David Blaine again!

[drea]

[quote=Fondueset;708851]
"From that perspective they are not any more lies than the fact that Johnny Depp is not really a pirate. "

i think it's HILARIOUS how you compare blaine's silly stunt to acting.
as far as anything, i agree with trux's point of view. but, it is a magical trick and should be looked upon as such.

trivia: i wrote to oprah last year and asked her to come out and do a thing on triple depth or some other funky thing that Freedivedahab organise but needless to say, i did not get a reply.
i didn't have mr. blaine up my sleeve.

[Blue Straggler]

Originally Posted by drea

i think it's HILARIOUS how you compare blaine's silly stunt to acting.

I think 95% of posts about David Blaine on this forum are hilarious.

I've seen the same thing going on other forums, when someone that's world-famous takes up a pastime that people like to think is their own specialisation, whether it's Jack Osborne rock-climbing, or Mickey Rourke boxing etc (the amateur astronauts in particular are up in arms about Tommy Haas' bid to become the first pro tennis player in orbit)

I am going to put special effort into not becoming famous, so that I am allowed to participate in a wide range of activities without random Internet armchair participants typing bad words about me.

[tbgsub]

why doesnt Blaine take a ride on Virgin space, and at 30+ thousand feet take a 4minute space walk outside the plane in a space suit; apnea style! that would at least be a record of something, and the prep budget would be astronomical wouldnt it? He could dope up all he wanted and the results, well sensational!, for a guy to go into the stratosphere and hold his breath for as long as most people smoke sigarettes on the planet and take a few leisurely steps for apnea kind!!

mabe he could tour schools in the US and hold his breath at public events under water? isnt that what Apnea people do? I didnt think so, what is really degrading is that he is doing this to prove what exactly?

personally if you can put a card on the otherside of a shop window in front of onlookers, and into a basketball, what more could you want to accomplish unless you are bored with things that are only apparent and wish to be believed on a grander scale to where what he does seems real.

yeah right, he is an illusionist by trade, profession, and design, nothing more.

[drea]

Originally Posted by Blue Straggler

'I am going to put special effort into not becoming famous, so that I am allowed to participate in a wide range of activities without random Internet armchair participants typing bad words about me.

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i couldnt agree more. and i laughed too which is always good.

(sorry i dont know how to do the fancy quoting everyone seems to use but me.)
oh surprise surprise, the quoting worked. im well pleased.

[Blue Straggler]

Originally Posted by drea

i couldnt agree more. and i laughed too which is always good.

Wow I made Andrea laugh! What a result :-)

Hope you are well. Maybe I can send you The Annotated Alice to finish off some time...

[salibandy]

Haha. Fancy quoting indeed.

[drea]

i think we've gone totally off topic here so im sure we'll get into trouble for it (always good fun), but the Annoted alice...hmmm..the alice in wonderland one?

[Blue Straggler]

Originally Posted by drea

i think we've gone totally off topic here so im sure we'll get into trouble for it (always good fun), but the Annoted alice...hmmm..the alice in wonderland one?

Yes, that one. You slagged off the annotations a little bit, but all things being relative, and you being you, I think that means you liked them :-)

I think we can go off topic, the thread is otherwise just repeating itself. Variety is the spice of life, or some such cliche

[salibandy]

Since we're going off topic... I like spices.

[Blue Straggler]

Originally Posted by salibandy

Since we're going off topic... I like spices.

Actually there is a chilli pepper that has been bred to have the appearance of a mild chilli but actually it's quite strong.

As the chilli is effectively performing an illusion, it has been called Blaine.

Absolutely true.


It was on the INternet and everything

[Erik]

I like lamp!

[drea]

lamp as in lights? well, electricity is practical. im sure everyone agress with that, both those who have it and those who dont.
maybe they can put a lamp into whatever contraption mr. blaine will be doing his stunt in on oprah. that would be fun.

[Blue Straggler]

He's done it according to the BBC.

Come on, bring on the next wave of "he's not a real freediver" and "he cheated" and "the record doesn't stand" and "I could do that if I could afford several months of pure training with Kirk and Mandy".
I need my fix

[Parapsycho]

David Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath - Yahoo! News

[Fondueset]

I wanna hold my breath on OPRAH!! Er..uh...that didn't sound right..