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This is a great magic trick that will impress anybody at a bar or any other social gathering. It’s fairly easy to learn, and easy to set up and do. You will convince them of your powerful psychic abilities, and earn yourself a few free drinks.

This is the way it will look to your soon to be amazed group of friends. You casually mention that you have recently learned the skill of psychic projection. Of course, everybody thinks you are fooling, and will ask you to prove it. You pick somebody at random and tell them you are going to mentally project a number into their mind.

You pull out a small note pad and a small pencil (like the kind you use to record your golf score) and write down a number. Then you focus all your psychic energy on the person in question, and ask them to guess a number between one and a hundred. You turn the paper around, and they will all be completely amazed to see the number on the pages matches the one they chose.

Here’s the secret. When you first write down the number on the small note pad, don’t actually write anything. Just pretend to. On your other hand, have a small piece of pencil lead attached to your thumb or forefinger. You can either use a piece of double side tape, or slide it underneath your fingernail. You don’t have to worry how neat your writing looks, but you will need to practice enough so that you can write their number quickly and without looking.

Then as soon as they choose their number, write whatever number they said on the pad. This is the trickiest part, as their isn’t a lot of things you can do to waste time. Most of the time people will want to see the pad pretty quickly, usually right after they choose their number. You can take a deep breath, and ask them to make sure, or thank the gods for helping you with another successful mind transfer. Or you can make them promise to buy you a drink or something if you’re answer is correct.

Then simply flip the pad around, and show them the number. They will be properly astonished, you will be the center of attention, and everybody will want to talk to you. For bonus points, you can make them agree before hand to buy you a drink (or give you a kiss if they’re your spouse or partner) if you “project” the number correctly. Have fun with this.