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Subject: Re: Bow and Arrow
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:38:27 -0500
From: Papa Balloon <papaballoon(at)gmail.com>
Ooooooo: larry! I like it!
On Jun 21, 2012 2:36 AM, "Larry Moss" wrote:
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:51 PM, John Holmes
> wrote:
>
> > It is much simpler than that. Two balloons. One for the bow & one for
> the arrow. It's all in the presentation. Remember how impressed I was with
> your one balloon stuff? Yours needed no presentation, but Larry,s
> presentation is what "MAKES" this work.
>
> Hmmm. I think John is referring to something I actually picked up from Tom
> Myers. I don't recall if it was his or if it goes back further. So basic
> that dozens of people could have done it, but probably also so simple that
> most people have ignored it.
>
> Hold the bow (a single, fully inflated 260) vertically in one hand with
> your hand in the middle of the bow. If you have two fingers on one side of
> the bow and your thumb on the other, you can make the bow bend by applying
> a tiny bit of pressure with the thumb. The second hand is holding the end
> of a second 260. Insert your index finger into the second balloon (the
> arrow). Now place it on the bow and draw it back. As you draw the arrow,
> apply pressure to the bow to make it bend. As John said, selling it is in
> the presentation. If your timing is right, it looks like the bow is
> bending from drawing the arrow. Release the arrow and let the bow spring
> straight at the same time.
>
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