Ah yes, who can forget that one? Remember John Anderson who could also read minds? We had some pretty fakes out there. Did they get their experience from watching our government hard at work, or is it visa versa? LOL
There was a whole cadre of "operatives." I'm dating myself....Back then the public was so absolutely captured, so gullible, so open, especially mentally, that I believe the so called, "psychics" and such were just agents using actors and various devices and deceptions to keep the dummies and their attention "captivated." None of it was real then, just like now. It worked. then, just like now.
We didn't have the Internet back then either. I don't know whether its a curse or a salvation. The news channels was all the info we had, other than the corrupted local newspapers (that which I quite receiving years ago!). People nowadays have a broader Choice, so there is no excuse not to investigate what you hear or one can remain Comfortably Numb.
See comment above. Those spoons were sold at the "magic shop" in Inglewood Ca back in the 70's. They were made of tin alloy. It was firm to the touch but easily bent.
We were chumps back then, and some still right now.
Jean-Baptiste: Yeah we were chumps. "Fork" made a better joke than "Spoon" for us junior high guys. We knew that Uri Geller was a fraud. We kids went to Catholic School. We knew a fake "miracle" when we saw one. LOL!
Yikes, another catholic schooler. It appears those who went to catholic school seem to fair better intellectually these days than the ones who went to public school. I went to both. Does that make me bipolar?
Jean-Baptiste: I went to both Catholic and government schools, too. Grades 1-9 at Catholic. Grades 10-12 at government. Both had their good and bad points. I remember the nuns being mad at me for going to the government high school. They claimed that I only went to SE High because of the swimming pool there. I hated that pool.
Or Uri Geller
Ah yes, who can forget that one? Remember John Anderson who could also read minds? We had some pretty fakes out there. Did they get their experience from watching our government hard at work, or is it visa versa? LOL
There was a whole cadre of "operatives." I'm dating myself....Back then the public was so absolutely captured, so gullible, so open, especially mentally, that I believe the so called, "psychics" and such were just agents using actors and various devices and deceptions to keep the dummies and their attention "captivated." None of it was real then, just like now. It worked. then, just like now.
We didn't have the Internet back then either. I don't know whether its a curse or a salvation. The news channels was all the info we had, other than the corrupted local newspapers (that which I quite receiving years ago!). People nowadays have a broader Choice, so there is no excuse not to investigate what you hear or one can remain Comfortably Numb.
Jean-Baptiste: LOL at "Uri Geller". We were kids back then and us guys used to joke, "Look, that Uri guy can bend a fork with his mind."
"Yeah, I bet he fork with bent mind, too."
See comment above. Those spoons were sold at the "magic shop" in Inglewood Ca back in the 70's. They were made of tin alloy. It was firm to the touch but easily bent.
We were chumps back then, and some still right now.
Jean-Baptiste: Yeah we were chumps. "Fork" made a better joke than "Spoon" for us junior high guys. We knew that Uri Geller was a fraud. We kids went to Catholic School. We knew a fake "miracle" when we saw one. LOL!
Yikes, another catholic schooler. It appears those who went to catholic school seem to fair better intellectually these days than the ones who went to public school. I went to both. Does that make me bipolar?
Jean-Baptiste: I went to both Catholic and government schools, too. Grades 1-9 at Catholic. Grades 10-12 at government. Both had their good and bad points. I remember the nuns being mad at me for going to the government high school. They claimed that I only went to SE High because of the swimming pool there. I hated that pool.
Yep. He was kind of a pop celebrity for a while, bending spoons. Thanks, Jean-Baptiste!