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  • 27-04-2010 4:28pm
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    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭


    just wanted to know peoples views/story's about these things as in

    1.would you ever
    2.do you believe
    3.have you ever
    4.what was your experiences
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    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    If you search the forum youll find a few threads on the topic.

    1.would you ever Not again
    2.do you believe Depends on circumstances
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what was your experiences Damaging


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    goat2
    Registered Users Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    Oryx wrote: »
    If you search the forum youll find a few threads on the topic.

    1.would you ever Not again
    2.do you believe Depends on circumstances
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what was your experiences Damaging


    i would never
    i did see ont trown away
    was even afraid to touch it
    have heard that they really do work
    can bring on alot more than one asks


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    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭potsy86


    Oryx wrote: »
    If you search the forum youll find a few threads on the topic.

    have you any links i cant seem to find some on ouija boards i bought one recently and was looking for some proper info from people who have actually experimented with them a lot of non sense that i found on the net noting that explains it properly for me

    cheers


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    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭potsy86


    goat2 wrote: »
    i would never
    i did see ont trown away
    was even afraid to touch it
    have heard that they really do work
    can bring on alot more than one asks

    i have one here had it a while no instructions with it iv read all the storys alri so basicly what iv read is more then likely true does any body know how you actually go about activating the board

    iv read if you sit in a circle of salt you can be safe from evil spirits is this true i see my self more of a skeptic towards it will i be proved wrong? i just dont know what way to go about it


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    maccored
    Registered Users Posts: 10,664 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    its basically a game. technically probably a mind game, but a game none the less.


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Did use one.
    Answers were good.
    Would need more investigation.

    The spirit said she gained something from the communication, power or somesuch, some people give her more, so she like them more.

    Oddly it was the 2 guys who started the board that had the best connection.


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    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭potsy86


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    Did use one.
    Answers were good.
    Would need more investigation.

    The spirit said she gained something from the communication, power or somesuch, some people give her more, so she like them more.

    Oddly it was the 2 guys who started the board that had the best connection.

    woooah thats madness that is lol all my friends are paro to bits to go near the thing did it take long to get going


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    potsy86 wrote: »
    woooah thats madness that is lol all my friends are paro to bits to go near the thing did it take long to get going

    Couldn't say, wasn't there when it was first used. Probably not long, the guys who started it would have got bored after 15 mins of nothing.
    Keep in mind, I am still sceptical but it was interesting.
    Ideomotor movement is what I'd currently put it down to.


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    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭potsy86


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    Couldn't say, wasn't there when it was first used. Probably not long, the guys who started it would have got bored after 15 mins of nothing.
    Keep in mind, I am still sceptical but it was interesting.
    Ideomotor movement is what I'd currently put it down to.

    had a lil snip read of that now that is something very interesting indeed that has opened up a hole new world for me i all ways tought it would be something of the mind in some way and if there was an explanation for it there is a hell of a load a storys out there about them which would make ya believe it works then your own mind thinking that causes Ideomotor :pac::confused:


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    a-k-47
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭a-k-47


    Oryx wrote: »
    If you search the forum youll find a few threads on the topic.

    1.would you ever Not again
    2.do you believe Depends on circumstances
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what was your experiences Damaging

    cliff notes?


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    1.would you ever Sure, although I wouldn't be any fun because I'd be trying to catch out whoever was moving it
    2.do you believe No
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what was your experiences 2 of us moved our hands away and discovered our other mate (who's really into paranormal sh*t) was moving it. Not damaging at all.


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I posted this up in the main forum before.

    It's the original patent for the Ouija Board:

    http://www.google.com/patents?id=0aU_AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=446054&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false


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    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    Tbqh, I think the degree to which ouija boards work depends on the level of belief of the person in the concept, how susceptible the person is to hype and the effect of creepy situations on people.

    A lot of people are terrified and extremely affected by horror films, for example. Now were these people to experiment with something real, something with such mystique surrounding it, something which has been hyped up so much as "dark", "evil" etc. and purported to work by many, I think it'd scare the living daylights out of them and cause their imaginations to run wild.

    I'd be curious to try one. I wouldn't expect much, but I understand I'd have to do it with an open mind.


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    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,236 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cma5Zn7xrWU


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    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    potsy86 wrote: »
    just wanted to know peoples views/story's about these things as in

    1.would you ever
    2.do you believe
    3.have you ever
    4.what was your experiences

    1.would you ever Yes
    2.do you believe No
    3.have you ever Not yet; but I want to just to laugh at it
    4.what was your experiences None as yet, but I've heard about it a lot

    I am the ultimate sceptic and non-believer... I would love to try a Ouija Board to try and re-summon Jimi Hendrix or something...


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    crossmolinalad
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭crossmolinalad


    Want to buy a good one . but cant find one
    Someone knows a shop where to get one??


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    crossmolinalad wrote: »
    Want to buy a good one . but cant find one
    Someone knows a shop where to get one??

    Think you'd have to go online.

    Amazon has the current edition of the Parker Brothers Board.

    http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-00600-Ouija-Board-Glow-in-the-Dark/dp/B0000524NG


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Or a piece of plywood/cardboard & a marker.


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    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    Think you'd have to go online.

    Amazon has the current edition of the Parker Brothers Board.

    http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-00600-Ouija-Board-Glow-in-the-Dark/dp/B0000524NG

    From the product description:
    It has always been mysterious. It has always been mystifying. And now...it glows in the dark!


    Now I'm really scared!!!


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    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    1.would you ever Sure
    2.do you believe Nope (if you mean the claim they communicate with the dead)
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what was your experiences Our group formed letters and words they then interpreted to mean something. Then Billy's head exploded

    pretty typical experiences with them I imagine


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    Benny Lava
    Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Benny Lava


    I've heard loads of people telling horrible stories involving ouija boards.

    I think they are fake and using them as a believer can have negative psychological effects (which can be mistaken for supernatural ones).


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    Nick Dolan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭Nick Dolan


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4wTZuT3wM



    Man posting a YouTube video here is a pain. But these Salem dudes are worth it


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    Benny Lava
    Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Benny Lava


    Nick Dolan wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4wTZuT3wM



    Man posting a YouTube video here is a pain. But these Salem dudes are worth it

    That Christian guy has a brainwashed-like stare about him.

    What a bunch of weirdos.


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    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    1.would you ever Yes
    2.do you believe No
    3.have you ever Yes
    4.what were your experiences I thought I heard someone call my name, which freaked me out. However I was about 8 at the time, was within earshot of dozens of houses, and don't have an unusual name, so I'm more inclined to believe that it was someone calling somebody with the same name.


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    Jamiekelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Jamiekelly


    Tried it. Didn't work. Ouija boards are only successful because of the subconscious motor neuron in the brain which stores information and does stuff without you noticing. Like breathing and blinking fall into this neuron. With Oujia boards its just the same. It wasn't even originally meant to be used for contacting dead people but actually finding more out about yourself lol


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    Phony Scott
    Registered Users Posts: 682 ✭✭✭Phony Scott


    1.would you ever Yes
    2.do you believe Total skeptic
    3.have you ever No
    4.what were your experiences Haven't tried it...yet...

    I was just wondering if anyone knows the reason, if there is one, why Ouija boards aren't available in this country. They seem commerically available as toys (produced by Hasbro no less) in America, yet I've never come across a place that actually sells them here. Does anyone know anywhere, other than on the internet, were I can get one?


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    Major Lovechild
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭Major Lovechild


    potsy86 wrote: »
    just wanted to know peoples views/story's about these things as in

    1.would you ever Yes
    2.do you believe Nope!
    3.have you ever Yep!
    4.what was your experiences Bugger all. As no spirits were present at the time I opened a bottle of my own and filled the glass with whiskey and had a wonderful night.

    And there you have it. Please don't waste your time pushing an empty glass around a table. Simply pour and enjoy.

    Wo ist die Gemütlichkeit?



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