Disappearing Tricks – How To Make A Wine Glass Vanish
This disappearing trick is one of the best impromptu vanishing acts that I’ve ever seen. It never fails to get a gasp of disbelief from the spectators, but it does take a lot of practice to get right.
It’s a relatively simple idea. You’re at a dinner party, and because it’s your night off, you’ve left all your props at home. But news that you can “do magic” has traveled further among your friends and acquaintances than you thought was possible.
Before long, people have finished eating and they want to be entertained. So they start saying “go on, show us some of your magic”. One voice becomes two and before long the whole company is expecting a performance.
What can you do? You don’t have any props, but you don’t want to be seen as a bore. So you pick up your glass of wine and take a long sip as though trying to remember a good trick. Once your glass is half empty (or half full depending upon how optimistic you feel), you appear to throw your glass up at the ceiling, but nothing comes back down and your hand is empty.
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