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Tie the hands of two people
Here is an easy trick for a birthday party. Divide your friends into pairs.
Each pair ties a piece of rope on their hands. The two ropes go round each other, as shown in the picture.
The first pair which separates gets a prize. Of course, they must not cut or untie the rope.
You can separate if you pass the center of one rope under the rope around your friend's hand, then you must pass the rope over his fingers, then pass the center back under the rope again. |
Can you tie a knot?
Here is another trick for a birthday party.Put a piece of rope on the table. Ask anybody to take one end in each hand and tie a knot.
Your friend must not let go of any end. It seems impossible to do this trick, but you can do it easily.
The secret of this easy trick is to fold your arms first and then pick up the rope, as shown in the picture. When you unfold your arms, you will find your knot in the center of the rope. |
How to break a strong rope
Do you know that there is an easy trick to break a strong rope with your hands?
Tie one end of the rope round your left forefinger, then put it round the hand as shown in the picture. Now take the rope half a metre lower with your right hand and turn it 4 or 5 times round the right hand. Close your hands into fists. Hold the fists together, then quickly move your right fist down and your left fist up. The rope will break in your left fist at the point A. This easy trick happens because all the force acts on the small point A. Here the rope acts like a knife and cuts through the point A. |
