Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
THE CHALLENGE promise your friend that you'll buy him a beer if he can "karate chop" the balanced match, using just one finger.
THE BLOWOFF: It won't matter if he pulls it off or not, because the moment he strikes at the top match, the downward force will cause one (or both) of the pinched matches to strike! and even better, after pinching them for so long, he'll find that the burning match is stuck to his thumb or forefinger!
WARNING: you will absolutely burn your victim pulling this trick. Plus, he may fling a burning match into someplace highly flammable. At the very least, you will owe your friend/enemy a beer, and at the very worst, you will burn down your house and get your ass kicked. So... use with caution. And adult supervision. And make sure it's a cautious adult that's supervising you. In fact, now that I think about it... you probably should never do this one. Forget that you ever saw it.
THE CHALLENGE promise your friend that you'll buy him a beer if he can "karate chop" the balanced match, using just one finger.
THE BLOWOFF: It won't matter if he pulls it off or not, because the moment he strikes at the top match, the downward force will cause one (or both) of the pinched matches to strike! and even better, after pinching them for so long, he'll find that the burning match is stuck to his thumb or forefinger!
WARNING: you will absolutely burn your victim pulling this trick. Plus, he may fling a burning match into someplace highly flammable. At the very least, you will owe your friend/enemy a beer, and at the very worst, you will burn down your house and get your ass kicked. So... use with caution. And adult supervision. And make sure it's a cautious adult that's supervising you. In fact, now that I think about it... you probably should never do this one. Forget that you ever saw it.
