{"id":338,"date":"2007-02-28T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/28\/something-selfless-for-the-society\/"},"modified":"2007-03-06T10:50:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T15:50:29","slug":"something-selfless-for-the-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/28\/something-selfless-for-the-society\/","title":{"rendered":"“Something selfless for the society.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I was informed that I should do “something selfless for the society.”<\/em><\/a> <\/p>\n

Now, I’m not entirely sure which “society” to which this individual refers. I decided to choose magic<\/em>. I hope you’ll forgive me. (Or thank me. Your choice, really.)<\/p>\n

So. With ladybug tricks suddenly gaining some traction, I thought I’d offer this free trick to the community in lieu of creating an instructional DVD, 4-color process booklet, and $100 price tag. Here it is for your consideration.<\/p>\n

Name:<\/em> Crushed and Restored Ladybug<\/p>\n

Effect:<\/em> The performer squeezes a ladybug between his thumb and forefinger until a slight “pop” is heard. The remains fall into the performers palm, the hand closes. When the performer’s hand opens again, a live ladybug crawls around.<\/p>\n

Secret:<\/em> What, are you nuts — N-V-T-S nuts<\/a>? This isn’t a magic exposure site. <\/p>\n

(I will give you a hint, though: you can get 1500 ladybugs for only $5.95<\/a>. If you give one out at each performance, that’s a 750-performance pack!)<\/p>\n

Aaaahhhh…“something selfless for the society<\/a>.”<\/em> Soul cleansing, indeed.<\/p>\n

P.S. Before you animal rights extremists burst a blood vessel, I want you to know I am a part-time humorist and a full-time pacifist. I wouldn’t hurt a fly.<\/p>\n

(But a ladybug<\/em>? Now that’s a different story.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I was informed that I should do “something selfless for the society.” Now, I’m not entirely sure which “society” to which this individual refers. I decided to choose magic. I hope you’ll forgive me. (Or thank me. Your choice, really.) So. With ladybug tricks suddenly gaining some traction, I thought I’d offer this free […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}