On the morning of 1st April you editor received a text from up and coming magician Nevin Cody to say he had been chosen as the warm up man for The Late Late Show. Knowing that Aonghus McAnally, Ryan Tubridy's radio producer, was a fan of Nevin's work I presumed that was how it had all come about. I immediately posted to Facebook and Twitter regaling the good news. Two minutes later to my horror I realised I had been 'had' and removed the posts ASAP. Not to be done with that I was also taken in later in the day when Owen Lean posted on his Facebook that he was emigrating to Canada. Twice in the one day, how gullible am I? It is good to see I am not alone however...as is testament by the following story courtesy of a Brian Daly prank on editor if MAGIC Magazine Stan Allen.
"Hi Brendan, just a quick story of a prank I pulled on Stan Allen editor of magic magazine.
I got an email from him on April fools day, It was meant for someone else named Brian. So I did what any fellow magician would have done... Pranked him.
From: "Stan Allen" > To: <Brian Daly>
Subject: deductions
Brian...As we discussed, here are the hours you helped us out at the office.
March 5, 2010 - 4.0 hours
March 15, 2010 - 5.0 hours
March 29, 2010 - 1.0 hours
Total - 10 hours @ $15 per hour.
As per our discussion, please deduct $150 off the May rent.
Thanks, so much.
Stan
I knew it wasn't meant for me, but wrote Back pretending to be the other Brian...
On Apr 1, 2010, at 3:34 AM, BriancDaly wrote:
Hi Stan,
I believe we agreed on a rate of $25 per hour. Can you please confirm this?
Brian
I couldn't resist it and He replied with...
From: \"Stan Allen\" > To: \"BriancDaly\" >
Brian...
I thought it was $15, so we need to talk. Are you available today (Thursday)?
Thanks...
Stan
And then I decided to turn up the heat a bit, knowing that he would be a good sport...
On Apr 1, 2010, at 7:32 AM, BriancDaly wrote:
Stan...
I'm not available today,
It's a pity your making an issue out of $10 an hour.
It was horrible working in the office in the first place, but this is adding insult to injury.
You'll be hearing from my lawyer if this continues.
Brian
And he replied...
Brian...
Okay, you got me!!! It took me a while to catch on (it's still early here in Nevada). Nice one. Sorry for the ill-routed (?) email...
Stan
P.S. You're certainly worth the extra $10!!!
I would have loved to kept going with it but he copped on. I replied...
Stan...
I couldn't resist.
If I had gotten your first email on any other day than April fools, I probably wouldn't have thought of the prank. I knew you would be a good sport too. A friend of mine here in Ireland runs irishmagicnews.com and might like to put this little episode up as part of an April Fools day things, if it's ok with you of course? And I\'ll ask him to include a link to magic magazine.
cheers, Brian
PS. Tell the "real" Brian I almost got him an extra 10 bucks an hour, and now he owes me : )
The good natured Stan finally replied...
Brian...
Fair enough.
Stan
P.S. Let's just not mention the ten bucks to the real Brian! :)
Check out Stan's superb magazine here
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:53AM 
Dublin Magician and Stage Pickpocket Brian Daly is currently taking part in a 3 part documentary series for TV3 with the working title: "Caught Red Handed". Brian spent yesterday on Grafton Street being filmed stealing peoples wallets, phones, cameras, even watches and neck ties, and of course returning all the items to the bewildered passers-by. Brian was also interviewed in the Gaiety theatre about how magicians use similar skills to pickpockets, how stage pickpockets differ from street pickpockets, how to avoid being pick-pocketed etc...Filming continues tomorrow with Brian doing more demonstrations and interviews in-studio.The airing date isn’t set in stone, but it looks like it'll be out in June. Brians twitter account @NoCrappyTricks will have updates, pics, etc... 
