Dear Idiots. . . .

Many years ago a man called S. W. Erdnase wrote a book called The Expert at the Card Table. Any similarity between his title and mine is purely intentional. . . . After all, Mister Erdnase re-arranged the letters of my surname to make his!

I am not a "card-man", even though I can watch and admire biddies, seconds, tops, bottoms, middles and injogs. I suppose the reason why I don't do these things myself is because I can't! However, Ihave on occasion got quite a bit of fun out of a pack of pasteboards, and I like to think that my audiences have too! So here are a few stunts, gags and tricks for the card-man who does not take himself too seriously.

If you hear a slight whirring noise whilst you are reading this book, it will be Mr. W. Erdnase. . . revolving!

VAL ANDREWS.

• Anniversary Card-trick
• Riffle-count
• Miracle Location
• Cutting the Aces
• Cutting the Deck
• We're not ALL perfect!
• Faulty Mechanism
• With a reel. . . ."The Sporting Gambler"
• Can't do it with Cards. . .
• The Curse of Scotland
• Snap!
• Card in apple
• Electric Pack Gag. . .
• Another E.P.G.
• Yet another!
• Feat of Strength
• The Hard Way. . .
• Phew!
• Diversion
• An Elaboration
• The rising card. I COULD do that!
• Another rising card gag
• Chinese playing-cards
• Inside a ROCK!
• Beatnik-card location
• One Spade Short!
• Upon My Sole!
• Ice-Diamond
• Sort it out for yourself
• Who did you expect?
• For bald-headed idiots only. . .
• Off Beat Repeat
• For Magicians only. . .
• If at first you don't succeed. . . CHEAT

1st digital edition 2012, 15 pages.
word count: 5157 which is equivalent to 20 standard pages of text