November 28th, 2012
29 Nov 2012 · page 161 of 1306
Harry hates not knowing a thing.
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'Es a robot, Harry!
Trying to capitolise on my comment from that one early comic, are we?!
We'll show you what we do to plagiarists in these parts!
...Hey Bob, what do we do to plagiarists in these parts?
Now that a new page has been uploaded I'd just like to express how partially disappointed I am that nobody logged in with the name "Bob" to say what we do.
Well, let's see... Looks down a massive list the length of the Nile River
Huh. Well, it looks like we don't have anything on what to do to plagiarists, sir...
No wait, here it is:
"Henceforth and forever, if any man should attempt to claim another's work as his own, he will be tied to a giant stick made of licorice, have his face covered in sprinkles and cupcake frosting and a cherry placed upon his head, and be stoned with week-old donuts."
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Apparently the Lawmaker was on a sugar high when he wrote this.
Simple. She missed.
Nope. Where did the bullet go, if she did?
I doubt that your average theatre would approve of shooting up its wings for a one-off illusion.
Typically if such would be the case, there would be a proper "catch" set up for the bullet, at least I would assume.
In this trick, they tend to have altered real guns- in fact, the namesake of the illusionist in this arc died because the gun actually went off as it was ORIGINALLY designed accidentally instead of his customizations for the trick, killing him. In fact, he was in-character until the accident that killed him, wherein he spoke in English on stage, "Oh my God. Something's happened. Lower the curtain."
The one time i saw David Copperfield live, i gained a certain amount of opprobrium from my friends who were also there for pointing out how two of his illusions (which i had never seen before) worked (but not telling) ... and that all of the sets had forced perspective built in, causing them to look about twice as deep as they actually were.
Copperfield's worth going and seeing. Even if you've ever done stage or up-close "magic".
I love... LOVE how puzzled Harry is. ;D
Clearly the correct answer is he knows the true mysteries of the orient. It's all genuine!
Clearly he is two midgets and she placed the shot between the legs of the top midget.
Aw, Harry just wants to know for personal use; she gets shot at enough that being able to spit out the bullets might unnerve her attackers. ;)
The assistant is magic!
Perhaps with this arc, that's the case, but if it's straight-up like the namesake's act, it's a really good and really dangerous (because to make it believable, you're using a real gun for the trick...) piece of legerdemain.
Neither of them is a wizard.
Figured that he was an Illusionist (with quite good showmanship...) and the other his stage assistant.
Why do I suspect that you don't know how this trick was done either Kate?
Haha :) I know a few methods and I picked one that fits best. There is a solution, but there's not too much point in being like Harry and trying too hard to come up with it!
bullet was not real but a fragile thing that shattered in the gun. The bullet he produced was a different one.
Nope. If it's like the trick the namesake of the illusionist on stage did, not even remotely close... :-D
That is one method, though.
Of course, it makes the marked bullet bit harder.
But he wasn't doing that, either.
So, Kate, how does it feel to have all of us fans back you bigger than you planned for? >:-D
Ah, really quite amazing! Blown away, honestly. But I can use the spare money to do a few things like replace my old netbook and a few desktop parts, which'll be super-useful to me while I'm working :)
There's a reason I picked the slot that I did even though I could've gotten it with the stretch-goals already met. :-D
As Pen Jillette once said on his radio show (paraphrasing): "If you sit there long enough, you can usually figure out how the trick was done. What stops you is you can't believe how much effort someone has to put into doing it that way."
Me too, Harry. Me too.
sorry is that the doctor in the background??
very possibly, i was reasonably deep into Who at this point!