52 Pickup

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52 Pickup (or 52-Card Pickup) is a practical joke disguised as a card game. The first player asks the second player if he or she would like to play "52 Pickup" and if the second player agrees, the first scatters the entire deck of playing cards onto the floor. The second player, who must be new to the game to fall for this practical joke, is then instructed to pick up all the cards, upon which the game ends. If the person is familiar with 52 card pickup, then one may trick them into playing by calling the game by a different name. The name comes from the fact that a full deck of playing cards contains 52 cards.