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Haunted Place

Skeptic conclusion 11:Havent we has this story before? Also its impossible to corroborate(sp?) as she's dead.I recall some of my older releatives-when I was a child-reading tea leaves,claiming odd things such as contact with dead relatives,ghosts premonitions etc.None of them were to my recollection anything other than than sweet old ladies with bizarre hobbies.Probably what their mothers did and so on.Didnt have any speaking in tongues per se,but talking in their sleep-yes.:)
 
I recall some of my older releatives-when I was a child-reading tea leaves,claiming odd things such as contact with dead relatives,ghosts premonitions etc.None of them were to my recollection anything other than than sweet old ladies with bizarre hobbies.Probably what their mothers did and so on.Didnt have any speaking in tongues per se,but talking in their sleep-yes.
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Now Azrael you do realise how that sounds don't you?
 
jambo372 said:
My mum read my cup.
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:xnewyear

And what did she predict for you? Did she see the chimney sweep? Does your mum do other psychic stuff?

Out of all the whacky psychic beliefs, reading totally random patterns of tea leaves stuck up the sides of cups has to be the most stupid. I mean -- THINK ABOUT IT! What is "being read" is basically random patterns made by tea leaves.

Why should this say anything about anyone? Where is the psychic connection? How does your future get into the patterns?

How "spiritual" is that???

I wonder how this queer hobby arose? Anyone know? I suppose it was some old lady teetotallers with nothing to do but invent stupid parlour games. Tea was once quite a luxury. Maybe a way to get some free?

It is pareidolia, pure and simple. http://skepdic.com/pareidol.html

USE TEA BAGS and it goes away, jambo.

http://www.worth1000.com/toys/inkblot/default.asp

;)
 
On second thoughts, reading tea cups (tasseography) might not be THE most stupid psychic "talent".

kephalonomancy (burning carbon on the head of an ass while reciting the names of suspected criminals; if you're guilty, a crackling sound will be heard when your name is spoken)
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uromancy (divination by reading bubbles made by urinating in a pot)
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http://skepdic.com/divinati.html

Now, I just need that ass. (Amateur psychologists should please desist!):D :D :D
 
That test must be the most stupid thing I've ever seen in my life.
Take me to Carstairs. Lock me up in my lil' padded cell.

I only scored 4 % and therefore I have a high probability of developing a psychiatric disturbance and being sent to a lunatic asylum.

As if ... The test is a load of ◊◊◊◊◊. Is there any evidence of it's accuracy ?

Anyway here are my answers :

1) Shark eating guy
2) Father time ( as in grim reeper)
3)Die
4)Guillotine
5)Gun
6)Syringe
7)Hanged Man
8) Prince Charles
9) Satan
10) Jolly Roger ( skull and crossbones, poison sign)

They're coming to take me away ha-ha !
They're coming to take me away.
To the funny farm ...
Where life is wonderful all the time.
 
I asked other people to have a go at the test. They gave the exact same answers as me ( except they put George W Bush instead of Prince Charles). They got 4 % as well.

Then I deliberately put in different answers and surprise surprise ... 4 % again.

It's fixed to give you 4 % regardless of the answer.
 
In any case we only read the leaves for entertainment. It may or may not work.
I'm not actually sure that divination or fortune telling should be considered as a 'psychic ability'. It may or may not work for all I know.
 
jambo372 said:
I asked other people to have a go at the test. They gave the exact same answers as me ( except they put George W Bush instead of Prince Charles). They got 4 % as well.

Then I deliberately put in different answers and surprise surprise ... 4 % again.

It's fixed to give you 4 % regardless of the answer.
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You see! It's not that difficult to be sceptical after all. :D
 
jambo372 said:
In any case we only read the leaves for entertainment. It may or may not work.
I'm not actually sure that divination or fortune telling should be considered as a 'psychic ability'. It may or may not work for all I know.
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Assume, totally for sake of argument, it DOES work. How would you go about RELIABLY and REPEATABLY testing those results?

Now assume it doesn't work at all in the slightest. What would this same testing procedure of yours likely reveal if this were the case?

If there is no difference between them, either (a) your testing is crap, OR (b) divination is crap. But if your testing is reliable and repeatable, what does that leave you with?
 
jambo372 said:
A friend of mine has a sister who does a new part time job as a cleaner in a children's leisure facility. It was originally an old church but has long since been converted into a play area for toddlers with slides, ball pits etc. ......


The place is old and stinks of dampness. ?
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I have no problem with the haunted place, but I want to know why it is considered a safe and okay place for children if it "stinks of dampness?" Couldn't possibly be healthy.
 
Turtle
No one said it was healthy. As a matter of fact it's far from it . A former employee (also a cleaner) ended up in hospital after inhaling the dust in whilst cleaning the ballpits. She went into a coma.
 
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