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How to Spit Nickels

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Maybe this is a boy book. I'm a boy, or, at least I was once, and the cool tricks explained here are the sorts which would cause my mother to cringe, "Boys will be boys."

These are the old standby gags you pulled in the third grade, or were amazed when your buddy impressed the girls with them.

The instructions are simple, complete with diagrams and drawings. They are part sleight-of-hand, part practice and part common sense. Baton twirling will take more time to master than spitting a nickel.

The "slice the fruit in the peel" banana trick is here, along with an apple variation. The "smoking fingertips" trick is here, and seems easier than I remember. You'll find the one I never mastered, the "basketball finger spin."

There are balloon tricks, including how to make animals.

My favorite is the "mummified finger," which is the one with the finger-sized hole in a small box.

I fully recommend "How to Spit Nickels" by Jack Mingo for young boys and other tricksters.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

This is a good book, but not a great book. 'Nuff said. Email me with questions.