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Bamboozlers
Diamond Jim TylEr
NEVER-ENDING THREAD
GAG: Someone notices a loose thread on your jacket and begins to remove it.
To
their horror they learn that it’s a never-ending thread which shocks them into a fit of
laughter.
SECRET: If wearing a dark jacket, then you’ll want to use a light colored thread and
vice-versa. Place the end of a spool of thread through the eye of a needle. Pull about
five inches of the thread through the eye. From inside your coat, use the needle to
push the thread through your jacket at the point that is halfway between the collar
and the shoulder on either side of the jacket.
Push the needle all the way through the material. Put away the needle and leave the
thread hanging from the back of your jacket. Drop the spool of thread into the inside
jacket pocket that corresponds with the side you pushed the thread through. Carefully put on your jacket and run your arm behind the thread when slipping it into the
sleeve of your jacket. You don’t want your arm between the thread and your pocket.
The thread inside your jacket should rest on the front part of your shoulder nearest
your chest.
Finish putting on your jacket. Pull the thread back into your jacket so that only a
two-inch piece emerges from your coat. Press it down flat and you are ready for the
fun. The nice person that offers to remove it for you will be in for a big surprise. Don’t
laugh but act aggravated once they’ve started it. As they continue pulling the thread
secretly retain a few loose buttons in your hand and drop them on the floor as you
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