You walk out on stage and place a large card on a chair oreasel facing the audience. The card has three shapes drawnon it; a square, a triangle and a circle.You choose an audience member and ask him to stand. You explain that when people are asked to think of a simpleshape, these are the three commonest designs chosen. You ask him to choose one of the shapes, in this case hechooses the square.You then ask him to reach under his chair where he'll find an envelope stuck underneath. Ask him to remove the envelopeand as he does so,
explain that earlier on you made aprediction as to which shape he would choose and stuck it under his chair.When he opens the envelope, there is a postcard inside thatreads 'You will choose the square'.This is a nice opening effect and usually works very effectively.Make a large card with the three shapes drawn on it as described above. On the back write, “You will choose the triangle”. Write “Youwill choose the square” on a postcard and seal it in an envelope.Before the show, stick the envelope underneath a chair in the auditorium.To perform the effect, simply reveal the appropriate prediction eitherby asking the spectator to remove the card from under their chair orby asking him to come on stage and turning the card around toreveal the prediction.If he chooses the circle, then your prediction fails but all is not lost.State that most people choose either the square or the triangle and because he has not done so, that makes him an interesting choiceto participate with an experiment.Note that you don't mention anything about the prediction until thespectator has named their choice.If your prediction is right, then great! If not, disappointing but you'venot yet mentioned your prediction so no one is the wiser. Just getthe person up on stage to assist with a sure fire effect whether the prediction works or not
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