K2 GTi
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Tempted?
Heard all kinds of stories..
Anyone done it before? Or know anyone that has? I think i'd shit myself, just want to see if it is real, as I could then see for myself.
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Brett
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Real?  ok
u2u Derrick Acorah, he's done them.
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K2 GTi
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you done one brett?
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C2RL R
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i'd do it but don't know anyone else who would. my mum said they did one when they were at school. it freaked her out and she won't talk about it so i've no idea what apparently happened. i'm a bit sceptical about it tbh.
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K2 GTi
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Yeah my mum was telling me there was a monkey on a curtain rail, which went all around the room, apparently the monkey teddy was spinning around quite fast... I dont think she'd lie to me to be honest but she did say stay away...
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Brett
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Funny how it's always mums & dads with these stories. I bet they're 30yrs your seniors too. That's how they entertained themselves in those days. I'd take it with a pinch of salt. Only other explanation is that it was around the LSD era.
It's bullshit either way.
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K2 GTi
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Yeah suppose.
Just waiting for someone to say they've done one and seen some shit 
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C2RL R
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even if i found some other people that were up for it i wouldn't be able to. i've no idea what you are supposed to do. is there some kind of ritual you have to follow?
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Brett
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I'll do it
I'll be the one who's moving it and fucking with your head too
There's always someone in control.
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K2 GTi
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Google Ouija Board making... its fairly simple.. someone give it a go and let me know the outcome 
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Brett
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I'll do one tonight with the Mrs and kid 'n let you know how utterly shite it was
I'll keep these guys on speed-dial
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Kevxx
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i'd do it , as it's been said what a crock, heard stories of people having stuff happen, but they are look half daft, never mind the story 
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Tiger
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The government have refused to even test them to prove either way so I reckon there must be something that we dont know about them.
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Dom
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It's a load of bollocks, it works by ideomotor movement, basically involuntary muscular movement
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Tiger
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How do muscles know what to spell though?
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K2 GTi
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so your muscles can move something at the otehr end of the room?
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John
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Tiger you have some excellent views on the world.
Derren Brown has shown it's all a farce.
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I'll be the one who's moving it and fucking with your head too
There's always someone in control.
my thoughts exactly. if every member of the group swears blind that they didn't push the marker then at least one of them is a lying cunt.
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Tiger
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Well if Derren Brown says its a farce, then its got to be
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Hammer
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Tiger: Hates the UK, thinks the earth is hollow.
Derren Brown: Psychological illusionist, expert in mind control.
I'm hedging my bets on this one Tiger mate 
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Tiger
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Gas? It'll never replace coal.
What? Man going to the moon? Don't be so daft........
History has proved many things.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by K2 GTi
so your muscles can move something at the otehr end of the room?
Do you know how a ouija board is suppose to work? Clearly not if you believe you move the glass with comic superhero style powers 
With everyone lightly touching the glass (or what ever) someone will be pushing it slightly unknowingly.
Tiger - There's been more research into ideomotor movement than what Derren Brown has stated in his book. Eitherway you believe what you want, but i edge my bets with science.
[Edited on 13-01-2009 by Dom]
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Whittie
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It's a great laugh when you're pissed tbh
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Kevxx
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Scientific explanation
Users subconsciously direct the path of the triangle to produce a word that is in that person's subconscious thought process. This subconscious behavior is known as ideomotor action, a term coined by William Carpenter in 1882. It is also known as automatism.[5] Some people may be convinced that the "powers" of the ouija board are real because they are unaware that they are in fact moving the piece and therefore assume that the piece must be moving due to some other "spiritual force". The subconscious thought process may produce an answer that is different from what the user expected in their conscious thought process—thus perpetuating the idea that the board has "mystical powers". Penn & Teller: Bullshit! episode on Ouija Boards, ran an experiment using unbiased participants. Questions were being asked to the late William Frawley with very strong answers. The participants were then blindfolded and the board was turned 180 degrees without their knowledge. With continued questioning, the planchette then traveled to bare areas of the board where the participants believed the "Yes" and "No" marks were located.
Spiritualist explanation
Spiritualists who believe Ouija boards can be used to make actual contact with the spirit world feel that the act of hindering a medium’s ability to use his or her own eyes while the board is in use effectively places too great of a handicap on the whole exercise. This argument stems from the belief that contacted spirits actually utilize the eyes of the medium during a Ouija session in order to point to the letters and words needed to form a message. Most believers of this notion believe that the board has no intrinsic power in and of itself, but rather, is used simply as a tool to aid a medium while in communication with the spirit world.
Skeptical explanation
A sceptical view of the Ouija board is that it is frequently used as a prank game by persons who are fully conscious that they are guiding the planchette. Considering that the boards are sold by a game company, and are widely used by children, they can be used in a game similar to the popular "snipe hunt" trick, in which one or more participants are in on the joke, and at least one participant is not. When one or more players deliberately but discreetly moves the planchette, it is indistinguishable (to other players) from the sensation of the planchette "moving on its own". Players moving the planchette may either maintain a deadpan expression, or act out shock and surprise. Players who are fooled but eventually figure out what happened, can go on to become one of the pranksters in a future session with other new players.
thats from Wiki, but either way science wins not some idiot who doesn't believe facts.
[Edited on 13-01-2009 by Kevxx]
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
Gas? It'll never replace coal.
What? Man going to the moon? Don't be so daft........
History has proved many things.
So Derren Brown is being naive and ouija boards will provide a method of communication to the afterlife in years to come?
The evolotion of fuel and space travel is slightly different to a couple of emos with a bit of card and an upturned pint glass
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