What’s so funny about this? While there are many possible answers to the question of what is different between a magician and a psychologist, there’s really only one difference that can easily be spoonerized. I’m sure you are familiar with most of the vocabulary in the joke. However, you may not know that when people think of magic and tricks, pulling a rabbit out of a hat is the one that most people will think of. Perhaps in your culture a typical magician’s trick is making carpets fly or sawing people in half. The rabbit trick is very standard in the U.S. The magician shows you an empty hat then places the hat on a table which may or may not be covered by a table cloth. The magician then waves a magic wand, or stick over the hat which may or may not be covered; perhaps he says a few magic words like abracadabra and then, Poof! he sticks his hand into the hat and pulls out a rabbit, which was probably hiding up his sleeve or someplace like that. OK so much for magicians. Now let’s loo
