Take a tube from a toilet roll and explain that the bet is to drop it and have it stand
on its end.
Your friends will fail every time.
To win the bet, simply drop the tube on its side.
Draw and arrow on a piece of paper and challenge people to reverse the direction of the arrow
without touching the paper.
To win the bet, just slide a glass of water in front of it.
Start off with three glasses.
The middle one facing upwards and the other two facing downwards.
Explain to your friends that they have to end up with all of the glasses facing upwards.
They only have three moves and on each move they can move two of the glasses.
Then show them how easy it is.
However, when you set the bet back up, place the middle glass face downwards.
Now it's impossible.
This bet involves a glass and an object like an orange.
Place the glass on the table and challenge your friends to place the object on top of
the glass.
When they do this, explain that you have won the bet because that is the bottom of the
glass.
Place three glasses into a triangle and challenge your friends to balance three knives on the
glasses in such a way that they can support a fourth glass.
To win the bet, place the first knife here, the second knife on top of the first, and
the third knife under the first and over the second.
That way, the knives form a platform and you can balance the fourth glass on it.
We are half way through the bets now, and here is a picture of a stuffed goat.
This bet involves six glasses.
Put liquid in these three and leave the other three empty.
Explain that your friend has to re-arrange the glasses so that they run full empty full
empty full empty.
But they are only allowed to move one glass.
When they give up, simply pick up this glass.
Pour the liquid into here, replace it, and you have won the bet.
Ask your friends to hold their hands out like this.
Turn them over.
Link them together.
And now move them like this.
Now point to one of their fingers and ask them to move it.
Providing that you don't actually touch their finger, they will be confused and move the
wrong one.
This list of numbers adds up to one thousand two hundred and forty.
Challenge your friends to lose two of the rows but still make a list that adds up to
one thousand two hundred and forty.
When they give up, fold the paper like this and you have won the bet.
And you can download a PDF of this list using the link that is below this video.
Place a note about seventy five centimetres from a wall and ask your friend to stand against
the wall.
Now challenge them to pick up the note without moving their heels away from the wall.
They won't be able to do it.
This bet involves a funnel, a coin, and a glass of cold water.
Tuck the funnel down your friend's trousers, ask them to balance the coin on the end of
their nose, and explain that to win the bet they have to drop the coin into the funnel.
However, before they drop the coin, simply pour the cold water into the funnel.
You will lose the bet, but it is funny.
But be careful because your friends might be more than a tad annoyed.