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APAD: Pull a rabbit out of a hat

最西边的岛上 2026-01-14 08:23:40 ( reads)


To "pull a rabbit out of a hat" means to produce a surprising, unexpected, or seemingly impossible solution, result, or object, much like a magician's classic trick of pulling a live rabbit from an seemingly empty top hat, often to rescue a difficult situation. It signifies achieving something clever or effective in a sudden, almost magical way when it seemed unlikely.

The iconic trick of pulling a rabbit from a hat originated with French magician Louis Comte in 1814, though it was John Henry Anderson who truly popularized it through clever marketing in the 1830s, making it a staple of magic.

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Have you ever saw a magican pulling a rabbit out of a hat? I haven't, not even on the tube (did see birds out of a hat though). But I trust it can been done. Magicians are the ones creating magic after all 呵呵.

In real life, miracles do happen. I don't mean what the Saints did, but think about how I ended in my 2nd homeland; how Maowi the angel cat came to our home; how we "met" online and are here playing APAD.

None of these was planned, they all happened like somebody up there pulling a rabbit out of a hat鬼脸.

Feel truly blessed.

 

跟帖(17)

移花接木

2026-01-14 10:19:09

Doesn't surprise me, unless he pulled an elephant ou_tof ...

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 10:23:12

Hahaha, an elephant could b in a room, but not in a hat :-))

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 10:24:20

Bought few SPY in wrong account this morning, just called TD

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 10:25:38

they pulled a rabbit out a hat & fixed it 4 me. Thank God ~~

7grizzly

2026-01-14 15:41:02

Not if Charlie beat the Magician to it.

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 15:53:41

Ah hahahaha 啊哈哈哈哈 Ah hahahaha ... ... 啊哈哈哈哈

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 15:56:42

So hilarious! The 1 & only Charlie Chaplin~~ Hat off 2 him!!

暖冬cool夏

2026-01-14 16:43:03

Pull a rabbit out of a hole--not a standard one, but“hat“ is

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 16:53:39

A good 1 nevertheless :-), might not be as magical perhaps

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 16:54:56

And, no one likes to be in a "rabbit hole" ~~~

JoyAnna.

2026-01-14 18:43:08

魔术节目,大变兔兔。

JoyAnna.

2026-01-14 18:49:14

People always hope someone will pull a rabbit out of a hat

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 19:05:15

Don't we all? :-) The best is 2 b strong enough 2 make the

最西边的岛上

2026-01-14 19:06:29

magic happen oneself instead of depending on others, IMHO.

硅谷居士

2026-01-15 11:56:43

Thanks for sharing! I hate watching magic shows ...

硅谷居士

2026-01-15 11:57:01

because they make me look stupid!

最西边的岛上

2026-01-15 17:31:22

Hahaha, I like 2 c some, but not the hiding person 1s