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		chrischen on Nov 30, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Secret compartments Folding paper to make it smaller: is this really a magic trick? I mean I know it gets harder with every fold, but it's not really that cool.

bodhi on Nov 30, 2009 [–]

I think the trick was folding it with one hand

chrischen on Dec 1, 2009 | [–]

Yea I noticed that, but still kind of trivial.

bodhi on Dec 1, 2009 | | [–]

True, but it'd be a neat party trick, along similar lines to shuffling a deck of cards in one hand.

chrischen on Dec 1, 2009 | | [–]

I suppose, but only if one does it really, really fast.

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