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Weird!
Posted by: Jazz_Sue (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: November 25, 2008 01:55AM

I know we're past halloween, but this is damn freaky ...

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Re: Weird!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: November 25, 2008 06:39AM

Not entirely correct, there are only six cards, so I'm sure the probability of it is pretty high.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.189.244.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: November 25, 2008 06:59AM

very interesting! (No, not Artie Johnson for the oldies)

It got my choices right 5 from 5. While I don't believe it is ESP, I agree that it is freaky.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: November 25, 2008 11:17AM

Umm, concentrate on the cards is all that I will say. There is a simple explanantion ....

Re: Weird!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.106.---)
Date: November 25, 2008 11:41AM

heehee, an oldie but a goodie.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.189.244.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: November 25, 2008 01:56PM

Yes, obvious, really, isn't it?

Re: Weird!
Posted by: Jazz_Sue (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: November 26, 2008 01:01AM

All I can get is, they're all Royals. Thing was, I get my spades and my clubs mixed up, so my card was a last minute switch from black to red - and it still worked! I'm going back to look again ...

Re: Weird!
Posted by: gingergeoff (---.rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk)
Date: November 28, 2008 02:08PM

Hmmm...

perhaps a game of find the lady would be profitable...

Re: Weird!
Posted by: robcraine (---.mcb.net)
Date: December 03, 2008 10:15PM

Wonderful comments on that site.

"I did it with a friend andwe both picked different cards but it managed to do them both! amazing!"

My suggestion is... try it with five friends ;)

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Re: Weird!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.129.---)
Date: December 04, 2008 02:11PM

Splutter!

Re: Weird!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2008 03:44PM

I've seen this trick before. I agree that you should try it with several friends!

Re: Weird!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: December 05, 2008 04:14AM

I tried it. Keep thinking 'King of Hearts' and the selected different buttons. It always deleted KOH so I tried with JOD and it deleted that as well.

Reading the explanations shows that there are a lot of weird people out there. Let's hope they stay there.

The way I am today a tortoise could out think me, so perhaps it is a thing you do only when in a certain frame of mind. All I have to do is find the frame.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.129.---)
Date: December 06, 2008 11:26AM

I think one of those gilded monstrosities the old masters are set in.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: robert (153.107.103.---)
Date: December 07, 2008 10:33PM

Try thinking of a card that's not there and see if it appears! ;)

Re: Weird!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: December 08, 2008 05:35AM

I tried it again thinking 5D or 5H and it deleted the lowest value card of the appropriate suit.

Have tried it again with persons in public face but it doesn't work. They are still here.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: December 08, 2008 05:59AM

You could, of course, try thinking of all the cards at once. *hint, hint*

Weird!
Posted by: zendao42 (---.bhm.bellsouth.net)
Date: January 04, 2009 11:38AM

So, who's up for a game of 52 pickup?

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Re: Weird!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.29-87-b.business.telecomitalia.it)
Date: January 05, 2009 07:54PM

Not me! I get impatient playing games and then deliberately try to lose so it over faster. Iike the idea of things like chess, but always try and lose.

Re: Weird!
Posted by: chrislloyd (---.as43234.net)
Date: January 21, 2009 02:16PM

try to remember all the cards or if not, write them down!

Re: Weird!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.107.116.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: January 21, 2009 03:50PM

Hi Chris, welcome to the throng.

If there is anyone out there who is still marvelling at this, your method just might work........

I will soon have another batch of cyber pies and pasties available. The Sweet have a pastry "S" on them to diffentiate them from the Savoury. (They are marked with their initial formed in pastry on their lids.)

This week the sweet will be to the left of the treehouse, the savoury to the right of the pantomime.

Cheers

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