Unexplainable Happenings?
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Question. What is the definition of an insomniac, agnostic dyslexic?.
Answer. Someone who lies awake at night wondering if there's such a thing as a Dog.
Answer. Someone who lies awake at night wondering if there's such a thing as a Dog.
Steve Maskery
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In a previous life I was a magician and had magical friends, as it were. One of my friends, who was well versed in deceptive techniques like cold reading, sleight of hand, spirit writing and such-like, was persuaded to attend a seance. He went, intending to have a good laugh.
He came out scared.
He would rarely talk about it, but AIUI his problem was that not only did the voice of the medium change, but her face did. She "became" someone else. He did not have a conjuring explanation for it and it really shook him.
He never went again.
I have another friend who is lovely, but her father is a bullying PITA. Big man, used o getting his own way. One day he went into a pub, sat down in a corner with his pint and laughed as he saw a woman in a crinoline dress walk into the room and out into the next room. He followed and there was no-one there. He asked the barman what was going on with the fancy-dress party. What FD party? He explained. Oh that will be Alice, she regularly visits.
Both men were serious.
Of course, both these stories were second-hand to me, but I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of the raconteurs.
It's getting late, but don't have nightmares.
Boo.
He came out scared.
He would rarely talk about it, but AIUI his problem was that not only did the voice of the medium change, but her face did. She "became" someone else. He did not have a conjuring explanation for it and it really shook him.
He never went again.
I have another friend who is lovely, but her father is a bullying PITA. Big man, used o getting his own way. One day he went into a pub, sat down in a corner with his pint and laughed as he saw a woman in a crinoline dress walk into the room and out into the next room. He followed and there was no-one there. He asked the barman what was going on with the fancy-dress party. What FD party? He explained. Oh that will be Alice, she regularly visits.
Both men were serious.
Of course, both these stories were second-hand to me, but I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of the raconteurs.
It's getting late, but don't have nightmares.
Boo.
finneyb
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Pete Maddex":33032nwv said:
Well, I'm an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic - I've been up all night wondering if there is a Dog.
Brian
Steve Maskery
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finneyb
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I've PMed a clueSteve Maskery":3aggnrau said:
If others don't get it I'll explain itBrian
finneyb
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finneyb":3p0y96j4 said:I've PMed a clueSteve Maskery":3p0y96j4 said:
Brian
OK I see the joke was made two posts earlier - I'll get my coat
Brian
Jacob
What goes around comes around.
I'm a total non believer in the supernatural. But if you read my little ghost story above you will see that I was spooked, albeit for only a few minutes (it was the blue **** wot did it!).
I think all ghost stories are the same - that feeling of being spooked by something unexplained, but which nevertheless is quite explainable. We have this propensity for being spooked - which is probably a primitive survival reaction - there's something out there which we can't explain so it might be bad and we should get ready to run!
All fortune tellers, mystics, astrologers, are just working the same ground as magicians and card sharps, except we know that card tricks don't involve the supernatural, but some people allow themselves to be spooked by fortune tellers, or conned by double glazing salesmen.
I think all ghost stories are the same - that feeling of being spooked by something unexplained, but which nevertheless is quite explainable. We have this propensity for being spooked - which is probably a primitive survival reaction - there's something out there which we can't explain so it might be bad and we should get ready to run!
All fortune tellers, mystics, astrologers, are just working the same ground as magicians and card sharps, except we know that card tricks don't involve the supernatural, but some people allow themselves to be spooked by fortune tellers, or conned by double glazing salesmen.
