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The Baby Whisperer

Jaggy Bunnet

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http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/29128.html

Is there no end to the levels that these people will stoop to part gullible people from their cash?

Of course, it is hard to feel sorry for some people:

"There were a few generalisations I suppose, but then Derek kept saying something about a scar. I have a small two-inch scar on one of my breasts and Andrew was still breastfeeding then – that just scared me witless."

Lets see a few generalisations (presumably misses and therefore dismissed) and than the amazing insight, that could only possibly be known to the baby "something about a scar". A quick bit of mental manipulation to turn this into an astoundingly accurate insight (as opposed to yet another sweeping generalisation - how many parents have no scars) and suddenly he is "describing details of her intimate family life".

Still I suppose as long as there are TV companies stupid enough to hand over the cash, there will be charlatans willing to take it.

As an aside, if he claims to be able to "discover their allergies" is he not practicing medicine without a licence?
 
The man himself ...
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Having already seen Ogilvy in action, I can't help think that maybe this ain't such a bad thing. In fact, I wouldn't protest if various "familiars" were given airtime - how about Mr Jones, the 'furniture whisperer'? Mr Smith, the 'plant whisperer'? Mr Brown, the 'stuffed toy whisperer'? Same technique, different props. I think these types would do more to show people the spurious nature of their claims than any amount of skeptics' soundbites.
 
He said: "One of the babies correctly communicated his mother's bank card PIN code to me and the alarm code to her house."
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I just don't really know where to begin.

I am having so many problems with a baby
1) Understanding the concept of numbers
2) Understanding the concept of a PIN number
3) Seeing the mother enter it

I am having problems with this man
1) Being paid for this stupidity
2) Having people believe him

I am having problems with everything concerning this whole person (he's a bankrupt for goodness sake!)

And what's the betting all babies presented to him will turn out to have an allergy of some sort. Bizarrely none will be pronounced allergy-free.
 
Ashles said:
I just don't really know where to begin.

I am having so many problems with a baby
1) Understanding the concept of numbers
2) Understanding the concept of a PIN number
3) Seeing the mother enter it

I am having problems with this man
1) Being paid for this stupidity
2) Having people believe him

I am having problems with everything concerning this whole person (he's a bankrupt for goodness sake!)

And what's the betting all babies presented to him will turn out to have an allergy of some sort. Bizarrely none will be pronounced allergy-free.
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To add to the first list:
4) Understanding the concept of an allergy
5) Wanting to "whisper" to a total stranger
6) Having understood the concept of numbers and a pin number, having seen the mother enter it and having remembered it to then decide that this is the most interesting information it wants to impart to a total stranger who is the only person in the world who can understand it, ahead of more important topics like "I'm hungry!", "I'm tired!" and "I'm bored with the funny looking fella staring at me and would rather try and eat my foot"
 
"You want to know my mother's PIN number?
Well while I understand that it is a numerical code used to gain access to my mother's bank account I, for some reason, do not know enough to realise that she might not want me to give it to you.
Also I do not find it odd that you are so interested in the access details to our property when a less sinister method of impressing the audience might easily be found.
I would also like to add on a personal note that I have voided myself quite impressively into my nappy.
So out of the two of us it appears that I am the only one who is not completely full of ####."
 
The Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser.
People send letters to him and he tries to contact the dead people and psychometrize the letters.
 
I have this picture of dead people, sitting around on clouds, reading "The Motherwell Times" and the "Advertiser". And the "Sunday Post", obviously...It makes ye think, aye!.
 
I can't help but think that Ogilvie came up with this "brilliant" idea while watching the excellent "My Hero" where superbaby Ollie can talk and reason better than most adults.

Why would any parent subject their baby to this charlatan?

Not exactly "parental resposibility", is it?

I wonder if the bank PIN and alarm number (if that part is true) might be the baby's birth date? The "scar" part is a well-known cold reading trick -- often a scar on the knee is used.

Plus, I wonder if he has some "magical" cure for the baby's "allergies" -- one that costs quite a bit of money?

Indeed, I just cannot help but wonder . . .:(
 
An oldie but a goody:
http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~arobic/funny/babies.html

Study reveals babies are stupid.

Some of the babies tested were actually so stupid that they choked to death on pieces of Micronaut space toys. Others, unable to use such primitive instruments as can openers and spoons due to insufficient motor skills, simply starved to death, despite being surrounded by cabinets full of nutritious, life-giving Gerber-brand baby-food products.
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Jambo:
Derek Ogilvie has his own psychic column in our local paper.
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Jambo, is there something in the water in your area? Will people believe absolutely anything no matter how stupid it is?

If someone opened up a fire store there would people buy boxes of matches going "Oohh, look, fire sticks! At last we can summon the demon of random hotness!"

It certainly sounds like a good place for con-men to practice their trade.
 
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