I've Always Wanted to do This...

Inspired by one of my friends at school who said she saw it done, and reminded by the brand-new phone book dropped on my doorstep this afternoon, I decided to look up the whole idea about ripping a phone book in half. And, as it turns out, there's actually a technique to doing it that makes the trick pretty easy. I was able to do it on the first try! You do need a certain amount of strength, but not a lot if you use a thinner phone book like I did. And you just feel cool.

Here's how it works:

Also, get a good explanation here.