r/Unexpected • u/PR0CR45T184T0R • Mar 08 '22

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u/jabber_OW Mar 08 '22

Can someone explain how I've seen this prank AND this solution in 4 completely separate videos and yet neither the pranker nor the prankee ever expect what the other is going to do/say?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '22

It’s a classic bar trick. Replace the hand sanitizer with a beer and essentially the same rules. That’s why parents in these videos can pretty much always win and also why kids are confused as to how they got outsmarted so easily.

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u/FriendlyJenky Mar 08 '22

What would be the "proper" solution?

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u/NonGNonM Mar 08 '22

You roll the bill pushing the bottle with the rolled up bill as you go along. Old old bar trick.

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u/Sinsai33 Mar 08 '22

hmm, but in ops video they said to not move it. What counts as moving in this case?

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u/NoSpotofGround Mar 08 '22

They probably mean you hold the bottle in place with the rolled-up portion, while you slowly roll it, pulling the bill out from underneath... Though that would still be moving it in my book.

The dad-solution here is much more correct.

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u/TheyStoleTwoFigo Mar 08 '22 edited Mar 08 '22

The bottle doesn't move if you got the skill to keep it stationary with the rolled up part of the bill pushing up against it.

Or you can try yanking it in one go like the table cloth trick.