You probably won't find a better way to have a night out with friends than going for a
drink at your local pub, whether it's playing pool or just chatting over laughs and drinks.
It pays to have a few tricks up your sleeve to keep things interesting and cheap.
Given the wages you'd win.
So here are 10 bar tricks you should know to impress others.
Number 10 - Note under the bottle trick.
This one is almost always guaranteed to confuse someone.
So grab a bottle and a bank note.
To set up, lay the note down on the table and then place a bottle upside down on the
top of the note.
Now, the challenge is to get the note out from under the bottle without touching the
bottle or knocking it over.
Try as they might, they aren't going to be able to get it out from under there.
Unless they know what, you know, which is that pulling the bill is always going to knock
it over, but rolling it won't.
Careful and steady hands are needed, so practice this one at home a bit first.
If you start from the sides of the bill and roll it forwards until you reach the neck,
when you slowly pull the bill towards you to continue rolling, the bills should easily
slide right out from under it.
Again, practice makes perfect with this one.
Number 9 - Balancing Trick.
Grab an empty glass and challenge your friends to place a credit card on the rim of the glass.
Whilst balancing a coin on one end of the card, it's impossible and they'll fail every
time because they don't know this trick.
All you need to do is place as much liquid in the glass as possible, and then place the
card on the rim.
This time the water tension will be enough to prevent the card from topping over as you
place the coin on the other end.
Number 8: The bottle and coin trick.
This is one of the simplest and easiest tricks to prepare for, all you need is an empty bottle,
some coins like some quarters and a bank note, all of which you should already have on you
to set this up.
Simply place the bank note on top of the mouth of the bottle and hold it there by piling
a few quarters on top of it, three or four.
Now ask your friends or whomever, you're attempting to get free drink out of, to remove the bank
note without touching the coins or making the coins drop to the floor.
Usually, they would just try to tug it and inevitably fail continuously.
But that's because they don't know the trick.
When you feel like it's time to show them how to do it, simply lick your finger and
quickly snap it down across the bill.
The moisture on your finger will grab the bill and pull it out from under the change,
leaving it right to where it was.
This will take some practice on your part.
So put some time in, before you try it out in public.
The same trick can also be done with a business card and a single penny positioned on top
of it above the whole of the bottle.
All you got to do is flick the business card.
It will fly away from the bottle and drop the penny directly down the mouth and neck
of the bottle.
You're already on your way to impressing everyone.
So keep that bottle handy.
Number 7 - Pickup glass trick.
This is a relatively simple trick to perform and only needs a glass of any sort and two
coins.
After balancing the coins on opposite sides of the rim, challenge your friends to lift
the glass by only using two fingers and to not drop the coins.
Most people won't be able to do this.
All you have to do is quickly bring your fingers down on the coins, flattening them to the
sides of the glass.
You can then lift up the glass by holding the coins.
Another version of this trick involves asking your friends to remove the coins from the
glass without dropping them in the glass or on the floor using only your thumb and index
finger.
Again, most people will not be able to think of a solution.
And even if they manage the first bit, they'll probably still have trouble.
Proceed the same way as if you were to pick up the glass as described previously, but
then pinch your fingers together and slide both coins to one side of the glass.
Once the coins are almost touching, bring them up to the rim of the glass.
Now you'll have to flip one over the edge and inside the glass to complete this trick.
So be careful not to drop it.
But once you've got the coin inside and the other one on the outside, it's just a simple
matter of pulling up and you've completed the trick.
Number 6 - Shots glass switch For this one, you'll need two shot glasses
and a playing card or business card.
One shot glass filled to the brim with water and another with whiskey or rum.
Challenge your friends to move the whiskey into the water glass and vice versa., without
spilling any.
They cannot pour it into another glass, or take it to their mouth and spit it back into
the empty glass.
After thinking it over for some time, they will inevitably give up.
This is when you produce the card and place it on top of the water glass.
Now, simply turn it upside down and place it on top of the whiskey.
What you now have to do is ever so slightly move the card until it just barely reaches
the edge of the two glasses, which should be directly on top of one another, moving
the card just a bit more, create some minor break in the seal.
However, since the water is heavier than whiskey, the water will slowly drain into the bottom
glass and in turn, push the whiskey into the top glass.
It will take a few moments.
So, you've got time to take the money you bet your friend and watch their stunned expressions.
Number 5 - The race.
This trick is designed to score you free drinks, it's also sneaky rather than fancy.
So, here's what you'll need.
Grab two pints of beer and two shots.
Also, you will need someone to race.
You tell your opponents how much you love beer, and that's your real quick at drinking
beer.
So quick in fact, that you’re sure you can drink two pints before they can drink two
shots.
They'll likely laugh at you and take that bet.
This is the first step you've got them interested and they're sure you're going to lose.
Then you hit them with the rules.
You want to lay out the rules slowly and naturally, so they don't realize you're tricking them.
First agree to no touching of the other person.
Second, no touching the other glasses.
Third, no double fisting, you have to use one hand.
Your opponent should easily agree to these rules.
Then you ask them for a bit of a head start, ask them if you can start drinking your beer
first and that they can start their first shot, once your glass hits the table, they
should take the bait.
This is when you drink your pint.
You don't have to raise it through, but get it down fairly quickly.
They should be watching you and maybe even laughing at how long it's taking.
They won't see this coming however.
Because when you're about done, remind them that they have to wait for the glass to come
down and then the real race starts.
That's when you turn your glass upside down and place it over your opponents shots.
Then tell them you can't touch my glasses and I can't touch yours; you can take all
the time you want with the other beer now because they can't get at the second shot.
It's sneaky, but it's funny when you can pull it off.
Number 4 - Cutting limes with cigarettes.
For this trick, you're going to need a lighter or matches and everyday lime and a cigarette.
However, you go about explaining the situation to your friends.
Just explain that they need to cut this lime with a cigarette.
Surely, they aren't going to have any idea about how to actually do this, but it's quite
simple actually.
So, here's how it's done.
First, you need to take a cigarette and light its filter on fire.
Let it burn for a few seconds, then squeeze it out, pinching down the end.
Squeeze it as tightly as possible and get it as flat as you can.
If you've done it right, the fiberglass filter will now be quite sharp and pointed.
Give the cigarettes filter a swing at the lime and you should be able to cut right through
the skin.
That's how you cut a lime with a cigarette.
Number 3 - Alternating shots.
For this trick, you need six shot glasses, three of them full you arranged three empty
glasses in a line followed by three full shots.
Then you tell your friends that they can only move one shot and it needs to make the whole
line of shots alternate.
Empty, full, empty, et cetera.
They'll think about it, but ultimately, they shouldn't be able to figure it out.
When they ask you how it's done?!
Simply grab the second full shot glass and pour it into the second empty glass.
You've only moved one shot glass, and now everything alternates.
Number 2 - Drinking out of a closed bottle.
This cleverly worded trick, only requires a closed wine bottle and nearby shots of any
liquid.
All you have to do is tell someone that you can drink out of this bottle without opening
it.
That means without removing the cork or breaking the glass, thinking conventionally, it is
impossible.
But if you think out of the box, it is not.
Sure enough, they'll call you a complete fool for even trying.
And when they laugh and you go ahead and try it, you simply turn the bottle upside down
while you find the punt.
Pour some liquid into the punt and drink it.
What you've just done is drank a shot from a still closed bottle.
Number 1 - Beer into glass trick.
You'll need a fresh beer, a glass, and a bendy straw for this one.
Tell your friends that you can move the beer from the bottle into the glass without pouring
it.
Confused, they'll ask you how it's even possible?
That's when you put the straw into the bottle, put your mouth around the top and the blow.
Make sure you've got the glass under the bendy part of the straw, because the beer is going
to be a fountain from there.
You've just transferred your beer into a glass, without even pouring it.
Some of these take a little more practice and effort than others, but one thing this
guarantee is that you'll have a new trick up your sleeve for the next night out you
have.
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