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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
From an issue of Boy's Life I learned while still in my teens how to do the old magic trick of cutting a rope in half, tying a knot in the middle, waving my hand over it, and making the rope whole again. I don't claim what follows is the best instance of using that old trick, (that nod goes no doubt to Penn and Teller who did it with a live snake on SNL), but when I was an apprentice, I asked my supervisor and his boss one day if there was a bit of electrical cord laying around. Before they could answer, I said, "Never mind, I'll use a piece of this," and grabbed up the cord to a fan that was plugged in and running. Before they could stop me, to their horror I cut the cord in two while it was still energized. When they evinced their shock and disapproval, I said, "Okay, I'll find another piece to use," and presto! with a wave of my hand over the cord it was once again whole.
I've always wondered why I never got further up the ladder at work.
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Now I'd've thought that was insta-promotion material.
IF you subscribe to the view of promoting people out of harms way
