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Subject: Make yourself too heavy to lift!

Author:
Paul Hayward

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Date Posted: 01:44:08 05/21/02 Tue

This is a very old circus stunt which was once incorporated into "electric girl" acts - in which a fragile-looking young girl invites a burly man onto the stage and proceedes to defeat him in a variety of contests of strength.

The trick works by having someone stand facing you, and lift you off the ground by placing their hands under your arms. The first time they try it, they of course have no problem lifting you.

The second time (to their consternation, if they're bigger than you) you remain firmly rooted to the ground, no matter how much they strain to lift you.

The secret? Whilst making a show of "focussing" (I've seen mentalists do this by pretending to hypnotise the volunteer) - step backwards slightly. You need to be arms' length away.

Place their hands back where they were...and unless they step forwards, there simply won't be enough leverage for them to move you. The more convincing the display you put on prior to the second lift, the less likely they are to notice that you're further away, because they'll really believe you can do this feat and won't bother thinking about the "secret".

It makes a great effect to show your mates in the pub.

Paul Hayward.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Make yourself too heavy to lift!	Marc	06:36:03 05/21/02 Tue

i need u seriously	pascal	04:57:23 03/19/03 Wed

Re: Make yourself too heavy to lift!	chrissy	13:20:36 04/26/03 Sat
Re: Make yourself too heavy to lift! -- christina, 13:22:14 04/26/03 Sat help and heavy lift replied -- Bon, 15:35:27 11/23/03 Sun