The Human Blockhead – Another Stupid Thing I Can Do In Public

I have a slight interest in magic. Don’t hurt me.

Anyway, the great man Brian Brushwood has a show called Scam School on Revision3. I get the podcast and a while ago saw that he was teaching how to do the Human Blockhead. To the uninitiated, it’s basically hammering a 4.5″ nail into your head via your nose. Really.

After watching the stunt (It isn’t a magic trick, as you really do apply nail to nostril), I had some cotton buds nearby and actually tried it. And it worked. It also kept me awake for a few hours thanks to the sheer awesomeness of being able to do it.
And I would bust out the cotton buds to people over the next few weeks. And then disaster struck. I accidentally let go of the end of the cotton bud, and it went all the way into the nose. Managed to get it out, but I was terrified about going to the local hospital to get it taken out.
So I switched to nails. And I bought a hammer too.
And now I hammer the nail into my face.

No free drinks yet though…