17 August 2012
Okay this just happened to me and it left me a little speechless. I tell you all because I'm at work and there's no one else to share it with. Here goes.
This guest came back from a night out. It was about 0215 and he'd had a few drinks. Now, before he went out he asked me to safeguard his case, which I did. He said the contents were precious, so I kept an eye on it.
So anyway, he comes back and he's a little tipsy and he asks for his case, I duly hand it over, then he asks for a late night drink.
No probs I say, and serve him his beer. He's very grateful and offers me a tip, I refuse (politely), saying it's my pleasure to serve him.
And then he does it.
He says "You're a good guy, if you won't have a tip then I'll show you a trick".
I say (apprehensively), okay let's see it.
He says "Roll up your sleeve".
I do it.
He opens his case and pulls out this huge fucking kitchen knife.
I stand my ground (but look for an escape route).
He looks at my arm;
"Nice Tattoos - I can see you're connected".
He then raises the knife and cuts straight into my arm, slicing half way through.
I am taken aback, my brain says "Wtf" but there's no pain and no blood.
He pulls the knife out of my arm and back into his case. He smiles, winks, then with a cheery "Goodnight" he goes up to his room.
I stand there, gobsmacked.
I had just seen at close range one of my favourite magic tricks, and have absolutely no idea how he did it.
So then, Opussians, anybody got any ideas how it works??
The Revelation • Opuss № I