# Teach me how to bend spoons with my mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834 "2009-07-31T02:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/41 "2009-08-02T00:26:27Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > [Here](http://www.wikihow.com/Bend-a-Spoon)[are](http://www.ehow.com/video_2379541_the-spoon-bending-trick-explained.html) a [few](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1337728/spoon_bend_magic_trick/) [methods.](http://skepticblog.org/2009/01/06/how-to-bend-a-spoon-with-just-your-mind/) > > [This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGLNJK4zcdE&feature=related)uses one of the methods linked above. So does [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3P4VFrB_zM), but somewhat more cleverly. It seems the kid in the last video wasn’t using any of the demonstrated methods. It was quite good how ever he did it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/42 "2009-08-02T01:25:21Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > It seems the kid in the last video wasn’t using any of the demonstrated methods. It was quite good how ever he did it. If I had to guess, note that you don’t see the spoon whole when he begins the trick – he’s always holding fingers over the part that will bend. Also note that the spoon disappears briefly behind his hands before he shows it whole to us at the end. It also seems the bend at 0:34 is much wider than the bend displayed to us at 0:41. I’m guessing (actually, I’d bet) that at 0:39, he switches spoons. Note how he covers the spoon from view when he switches it from his right hand to his left. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/43 "2009-08-02T02:38:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > The ultimate [spoon bending video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c) Ah, I don’t have sound on my computer. Spoil it for me? Also, **Peter Morris** and **Commasense** - please don’t fight in my thread. I don’t particularly care about the aptitude and character of Uri Geller. Shake hands and apologize. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/44 "2009-08-02T04:36:50Z")
> [@kitemaker\_chuck](#): > > In your best Bullwinkle Moose voice, say “Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!!” [voice=rocky]But that trick _never_ works![/voice] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/45 "2009-08-02T04:48:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah, I don’t have sound on my computer. Spoil it for me? There’s nothing really to spoil-- It’s all in the presentation. Suffice to say that it isn’t mystifying at all. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/46 "2009-08-02T04:58:40Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Also, **Peter Morris** and **Commasense** - please don’t fight in my thread. I don’t particularly care about the aptitude and character of Uri Geller. Shake hands and apologize. I apologize to you and the other readers of this thread for my part in hijacking it. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/47 "2009-08-03T07:25:23Z")
> [@J\_Cubed](#): > > Talk a lot about how you can bend spoons with your mind. Do something distracting. Bend spoon with your hands, but hide it. Make mumbo jumbo noises and dramatically reveal that spoon is bent. Using only Cecil’s and Randi’s instructions -but no practice- I have bent spoons in front of a single person on two occasions. Though I am not a magician, the trick worked both times. In a casual setting (and with admittedly low expectations) it’s not hard. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834/48 "2009-08-03T09:09:41Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > A while back, an SDMB member’s sig line identified her as someone who could “_bend minds with her spoon_.” I have one of those too. It’s getting it through the skull thats the tricky bit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-bend-spoons-with-my-mind/504834.md?page=2)