EXPLODING ASHTRAY PRANK... by mindseyemagic
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This is a great gag to help smokers kick the habit or just have a few laughs.My friends have had a lot of fun doing this at a local cigar shop.
 
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Step 1: Materials

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All you need to pull off this little prank is some magician's Flash Cotton.This is a special type of chemically treated cotton that burns very quickly and produces a bright flash of fire. Flash Cotton is used by magicians to produce various pyrotechnic effects (readily available at your local magic shop or online).

Materials:
1.Flash Cotton
2.Dirty ashtray
3.Victim (smoker)
depotdevoid says: Jun 23, 2009. 12:19 PM
Nice prank idea. Sadly, the only person I know who i could pull it on is my girlfriend, and she doesn't take too kindly to practical jokes.
jj.inc says: Aug 14, 2011. 8:27 PM
That must be too bad, you get a mouth full of liquid smoke on every smooch.
mindseyemagic (author) says: Jun 23, 2009. 2:22 PM
Yeah,my friend Eric owns a cigar shop here in Phoenix and he pulls this one all the time. I wish I could claim credit but he invented it.
jj.inc says: Aug 14, 2011. 8:25 PM
I am gonna do this in the ash tray at 7-11, teach them lazy employees a lesson.
twocvbloke says: Dec 15, 2009. 2:50 PM
Cooooool!!! Have to see about getting some flash cotton, my mother's a smoker and I just want to do something like this... :P
mindseyemagic (author) says: Dec 16, 2009. 3:58 PM
Hey there.Flash Cotton is available on eBay or you can purchase some at your local magic shop.I also have some on my website at ; www.mindseyemagic.com Really fun stuff.
finfan7 says: Jun 30, 2009. 12:22 AM
This is like one I read years ago. Gun cotton is kind of visible but if you use gunpowder or fine black powder it blends in with the ash.
smashbob says: Aug 28, 2009. 7:04 AM
that could hurt though
mindseyemagic (author) says: Aug 28, 2009. 11:03 AM
Well,Flash Cotton and Gun Cotton are totally different materials.Flash Cotton is very safe and easy to hide by sprinkling a little cigarette ash on it.
mindseyemagic (author) says: Jul 13, 2009. 4:25 PM
Hey.Actually,Gun cotton is a completely different material to the best of my knowledge.I don't think the two are related at all.
finfan7 says: Jul 16, 2009. 10:56 AM
Oops, typo. That was supposed to say flash cotton. I was just thinking of several different explosives at once.
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