It's Magic - Page 2

Betty · 04-27-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I heart the Magic Castle.

That said, I've been so many times, it's had the same effect on me as too many times at Club 33.

i.e., I would gladly go again any time for a guaranteed fun evening, but I'm no longer waiting with baited breath for my next invitation.

I've been fortunate enough to receive enough invitations to both Clubs that I'm completely sated. It may just be my jadedness, but the experience at both has degraded somewhat over the years. But still a good time to be had, and I hope everyone who wishes gets a chance to visit both Club 33 -AND- The Magic Castle. Grand Old Dames of geekery private clubdom.

Oh quit bragging!

innerSpaceman · 04-27-2009, 10:55 AM

Pfft. I'm way older than most people here. Give it time.

Disneyphile · 04-27-2009, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Pfft. I'm way older than most people here.

True that.

innerSpaceman · 04-27-2009, 11:24 AM

But like fine wine ...

Alex · 04-27-2009, 11:29 AM

...it turns to vinegar if you wait long enough and the cork crumbles?

Andrew · 04-29-2009, 02:10 PM

I've been to the Magic Castle once, a few years ago, and it was positively wonderful. Highly recommended.

lashbear · 04-30-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

...it turns to vinegar if you wait long enough and the cork crumbles?

VAM !!

tod · 08-02-2009, 03:40 PM

Every year the Magic Castle has an annual evening in honor of frontier con man "Soapy" Smith, who earned his nickname by selling soap bars on street corners after wrapping them in paper money and then brown paper, then mixing them up and selling them to passers-by who wanted a chance at getting some money with their soap.

Smith was a con man. Nobody ever won money except his confederates.

People were encouraged to dress up in old west garb and played games of chance for "Soapy Dollars," with a prize for the night's big winner.

According to the new Magic Castle newsletter,

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The Dealer’s Prize for the most “Soapy Dollars” earned in the course of the evening, a $500 set of Colorado Sterling Silver Shells from the School for Scoundrels, was won by [Name withheld]. He was obviously channeling the devious spirit of bad man Soapy Smith, as he won by selling tickets to a raffle that wasn’t even being held!

How appropriate....

--t
Magic Castle correspondent

bewitched · 08-02-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Pfft. I'm way older than most people here. Give it time.

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

True that.

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Originally Posted by Alex

...it turns to vinegar if you wait long enough and the cork crumbles?

HEY! Shut your traps...I'm older than iSm!

(Although I look much younger.

)

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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	I've been to the Magic Castle once, a few years ago, and it was positively wonderful. Highly recommended. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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