plindboe
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I have been asked this by two women every time I have walked through "Strøget" in Copenhagen. They have always wanted to guide me to some building and show me stuff, but when I have asked they've never specified what it was, so I always said I weren't interested. Last time I got curious and walked with them. I even asked if this was a ploy to sell me something while we were walking towards the building, but she didn't answer. Of course as soon as I entered, I noticed the stacks of Dianetics books lying everywhere.
The "test" involved a so-called electrometer with two cans that I should hold in each hand. She then asked me questions about troubles in my life, and that apparatus was supposed to react. Of course it worked like crap and moved left and right chaotically. I asked her what it measured, if it reacted to my pulse or the sweat in my hands, and she said it reacted to negative thoughts. Really enlightening. I guess they used the thing to impress people about how scientific the whole process were, personally I just found it silly. The last half of the "test" I was constantly smirking like W.Bush does when he's telling some bad news.
Of course it turns out I have troubles in my life, like everyone has, and not surprisingly she has the magical cure which was reading the Dianetics book. The only way I could get out of there was by telling her that I would visit their website and learn about it.
My advice to other danes, when they ask you whether you have ever taken a stress test, just say "yes!" and keep walking. Don't look back, they will pull you in.
The "test" involved a so-called electrometer with two cans that I should hold in each hand. She then asked me questions about troubles in my life, and that apparatus was supposed to react. Of course it worked like crap and moved left and right chaotically. I asked her what it measured, if it reacted to my pulse or the sweat in my hands, and she said it reacted to negative thoughts. Really enlightening. I guess they used the thing to impress people about how scientific the whole process were, personally I just found it silly. The last half of the "test" I was constantly smirking like W.Bush does when he's telling some bad news.
Of course it turns out I have troubles in my life, like everyone has, and not surprisingly she has the magical cure which was reading the Dianetics book. The only way I could get out of there was by telling her that I would visit their website and learn about it.
My advice to other danes, when they ask you whether you have ever taken a stress test, just say "yes!" and keep walking. Don't look back, they will pull you in.
