90 the table with the right hand. leaving the knots in their place. Wave the scissors, saying that they cut the rope and will now magically restore i t along with the secret words "Mumbo Jumbo." Lay aside the scissors, take the ends of the rope and stretch it straight. showing it "restored."
Comedy "CuI-Rope" Climax Disposal of the cut.rOff knots is the
only problem with the "Double Cut" rope trick. It's not much of a problem, if you have some artide lying on the table to hide them, such as a
handkerchief which can later be
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pocketed, along with the knots. How~ ever, there is a simpler solution to the p roblem; that is to let the knots dis~ pose of themselves, as part of a comedy climax. In this case, you don't bother to coil me rope around your left hand. You give the ends to someone and tell him to hold the rope taut. Then you turn to another person and ask, "Are you sure those are knots?" When he says, "Yes," you announce: "All right, I'll restore the ro pe by magic" - here you make some mystic passes - "and since we won't need the knots. you can have them. " With that, you pluck the knots from the rope and hand them to your friend, while you take the rope and show it intact. Oddly enough, this bold handling of the k.nots makes the trick all the more puuling to t>OIlIl: people.