The Round Bar Trick
This is called the "how to get something round" trick. So, this next trick, is another one that kind of messes with your mind. In this clip, we're going to show you that, if you're sitting at the bar for awhile, and you've had a couple drinks, you're going to have to do a lot of extra thinking, to make something round. All you need are five bar straws. So, you're sitting at the bar, you can grab these from the bartender, you can save them from your drinks, and you're just going to reserve them to set them up straight across the bar, just next to each other. Just parallel, nothing tricky. And, then you want to ask someone, sitting around you, ask the bartender, if he or she hasn't heard this trick before. How can I make something round out of these five straight straws? Peoples are going to mess with this, like they've messed with the tricks in the last times, in the last clips, just thinking and thinking, and trying and trying, and maybe they'll make it look like an octagon, a hexagon, any of those shapes, but, that's not the trick. And you're going to make a few small adjustments, and just show them exactly how you can make something round out of these five straight straws. So, come back and I'm going to show you this simple trick that will win you some laughs, and win you some money.
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The Round Bar Trick Solution
In this clip, I'm going to show you the execution of the "Make Something Round" trick. Here I have, again, my friend Rich, who is going to be my guinea pig. I have five straws set up here just parallel, nothing fancy, just like I told you before. All I'm going to ask is that Rich here try to make something round out of these five, straight sticks. No bending, no breaking, no nothing. All you have here are your sticks; so have at it, Rich. I'll tell you right now that this is impossible. I would be you right now knowing it because I've been looking at it; and I'm telling you I know it's got to be round and you can't bend them, you can't even do like the octagon shape--something like that--it looks more like home plate. There's no way you can make something round out of this; it's impossible. So, yes; I challenge you! Alright, well here I'm going to make just a few simple movements to show him how wrong he is. I'm going to take my five straws--he has them a mess here--but, with a few adjustments, you can see that I have made something that is clearly round here. Now, this is a perfect joke for the bar because we're all sitting around having a good time, no one's uptight about anything. It's pretty funny if you look at it; these are just sticks, but the word that they make says something entirely different than bar straws.
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