Comments for Testing Spirit Writing at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 13 out of 13 comments http://www.randi.org/site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-8037 Wait, Finnegan's Wake isn't......??????? :o - DrMatt Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:18:14 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-8004 From the Izzard school of linguistics, I believe. - Raindoggy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:03:13 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7978 [quote] No, "through" is the proper spelling. "thru" is just a shortcut variant usually employed by engineers and draftspersons. [/quote] And here I thought "thru" was the invention of ad writers with space constraints. ;) - inquisitiveraven Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:08:08 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7964 [quote]"A [b]tough[/b] critic says: I[b] thought[/b] it was "[b]through[/b]" [b]though[/b]". And I thought you colonials spelt it "thru".[/quote]Yeah but...the pun would not have worked then. [quote]Happy Independence Day.[/quote] Yes, I am grateful for that. We were married on Independence Day (imagine that, getting married on Independance Day!). As a result I have never forgotten the anniversary. :) BillyJoe - BillyJoe Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:25:35 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7960 No, "through" is the proper spelling. "thru" is just a shortcut variant usually employed by engineers and draftspersons. But it is an American invention (the colonists actually used "through" since "thru" didn't appear until the early 1900s). Damned Yankees always changing spellings. :) - Kuroyume Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:25 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7959 [quote]Avoid automatic writing when you are tired, stressed, distracted or [b]skeptical[/b].[/quote] Amazing how cars will still function even if the driver is skeptical of internal combustion, how even the most ardent denier of gravity remains earthbound, how even one who decries "allopathy" receives its benefits; yet all these extraordinary and powerful abilities claimed by paranormalists can be foiled time and again by just a little doubt. Funny, that. - Arts Myth Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:24:29 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7955 "Unlike Led Zeppelin, I didn't receive a satanic symbol that would bring me fame and fortune" Huh?? - Diverted Chrome Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:28:42 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7954 "A tough critic says: I thought it was "through" though." And I thought you colonials spelt it "thru". Happy Independence Day. ;) - FrankH Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:29:31 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7953 Like we haven't heard THAT one before, eh, kids? ;) - Brookston John Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:56 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7951 How thick was the manual? 1 page of instructions, X pages of excuses? You're obviously too skeptical - that must be excuse #1 - what are the other 8,000 excuses? Have you ever done any palmistry or tarot readings and had the sitter tell you that you're wrong? I'd love to hear a psychic say "sorry, I'm too skeptical tonight so I can't give you accurate readings". - MadScientist Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:21:03 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7950 [quote]Unlike Led Zeppelin, I didn't receive a satanic symbol that would bring me fame and fortune[/quote]What is the reference here? [quote]spirit writing is where a subject allegedly channels a spirit, becoming an intermediary for the spirit that controls a writing implement and writes ‘though' the subject.[/quote]A tough critic says: I thought it was "through" though. 8) BJ - BillyJoe Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:35:49 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7949 Years back, my wife’s cousin got into Spirit Writing and would try and get people to do it when she was throwing a party. So as not to upset her, my wife and I played along. I kept writing “Dumbbb” every time. I thought she would get it but she insisted that I was channeling a relative of hers who had been a Rebel Drummer during the civil war. - Able Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:59 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/623-testing-spirit-writing.html#comment-7948 OK, I just love that part - seems like it should be part of the standard instructions for pretty much any pseudoscientific product/service/remedy. "Oh, [fill in the blank] didn't work? Wait, you weren't doubting whether it could really work were you? Didn't you read the warning?" - Zadillo Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:51:23 +0100