Getting a free pint
Only works once on each venue / victim:

Take a sheet of tissue paper and a rubber band. Stretch the tissue paper over an empty pint glass and secure with the rubber band. Place a 50p (or if you are flush a £2) coin in the centre.

Challenge A. N. Other to a bet. With a lit ciggie you take turns to burn a hole in the paper. The person who causes the coin to drop loses and buys the round.

If you win, fair play. If you lose say "double or quits".

Take out another sheet of tissue paper (though this time you use flash paper) and repeat. Tell them as winner they go first. As soon as the fag touches the paper it will burst into flames and the coin will drop. Smile, enjoy your drinks and leave ... before their mates arrive to beat you to a pulp.

Points to note:
1) Doesn't work so well since the smoking ban (this was 4-5 years ago)
2) Can also be used as a chat-up routine (if you like smokers and ... yes it worked)
3) Msg me if you want to know where to buy the flash paper. Magic Circle stores sell it.
(Dionysian Aut viam inveniam aut faciam, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 10:34, 3 replies)

That's fantastic!
Suddenly an extra use for all that flash paper I have sitting around the place!
(oeb, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 11:28, closed)

Yes, well ...
Being the theatrical / geeky / pyrophilliac type I *DO* happen to have a lot lying around the place.

And I discovered that it tends to go a bit unstable if stored for long periods so I had to come up with a way to use it.

(and I did offer to tell those interested where to buy it, so you don't have to have it lying around - just buy some! Just make sure you adhere STRICTLY to the 'use by' date or risk your fingers)
(Dionysian Aut viam inveniam aut faciam, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 12:56, closed)

haa haa
No really, I was not being sarcastic. I do have alot of it about the place. I use it alot for productions. It's alot easier to pull a rose out of thin air if your other hand goes up in a fireball.
(oeb, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 14:08, closed)