alligators sprung forward.

Salvage Sam chuckled. “Anybody dumping a car in there must have a death wish. You could let it drive itself in, but you’d never get it back out with those gators around.”

Mac stared at the ground for a moment, then took a paper clip out of his pocket. “Reminds me of a trick,” Mac said dropping the clip into the lieutenant‘s cup of coffee.

“What‘s the idea?” asked Ramirez.

“Simple,” said Mac. “See if you can figure out a way to extract the paper clip without putting anything in the coffee or moving the cup.”

After several minutes the detective shook his head. Mac smiled and asked Kelly if she would solve the trick. When she did, Ramirez nodded and slapped his hand-cuffs onto Salvage Sam. Why?

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Solution: Kelly used a magnet and, dragging it along the outside of the cup, removed the paper clip. As the owner of an auto salvage yard, Sam would have access to a large crane magnet. It would be simple to bring it to the sparsely populated area, avoid the alligators, and pull the car out when no one was around. When Mac stared at the ground, he was actually looking at Salvage Sam‘s shoes which were completely free of dust, as if Sam had driven to the area and not been walking along the dirt track as he‘d told Detective Ramirez.

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Makin’ headlines joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:56:52 +0000

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Telepathy Made Easy magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:47:14 +0000

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A Sweet Solution mystery

Boys' Life — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:01 +0000

At a local carnival, the quack Dr. Zenario was trying to sell a cold remedy of amazing strength. “This hot potion is strong enough to keep a cube of sugar from sinking.”

Carefully he set a steaming cup on his display table and placed an ordinary sugar cube on the surface. Solidly situated, the sugar inspired Harry Zimmerman to pull out a dollar.

“Hold on!” said Mac King as he stepped from the audience. “I think you’ll find the brew starting to weaken.” And sure enough, within seconds the cube started to bob and sink. “I prefer two lumps of sugar,” said Mac. “And Zenario does too.”

Mac knew Zenario’s secret. Do you?

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Solution: Zenario used two lumps of sugar. The first was placed on end in the cup and concealed by hot liquid. Zenario placed the second sugar lump on top of the first and it appeared to float. Before long the first lump dissolved, causing the second lump to sink.

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Soaker Joker

Boys' Life — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:01:50 +0000

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Flick-n-Stick magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:49:38 +0000

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More Bounce to the Ounce magic trick

Boys' Life — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:16:26 +0000

Drop a normal bread roll onto the floor and watch it bounce right back up onto the table!

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A safe bet mystery

Boys' Life — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:32:39 +0000

Police lieutenant Brewer spat a direct order into his car radio: “We’ve had a robbery at the theater. I want Fingers Lawson picked up right away. He takes great pride in being the top combination safe burglar in the state. He’s just out of jail last week and yesterday he started working at the theater as a janitor.”

Mac King turned to face the tall brick theater where he was scheduled to perform that night. “Do you have any other suspects?”

“No,” said Brewer. “The only ones around this morning besides you and your monkey were Lawson and that other magician…the old guy with all the little sleight-of-hand tricks: Zenario.”

Mac recalled a picture of the freshly plundered safe. (It looked much like the picture above.)

“If I were you,” said Mac. “I’d reissue your order, but forget Lawson. It’s a safe bet that Zenario is your man!”

Why did Mac think so?

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Solution: Brewer told Mac that Fingers Lawson took great pride in cracking combination locks. In recalling the crime scene inside the theater, Mac realized the safe was secured with a key padlock. If neither Mac nor Lawson had opened the safe, that left Zenario as the chief suspect; Zenario, a master of small sleight-of-hand and, Mac guessed, picking padlocks.

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Water on the brainless joke

Boys' Life — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:19:14 +0000

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A Stunning Blow magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44:02 +0000

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No Noggin magic trick

Boys' Life — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:40:37 +0000

Imagine your parent’s surprise when they discover that you’re sitting at the table without your head!

Watch the trick in action:

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See how it’s done:

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Did Hannah Say as Hannah did? mystery

Boys' Life — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:17:23 +0000

Mac King was on hand when Edde Ddodd was nabbed at a clothing shop only an hour after his partner Hannah knocked over a nearby jewelry store. The Ddodd gang was famous for its fascination with palindromes, that is, a word or phrase that, like magic, reads the same forward or backwards.

Ddodd carried a note from his partner that seemed to disclose the jewels’ hiding place. It read: Ed, I hide, what you do with a shoelace.

“The first three words are a palindrome in themselves,” noted Mac. “The remainder of the note must relate to a different palindrome,” he reasoned.

Walking directly to a display of men’s neckwear, Mac fished out the valuable plunder. How did he know where to look?

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Solution: What do you do with a shoelace, that when written out is also a palindrome? Tie it! Mac reasoned the jewels were hidden in the clothing store’s display of neck ties.

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E.S.P. (Extra Silly Psychic) joke

Boys' Life — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:20:26 +0000

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Knot so Fast magic trick

Boys' Life — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:55:53 +0000

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