Invisible thread making something float about is not magic.

Why do so many magicians seem to think that sticking an object on invisible thread and making it float about is magic? The only person they impress is themselves, the average lay audience looks at it and says "WOW - That's so clever, I can't see the thread".

You've got to be seriously retarded to think that spinning a card about and making it whizz up and down is magic. Tricks like Hummingbird Card are shit. If you perform them and think it's magic then you are very much mistaken.

It's just like all those stage performers who insist on doing the dancing cane. For three minutes or more the audience is subjected to some rizzo jacking off with a cane on a length of string they can't see. But although they can't see the thread - they know it's there. It's not fooling anyone so it's not magic.

Here's some other terrible thread tricks;

Floating bill - You got to love how the dealer has referred to thread as 'special something' because he doesn't want to tip it and actually believes there are people who can't work it out.

Quarter flight the floating coin - go see the video for this one, it's unreal. The damn coin wobbles about in mid-air and basically looks like its on thread (because obviously it is).

So do I hate thread totally?

No. It can be used to animate, to do rising cards and other fine pieces of magic. But floating a spinning cards, wobbly coins and other small objects is just obvious and tedious to watch.

So if you must use thread, use it wisely, make an object move but not float. Ohh and don't get ripped off by this device to move objects, it's just thread, a sponge ear plug and a coin. The earplug moves the object when it expands and the coin pulls the gimmick away. Why not just move the object with thread and go home?

MW.