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Yogic flying

Puppycow said:
Have you seen this nonsense? More like yogic hopping to be more accurate. And they use bouncy mattresses too. There are claims of religious people who used to be able to fly but no-one can reproduce that today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHwhGUo90jw


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That is hands-down the stupidest damn thing I've yet encountered as a member of this forum.
 
..... they are having the most TREMENDOUS fun though.
that looks fab. Like being in a bouncy castle
I love the bit when they say that no one has got beyond stage one yet, the bouncing around on their bums, but that it doesn't matter.
So good for the stomach muscles too.
I can't wait for the fitness video, ' Bounce your way to a six pack for summer'.

(bum = posterior here in the UK)
 
Checkmite said:
That is hands-down the stupidest damn thing I've yet encountered as a member of this forum.
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You think re-writing the laws of physics is 'damn stupid' ?? You sir, are tough to please.

BTW, I stopped re-writing physics laws when I fell off the bed, banged my head and got a row from my mum :mad:
 
I remember the first time I saw something about this on Ripleys or some similar type of show . I ended up laughing so hard!!! It looks just ridiculous!

It couldn't be funnier if you tried. (well maybe if they were wearing chicken hats it would be funnier)
 
StankApe said:
It couldn't be funnier if you tried. (well maybe if they were wearing chicken hats it would be funnier)
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No, people in chicken hats wouldn't be taking themselves seriously, and that's part of the joke!
 
good point.....

perhaps that should be the next move, convincing them the chicken hats are an IMPORTANT part of the flying experience!
 
We had a branch of the Natural Law Party in Canada too (or "Parti de la Loi Naturelle" in Québec). They ran a particularly hilarious commercial about two decades ago, now a cult classic, that not only featured the ever-silly butt-bouncing, but also a creepy spokesman with a jheri-curled mullet and a 70s porn mustache. The French-dubbed version is even more delightful.
 
Randi had a friend named Doug Henning who was a magician. The Maharishi told Doug he could cure his liver cancer with meditation and to forgo treatment. Doug is dead. Randi hates TM
 
Joey McGee said:
Randi had a friend named Doug Henning who was a magician. The Maharishi told Doug he could cure his liver cancer with meditation and to forgo treatment. Doug is dead. Randi hates TM
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Doug was a big deal back when. Whacky as hell, but cool in a 70's vibe kind of way.

I expect I'm a tad older than you. :D
 
RockNroll said:
We had a branch of the Natural Law Party in Canada too (or "Parti de la Loi Naturelle" in Québec). They ran a particularly hilarious commercial about two decades ago, now a cult classic, that not only featured the ever-silly butt-bouncing, but also a creepy spokesman with a jheri-curled mullet and a 70s porn mustache. The French-dubbed version is even more delightful.
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Aww, that's a massive tease. Dig it out and give us a link. :)
 
Puppycow said:
Yes, I agree. One of the claims they make in the video is that it doesn't matter that no-one has been able to make it beyond "stage 1" (the hopping stage) because the true purpose is to achieve world peace. And they can achieve world peace if they could just get "a critical mass" of people practicing TM.
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The last line in the video was the best. "Then generations of Miss America contestants will get their wish, World Peace."
 
Many, many years ago when I was much younger I spent a week of evenings trundling off on my trusty Honda C90 to Mentmore Towers (their then UK headquarters) to learn TM.

On around the fifth evening I arrived somewhat early and strolled around the grounds watching the rabbits and peering through the windows of the lovely old stately home.

It was seeing a bunch of "Yogic Flyers" hopping stupidly around in a room full of wall-to-wall mattresses that was probably the greatest push towards skepticism I've ever had!
 
Jim_MDP said:
Aww, that's a massive tease. Dig it out and give us a link. :)
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Sorry, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4cNI4618A

It appears that my memory melded the mullet guy commercial with another commercial they aired around the same time, which did feature butt-hopping. Also, wadya know: mullet guy happens to be Doug Henning! (and his mullet is less greasy than I remembered)

The comically awful French-dubbed version can be seen near the end of this montage of cheesy retro commercials (at about 1:50):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umJZOmC8B_s
 
MAD RESPECT TO DOUG!!!! Who made it onto the muppet show

and now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you.... DOUG HENNING AND KERMIT ROBIN THE FROG!!!!!

 
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