I love gimmicks. This is the term I use to describe things like magic tricks, personality tests, cold-reads, etc. that one can use to inject some spice into an interaction. There was a guy at the club a few weeks ago who was going around dazzling everybody in the place with awesome card tricks. The women loved it, and the AFCs put up that reserved, "Pff, card tricks are lame" front. It was beautiful.

So, seddit, let's share some of our favourites. We all know "the Cube" by now, but what's your favourite magic trick? How about a fairly generic cold-read that has worked well for you on many occasions?