“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977)

Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by nutate on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:57PM (#36945505)

As a kid I had access to that book and I got to be a pretty wicked card thrower. Haven't tried it in a while.

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Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by NoMoreNicksLeft on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:02PM (#36945590)

If you still have a copy, a coworker from a previous job said that it's worth quite a bit (hundreds, apparently).

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Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by TylerE on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:28PM (#36945994)

Only the hard cover. Paperback is also valuable, but only about 15% of the hardcover.

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Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by ASalazarMX on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:41PM (#36949847)

Did your parents know about the pretty topless/naked lady in some of the pictures?

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Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by nutate on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:07PM (#36990311)

Oddly my parents owned a bookstore, so yea I was growing up in the opposite of the GOP vision for Florida.

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Re:“Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977) by ralphc on Monday July 31, 2023 @10:57PM (#36951786)

Same here, this was when I was a high schooler. I was a habitual card thrower for a while. I remember walking down the hall, flicked my hall pass. My enthusiasm was better than my aim and I nailed a girl in the back of the head. Whole lotta apologizing happened.

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