Derren Brown: Archive
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From: happany
Date: Mon Dec 16, 2002 2:06am
Subject: Re: £10,000 Cheque
It could have been postdated. . . to 2099 !!
--- In a previous message gilraenc wrote:
> --- In a previous message zoweeuk wrote:
> > Having watched MC1 last night I noticed a few interesting
things.
> > When he was doing the money in the envelopes in the pub, where
he
> put
> > a cheque for £10000 in one envelope and allowed the guy to
choose
> > which envelope he would give to Derren. It was quite obvious how
> > Derren emphasised the number 2 when counting from one through to
> five
> > and the "ow" sound in a lot of words, and it was the number 2
> > envelope that the man chose to give to Derren.
>
> To be honest - on the first watch I wasn't expecting it - i was
> expecting the number one. "settle on one..... I only get ONE shot
at
> this.... " etc
>
> But when I watched it a second time, knowing that the guy had
chosen
> number two, i did notice that when derren counted through the
cards
> initially, he always looked down at the envelopes, EXCEPT for the
> number 2 - when he looks directly into the guys eyes, so I think
that
> this trick was more about a forceful suggestion than about mind
> reading - the guy didn't give anything away to me when he counted
> from 1 to 5, but then thats just me.
>
> I did like what the guy said about looking at the fifth envelope
to
> try and throw derren off - he tried gawd bless his little cotton
> socks!
>
> still... £10,000 on one trick - derren's very sure of himself.
>
> I wonder if he had a certain amount of cheques already written iut
> for different amounts, each depending on how sure he was that his
> suggestion had been accepted - it wouldnt make sense to me to bet
> £10,000 on a trick you're not %100 will work - but then £500 might
be
> a good way to go... still.. its a heck of a lot of money.
