place the glasses like this, put the balloon between them, and blow it up.

Fill two champainge glasses until they are two thirds full. Now tell your friends that

all the liquid from one glass will fit in the other. It sounds impossible but the shape

of the glasses means that's its actually true. Pour some salt onto a plate, sprinkle some

pepper on top and now challenge your friends to separate the salt and pepper. When they

give up, just rub a balloon on your jumper, hold it above the plate and the pepper will

jump onto the balloon. Arrange 12 matches to create 1,2,3,4, 5 squares

and challenge your friends to move two matches and make 6 squares. To win the bet move this

match, then this one, and now you have 1,2,3,4,5,6, squares.

Tell your friends that you have a magic black marker that can write any colour. When they

say a colour, such as red, just write the word they named.

This bet involves a playing card, a glass of water, an egg and a tube of paper. Place

the card on the glass, and then balance the tube and egg on the card. Tell your friends

that you can move the egg into the glass but without touching the tube or the egg. To win

the bet, just flick the card away. This bet involves a bottle, a wooden cocktail

stick and a small coin. Break the stick in half, put it on top of the bottle and then

place the coin on the stick. Now challenge your friends to move the coin into the bottle,

but without touching the coin, the stick , the bottle, or shaking the table. To win the bet,

dip your fingers in some water, and then put a drop of water onto the bend of the stick.

As the water seeps into the wood, the stick will move apart and the coin will drop into

the bottle. Place the drawer of a matchbox on a table

and balance the cover on top of it. Now challenge your friends to crush the drawer by thumping

on the cover. In fact, the drawer will fly away every time.

For this bet you need a bottle and a cork. Push the cork inside the bottle and then challenge

your friends to remove it. To win the bet, take a cloth napkin, push half of it into

the bottle, shake the bottle until the cork is in the folds of the napkin, and then slowly

pull hard to remove both the napkin and the cork.

Bet your friends that they won't be able to sit under a table while you knock on it three

times. When they accept the bet, just knock twice and then just walk away. To win the

bet, they will have to wait a very long time.