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Von Drunky

Von Drunky

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The other day my supervisor showed me a card trick. He took a fair deck of cards and tells me to pick a card. I trying to pick the card that is harder to grab to make sure it wasn’t forced on me. Then he picks up the phone and calls his youngest son to guess my card. I’m standing next to him as this is happening on the phone he refers to his son as the great evil one or something that sounded very similar. His son picks up the phone and tells me my card: King of Spades.

Questions

Anyone know how this trick work? do you think he actually refers to his son as the “great evil one” or do you think that was code for king of spades?


Anyone know any card tricks I can use to mess with him?
 
Von Drunky said:
The other day my supervisor showed me a card trick. He took a fair deck of cards and tells me to pick a card. I trying to pick the card that is harder to grab to make sure it wasn’t forced on me. Then he picks up the phone and calls his youngest son to guess my card. I’m standing next to him as this is happening on the phone he refers to his son as the great evil one or something that sounded very similar. His son picks up the phone and tells me my card: King of Spades.

Questions

Anyone know how this trick work? do you think he actually refers to his son as the “great evil one” or do you think that was code for king of spades?
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The great evil one would be very, very logical code for the king of spades. Great one would refer to the king (logical) and evil would refer to spades (again, logical).

However, that would mean he'd have to know your card. If he did, then it's code. If he didn't, then his son or another accomplice is probably in range to see your card.

Von Drunky said:
Anyone know any card tricks I can use to mess with him?
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Learn to play poker and take all his money.
 
Sander said:
The great evil one would be very, very logical code for the king of spades. Great one would refer to the king (logical) and evil would refer to spades (again, logical).

However, that would mean he'd have to know your card. If he did, then it's code. If he didn't, then his son or another accomplice is probably in range to see your card.

Von Drunky said:
Anyone know any card tricks I can use to mess with him?
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Learn to play poker and take all his money.
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He said it didn’t matter if he sees the card because he wasn’t the one to guess my card. But I think he did see it and played it of like it was insufficient to the trick. His son was at home hence the guessing taking place over the phone and there was one other employee in the store who was at the counter.

I am not learning anymore gambling games, I already gambled away all my dignity.

Next time we are both that bored again im going to ask him to show me that card trick and see what he will call his son.
 
Von Drunky said:
He said it didn’t matter if he sees the card because he wasn’t the one to guess my card. But I think he did see it and played it of like it was insufficient to the trick. His son was at home hence the guessing taking place over the phone and there was one other employee in the store who was at the counter.
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His son could've been around, since mobile phones exist and all. Which is why it's either code, or the son is seeing your card. Since he said that it didn't matter if he saw your card, you can bet your ass that he saw your card.
 
Oh man i really hope his son is not creeping around the store. We got bored at the pharmacy but not to the point of premeditating card tricks on each other. He called his house phone because he was talking to someone asking for his son to come to the phone. He defiantly saw my card and used code. The only way to confirm this is by doing the trick again.
 
Von Drunky said:
He defiantly saw my card and used code. The only way to confirm this is by doing the trick again.
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Yeah, you should try that. And if you pick the Queen of Hearts and he refers to his son as "the bloody whore", you'll know for sure how this trick works.
 
That should be worth it, you don't see a dad calling his son "a bloody whore" everyday.
 
So he actually said through the phone " You great evil one" to his son?

If then, get your money back.
 
Pipboy2000 said:
So he actually said through the phone " You great evil one" to his son?

If then, get your money back.
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no he said is the great evil one there and then he said hey great evil one can you guess the card.

calling his son a bloody whore would be worth it but i really doubt thats the code name for the queen of cards.

there was no money involved
 
I wonder what the code would be for the numbered cards. There's no distinguishing feature apart from the number, which would make the code rather obvious.
 
We might have to wait till next Saturday for the answer because that is the slowest day when the boss man isn’t around, and I took this Saturday off. My supervisor said it doesn’t always work when he first showed me the trick. Given that it is code and not ESP what do you think the rest of the suits migth be?
 
DJ Slamák said:
I wonder what the code would be for the numbered cards. There's no distinguishing feature apart from the number, which would make the code rather obvious.
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Let's say, the Three of Hearts: "Where the bloody hell (=hearts) is Cale (C=3)?" on the phone. Seven of Clubs: "Has Geoffrey (G=7) gone to the pub (=club)?" Easy. You could think of thousands of codes to get the message through.
 
alec said:
DJ Slamák said:
I wonder what the code would be for the numbered cards. There's no distinguishing feature apart from the number, which would make the code rather obvious.
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Let's say, the Three of Hearts: "Where the bloody hell (=hearts) is Cale (C=3)?" on the phone. Seven of Clubs: "Has Geoffrey (G=7) gone to the pub (=club)?" Easy. You could think of thousands of codes to get the message through.
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Better yet, he tells him to take down a phone number for the plumber that's supposed to come over today.

212-2232-2*323**

*(suit in order of power in traditional poker, 1= diamond, 2=clubs, 3=hearts, 4=spades)
** (add these three together=)

8 of Clubs.
 
I don't know... I think his son is an evil demon spawn from hell. I really can't think any other solution for this.

:roll:
 
Angrim said:
I don't know... I think his son is an evil demon spawn from hell. I really can't think any other solution for this.

:roll:
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If hell exists as described in fiction, I'll eat my own boot (in hell that is, along with Wooz and everyone else here.)

It's a card trick, dude.
 
I'm pretty sure Angrim was being sarcastic about that bit.

Also, go go MediaMogul for reading the full thread. *sigh*
 
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