Agur Tribute Thread [Archive]

Checkmite

13th February 2003, 10:56 PM

I really miss him, for some odd reason...

13th February 2003, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Joshua Korosi
I really miss him, for some odd reason...

do fail not to miss the agur
Occam razor cleaves Japan dodo
spork, snarf, and scrappy dappy doo
fish near extraordinary dams
require extraordinary set-of-fins
the rest is a question
Cho Mama?

roger

14th February 2003, 07:08 AM

thank you

Pyrts

14th February 2003, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by Joshua Korosi
I really miss him, for some odd reason...

Improving the sights on your weaponry and upgrading your range finder will help this problem immeasurably.

CWL

15th February 2003, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by Joshua Korosi
I really miss him, for some odd reason...

Ah! Agur nostalgia. May I share these two limericks I once composed for him (I suggested he might try that meter instead of haiku):

---

A claimant of sorts from Japan
Said "I am a miracle man,
and to Randi I say, please do not run away"
And that's how these threads all began

---

A self-proclaimed psychic from old Tokyo
Purports to know what we others don’t know
But if you question his claims, the response is the same
He is certain to be a no-show

---

Thank you.

shemp

20th February 2003, 10:13 AM

Agur's last post (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=142849#post142849)

Soubrette

20th February 2003, 10:23 AM

Maybe Agur's changed direction?

I saw a cheese in my local supermarket yesterday called St Agur:)

Sou

CWL

20th February 2003, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by shemp
Agur's last post (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=142849#post142849)
Firm and persevering till the bitter end.

Kimpatsu

5th March 2003, 11:15 PM

Agur's problem was that he seemed to think posting on this forum constituted an application for the $1 million. I e-mailed him in Japanese to confirm what he claimed he could do, and he still replied in crappy English. The man was a lost cause from the start.
I still miss his rantings, though. They made a change from Paul "I will blind you" Bethke.

roger

6th March 2003, 11:44 AM

I tried to communicate with him in Japanese also (well, my crappy book learned Japanese) and he responded with his haiku English as well.

One thing that gave me hope, however, was after I hammered him failing to first make it thunder in DC (in the summer, talk about a worthless claim), then rain in the southwest, he actually admitted to Bjorn that he failed, and that he had to rethink things. I gained some respect for him for that.

Last I heard his girlfriend Sophie was very ill and he had to stop posting. He disappeared from a few other forums at the same time.

c4ts

30th March 2003, 09:41 PM

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
I e-mailed him in Japanese to confirm what he claimed he could do, and he still replied in crappy English.

LMAO!!

gnome

31st March 2003, 01:05 PM

This to me indicates a strong desire NOT to communicate successfully.

zensidhe

21st April 2003, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by CWL

Firm and persevering till the bitter end.

That thread was nightmarish! What was his actual claim?

Kimpatsu

21st April 2003, 03:28 PM

THat he could heal people psychically of otherwise incurable diseases. We suggested he try Stephen Hawking.

zensidhe

21st April 2003, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
THat he could heal people psychically of otherwise incurable diseases. We suggested he try Stephen Hawking.

Good choice.

Kimpatsu

21st April 2003, 10:14 PM

Originally posted by zensidhe
Good choice.
He couldn't do it, though.
Much like the reiki woo-woo I was debating on e-budo (www.e-budo.com), until I was banned.