Cold Reading Trick

[ice cube]

Hey guys,

here is a very simple cold reading trick I used for quiet a couple of time. It's called Grey Elephants in Denmark and that's how it works:

1. Ask anyone in the group to choose a number between 1 and 10
2. Let him/her (I'll use "her" from now on) multiply it by 9.
3. Let her add all the digits of that number together.
4. Let her substract 5.
5. Let her connect the solution with a letter from the alphabet.
6. Let her think of country beginning with that letter.
7. Let her take the second letter and let her think of an animal beginning with that letter.
8. Now let her think of the color of that animal.
9. Say you are certain there ain't no grey elephants in Denmark.

Here is what happened:

1. You don't have to worry what number she chooses. The trick works with anyone. So let's say her choice is 7.
2. 7x9=81
3. 8+1=9
4. 9-5=4
5. The fourth letter of the alphabet is "D".
6. 95% of the persons will choose Denmark.
7. The second letter is "E".
8. The most often chosen animal beginning with an E is elephant.
9. People will usually think of grey although there are brown ones, too.

Beware: As most cold reading tricks this one will work 95% of the time, but there are some variables, ex. People could think of an emu instead of an elephant. It needs a little bit of practice until you got the steps by heart and a little bit of showman ship. Something like: Now look deep into my eyes... and so on.

Have some fun with it.

[ice cube]

Originally Posted by ice cube

2. 7x9=81
3. 8+1=9

7x9 of course is 63. So put 6 and 3 together and you'll get 9 again. From there you can go through the trick as descriped.

[TheRogue]

That's strange, when I think of elephants, I always think of the color pink. I think "there are no pink elephants in Denmark" sounds better. Even if you get it wrong, it'll make her laugh.

Rogue

[ice cube]

Then try it with the color pink. If you get any resolves not me please.

[Algonquin]

I saw this on TV a few years back when Fox was doing a week of magic, or something like that. The girls might just bust you for stealing a trick from some really weird magic guy and think its cheesy. I thought of pink elephants in denmark as well. I'll give it a shot sometime though.

[ice cube]

Fox is a US TV station, but I live in Germany. That's why I think there are just a few out to know this trick by TV. This one was all new for me.

[SirSlick]

Here's a another version of it:

1. Ask anyone in the group to choose a number between 1 and 10
2. Let him/her (I'll use "her" from now on) multiply it by 9.
3. Let her add all the digits of that number together.
4. Let her substract 5.
5. Let her connect the solution with a letter from the alphabet.
6. Let her think of country beginning with that letter. (99% Denmark)
7. Take the last letter of that country and think of an animal that starts with that letter (K = Kangeroo 90%)
8. Take the last letter of the animal and name a food that starts with that letter. (O = orange).

"So you were thinking about kangeroos in Denmark who are eating oranges?" :-)