Mint-O (Gimmicks and Online Instructions) by Liam Jumpertz - Trick

• • Q. After you show that the mint has penetrated the cord, can the spec immediately inspect it?
• • A. As a regular human being, if you saw someone put a mint inside of their mouth and manipulate it with their tongue, how many people do you think would WANT to handle it after it was spit out and offered to them? No one. I don't know if anyone who would want to inspect a breath mint after it was in someone else's mouth. Plus, no one will want to examine this thing because they get to fully inspect it BEFORE the trick even starts. The handling is very clever. The spectator can literally open up the mints.....hand one to you......you toss it into your mouth, link it, and then show yourself chewing it up into little pieces when it's over. There is no way that a person isn't going to be convinced by this illusion. HOWEVER, there are handlings taught which show you how you can hand out the mint for examination when you're finished (although again, we doubt anyone is going to want to examine something that was just in your mouth).