I can tell the future.

[senor boogie woogie]

Hola!

I can tell the future. Psychic so to speak. To Mr. James Randi, you will do two things before you leave this Earth,

1.) Pay Taxes

2.) Die

I would like my Million dollars as soon as Mr. Randi dies.

Senor

[Kimpatsu]

I would also add that Randi will stay white and eat toast at least once more.
As my prediction is more precise in that it adds to yours, Senor, the million dollars should by rights be mine.
:p :D

[Brian]

Ha! I see him in a car that is moving down a street in Florida. I sense that it is sunny out, maybe humid as well. Sometime in the next 5 weeks.

Where should I fax the wiring instructions too?

[Zep]

I see a chair...with Randi sitting in it...today.

I've got an electronic bank account all set up, no paperwork required...

[Brian]

Ah, but only I can tell that the synergistic bonds that hold that chair together are a product of quantum symetrical dioxide chemicle nuclear bonds that focus the thought rays of the Thyreeds.
THE LORD SHALL SMITE YOU ALL!!!

I accept credit cards.

[c4ts]

Wait... I'm getting a vision... it's of Randi, writing a commentary... his calendar says December... He is criticizing Uri Geller's latest antics!

[Yaotl]

I see Randi being captured today.

I accept money orders or just plain cash.

[Brian]

I predict that none of the above predictions will qualify.

Now accepting shiny beads and firewater.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Brian
I predict that none of the above predictions will qualify.
See? I predicted Randi would welch!
Originally posted by Brian
Now accepting shiny beads and firewater.
Accept the gift of Jesus into your heart, and pray for Randi's conversion to worshipping the One True God: Me. :p :D

[Brian]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
See? I predicted Randi would welch!

Accept the gift of Jesus into your heart, and pray for Randi's conversion to worshipping the One True God: Me. :p :D
How many shiny beads can I get in trade for this gift of Jesus?

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Brian
How many shiny beads can I get in trade for this gift of Jesus?
What's a Mexican gardener worth these days?
The shiny beads you give me for this gift must all be 18 carat, and come from Tiffaney's.
Thank you.

[Zep]

Ooooooo! Shiny objects....

[LotusMegami]

Ooooh, pretty.

I predict that President Bush will continue to alienate the U.N. Also, at least one member of the U.N. will be found to be an alien. :p

I predict geothermic activity at Mt. St. Helen's.

Lastly I predict that this week's episode of RAW will suck. Hard.



I accept Canadian Silver Maple leafs as payment. I want *real* money will the Apocalyse comes. :p

[DrMatt]

Originally posted by Brian
Ha! I see him in a car that is moving down a street in Florida. I sense that it is sunny out, maybe humid as well. Sometime in the next 5 weeks.

Where should I fax the wiring instructions too?

Funny, I had a vision in my mind's eye of him in a car too. But it was more specific. In my mind's eye I envisioned him in an aquamarine Mercedes with Florida vanity plate "AMAZNG".

On Davie Boulevard.

In Fort Lauderdale.

With a beard.

On his way from some place where he had recently viewed some genuine pre-Columbian art.

See, what are the chances of me getting that many hits in a row? I'm better than John Edwards!

[KRAMER]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DrMatt
In my mind's eye I envisioned him in an aquamarine Mercedes with Florida vanity plate "AMAZNG".

He drives a Mazda.

Here's my prediction: Someday soon, there'll be little left for me to laugh about.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by KRAMER
He drives a Mazda.
Aha! Dr. Matt is clearly not psychic, and is thus disqualified.
Originally posted by KRAMER
Here's my prediction: Someday soon, there'll be little left for me to laugh about.
I'll take that challenge.
---
I predict Randi will drink coffee today.
I also see that the cheque is NOT in the post.

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
I also see that the cheque is NOT in the post.
Now, if the cheque doesn't come, you were right, in which case you will get the cheque, which will make you wrong, in which case you shouldn't have gotten the cheque and should return it. That means that the cheque will be in the post again, which will make you wrong (again), so you shouldn't get the cheque in the first place and everything is right in the end. Or is it?

*takes aspirin*

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
Now, if the cheque doesn't come, you were right, in which case you will get the cheque, which will make you wrong, in which case you shouldn't have gotten the cheque and should return it. That means that the cheque will be in the post again, which will make you wrong (again), so you shouldn't get the cheque in the first place and everything is right in the end. Or is it?

*takes aspirin*
Leave the acetylsalicylic acid alone, and follow me on this one:
The cheque is not in the post as I predicted, so my prediction thereby fulfills the prophecy and JREF must now mail me the $1 million cheque. The moment they do so, however, this universe splits off from the one in which the cheque was never mailed, so whilst a near-dentical copy of me (that is, perfectly identical up until the split) is sitting in that other universe waiting for a cheque that will never come, I on the other hand will receive the cheque. Now, the falsified prediction still belongs to the other time stream, and so can have no impact upon me in this time stream, where I can get to spend the cheque. This is a case of having your cake and eating it, of having a cat that is both alive and dead pace Shroedinger; the fact is, however, that this is perfectly possible, thanks to Hugh Everett's many worlds theory, which as David Deutch pointed out, must be true, as otherwise, how is quantum computing possible?
I am, therefore, now waiting for my cheque, which JREF is obliged to send immediately.
Thank you. :p :D

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Leave the acetylsalicylic acid alone, and follow me on this one:
The cheque is not in the post as I predicted, so my prediction thereby fulfills the prophecy and JREF must now mail me the $1 million cheque. The moment they do so, however, this universe splits off from the one in which the cheque was never mailed, so whilst a near-dentical copy of me (that is, perfectly identical up until the split) is sitting in that other universe waiting for a cheque that will never come, I on the other hand will receive the cheque. Now, the falsified prediction still belongs to the other time stream, and so can have no impact upon me in this time stream, where I can get to spend the cheque. This is a case of having your cake and eating it, of having a cat that is both alive and dead pace Shroedinger; the fact is, however, that this is perfectly possible, thanks to Hugh Everett's many worlds theory, which as David Deutch pointed out, must be true, as otherwise, how is quantum computing possible?
I am, therefore, now waiting for my cheque, which JREF is obliged to send immediately.
Thank you. :p :D
Won't work, I'm affraid. You see, at the point of the split both worlds are identical, it's only what happens AFTER the split that can go in two different directions, so in actuality you don't get TWO cheques. That's all. I'm sorry.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
Won't work, I'm affraid. You see, at the point of the split both worlds are identical, it's only what happens AFTER the split that can go in two different directions, so in actuality you don't get TWO cheques. That's all. I'm sorry.
I never said I'd get two cheques; I said that there would be two universes, one in which I received the cheque, and one in which I didn't.
I am, however, willing to forego the $1 million cheque for ownership of a small country.
Slovenia, for instance... :p :D

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
I never said I'd get two cheques; I said that there would be two universes, one in which I received the cheque, and one in which I didn't.
Look, there would be two universes, both of which would have started identical at the point of the split. So neither you or your other self would get a cheque. Or would get it and have to return it and so on. That's what I meant*.

*disclaimer: Powa is not a scientist of any kind or a phylosopher, so any theories and/or hypotheses that are being presented here by him are to be taken as they are -- crap, pulled out of his a$$.
I am, however, willing to forego the $1 million cheque for ownership of a small country.
Slovenia, for instance... :p :D
Of course. If you could find it on the world map. Which you can't.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
Look, there would be two universes, both of which would have started identical at the point of the split. So neither you or your other self would get a cheque. Or would get it and have to return it and so on. That's what I meant*.
No,I wouldn't. Look: the universes split the moment the cheque is cut in one and not the other. I, of course (ahem!) inhgabit the universe in which the cheque was cut. Therefore, I would receive it.
So now, I'm waiting for it...
Originally posted by Powa
Of course. If you could find it on the world map. Which you can't.
Of course I can. It's in the Balkans, it's small, and it makes great wines.
Is there anything else?

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
No,I wouldn't. Look: the universes split the moment the cheque is cut in one and not the other. I, of course (ahem!) inhgabit the universe in which the cheque was cut. Therefore, I would receive it.
So now, I'm waiting for it...
I'm afraid we're getting nowhere. I guess we'll just have to agree that I'm right and go our separate ways.

Of course I can. It's in the Balkans, it's small, and it makes great wines.
Is there anything else?
Well yes, Slovenia is the most beautiful country in the known universe. It's disgustingly beautiful. I mean, look at my home town for example (the arrow points to my house).

http://freeweb.siol.net/dragicka/Lasko.jpg

If you'd like to learn more about Slovenia click here (http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/intro/).

*feels like a tourist guide*

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
I'm afraid we're getting nowhere. I guess we'll just have to agree that I'm right and go our separate ways. Originally posted by Powa
Well yes, Slovenia is the most beautiful country in the known universe. It's disgustingly beautiful. I mean, look at my home town for example (the arrow points to my house).
You live in the forest?
What are you, a wild boar?
And, no, the most beautiful country is the one with Liverpool FC.
Any fule no dat...

[TheBoyPaj]

I bet it must get annoying having that great red arrow hovering over your house.

I bet there was uproar when they built that big white monstrosity in the middle, too. What is it? A shopping mall?

[Powa]

Originally posted by TheBoyPaj
I bet it must get annoying having that great red arrow hovering over your house.
Not really, it doesn't block the sun much and most of the time I don't even notice it anymore.

I bet there was uproar when they built that big white monstrosity in the middle, too. What is it? A shopping mall?
No, no uproar. Guess why. It's a brewery! :alc:
Because of it, we have an Octoberfest-like street party that lasts for a week every July. There's much singing and dancing and, of course, excesive consumption of beer. For one week every July the population of my town increases ten fold.

Oh, and we get a 20 minute fireworks show on the final night!
:j2:

[Ashles]

Slovenia is utterly brilliant and beautiful.

I spent a wonderful holiday there on Lake Bled and highly recommend it to anyone.

And you can nip over to Venice for the afternoon too.

And the wines are superb, but the Slovenians selfishly keep it all for themselves and hardly ever export it.

And they have excellent meat-based dishes that are delicious.

In fact I want to go back there right now.:(

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Ashles
Slovenia is utterly brilliant and beautiful.

I spent a wonderful holiday there on Lake Bled and highly recommend it to anyone.

And you can nip over to Venice for the afternoon too.

And the wines are superb, but the Slovenians selfishly keep it all for themselves and hardly ever export it.

And they have excellent meat-based dishes that are delicious.

In fact I want to go back there right now.:(
Go now; we won't stop you.
Just don't come back. :D
And what's this about a lake of blood?

[Powa]

Originally posted by Ashles
Slovenia is utterly brilliant and beautiful.

I spent a wonderful holiday there on Lake Bled and highly recommend it to anyone.

And you can nip over to Venice for the afternoon too.

And the wines are superb, but the Slovenians selfishly keep it all for themselves and hardly ever export it.

And they have excellent meat-based dishes that are delicious.

In fact I want to go back there right now.:(
*melts*

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
*melts*
Does that mean you're the Wicked Witch of the North? :D

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Does that mean you're the Wicked Witch of the North? :D
No, silly. I'm the Good Witch of the South (of Europe).





Well, actually it's central Europe but I couldn't do anything with this fact.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
No, silly. I'm the Good Witch of the South (of Europe).
Well, actually it's central Europe but I couldn't do anything with this fact.
In other words, you're sitting on the fence... :p :D

[Ashles]

A picture of Lake Bled.

http://www.globtour-bled.com/gallery/bled-02.jpg

And you're a very rude young man Kimpatsu.
Very rude, and slightly smelly.

[Dr Adequate]

To return to the OP...
Originally posted by senor boogie woogie
I can tell the future. Psychic so to speak. To Mr. James Randi, you will do two things before you leave this Earth,

1.) Pay Taxes

2.) Die
James Randi will die before he leaves this Earth?

His disincarnate spirit is going to hang round the JREF going "wooooo" at KRAMER?

He'll have a job explaining that away.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Ashles
And you're a very rude young man Kimpatsu.
Very rude, and slightly smelly.
How would you know if I smell?

[Powa]

WHAT THE...!?!? OH MAN! KIMPATSU, THAT BETTER BE PHOTOSHOPPED BLOOD, 'COZ I SWEAR, IF YOU DEFILED OUR NATIONAL TRESURE I'M GONNA...







...make it look like an accident.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
WHAT THE...!?!? OH MAN! KIMPATSU, THAT BETTER BE PHOTOSHOPPED BLOOD, 'COZ I SWEAR, IF YOU DEFILED OUR NATIONAL TRESURE I'M GONNA... make it look like an accident.
When I survive, as this will also be proof of my amazing powers, I will expect the $1 million. :p

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa

Well yes, Slovenia is the most beautiful country in the known universe. It's disgustingly beautiful. I mean, look at my home town for example (the arrow points to my house).
Well, you're biased; I happen to think the rolling hills of Ireland and the Scottish highlands are beautiful, too.
BTW, what is the isolated building with the tower in the foreground of the photo?
And, I notice many houses have red-tiled roofs. Is that a local product?

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Well, you're biased; I happen to think the rolling hills of Ireland and the Scottish highlands are beautiful, too.
I'll allow for that possibility and even admit that they come close second.
BTW, what is the isolated building with the tower in the foreground of the photo?
Duh, a church.
And, I notice many houses have red-tiled roofs. Is that a local product?
No, but all the houses in the center of my town are required to have red roofs. But most houses in Slovenia have red roofs anyway. It's traditional.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
I'll allow for that possibility and even admit that they come close second.
Nah, Scotland is better.
They even speak English there.
Originally posted by Powa
Duh, a church.
Why "duh"? It could have been a school.
Originally posted by Powa
No, but all the houses in the center of my town are required to have red roofs. But most houses in Slovenia have red roofs anyway. It's traditional.
Why "required"?
And tradition is just another way of saying you're too pigging lazy to be creative.

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Nah, Scotland is better.
They even speak English there.
After watching Trainspotting I can honestly say that we speak better English here.

Why "duh"? It could have been a school.
It's a standard shaped church in these parts of Europe, hence the "duh". Since I don't know where you're originally from (I would guess Scotland?), I admit it's probably not obvious to you. Also, there are no schools with bell towers in Slovenia.

Why "required"?
It's required, because the roofs have been that way for centuries and this way we can preserve the old town center as it was. I happen to agree with this.

And tradition is just another way of saying you're too pigging lazy to be creative.
If someone got creative and built, say, a glass piramid in the old center of my town, I would personaly hang him by his reproductive organs.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
After watching Trainspotting I can honestly say that we speak better English here.
Oh, you be speaking better English than the great warriors of Scotland, despite your appalling accent, ya?
Originally posted by Powa
It's a standard shaped church in these parts of Europe, hence the "duh". Since I don't know where you're originally from (I would guess Scotland?), I admit it's probably not obvious to you. Also, there are no schools with bell towers in Slovenia.
Well, I didn't know that there are no schools with bell towers in your backwards part of the world, but my school had a bell tower.
BTW, I am not from Scotland, any more than you are from civilisation (which we know means the British Isles).
And churches in civilisation are not shaped like that, so your "duh" has no reflection on me, your cultural superior. ;)
Originally posted by Powa
It's required, because the roofs have been that way for centuries and this way we can preserve the old town center as it was. I happen to agree with this.
Then we should bomb it and install McDonalds and 24-hour 7-11s immediately.
Originally posted by Powa
[B]If someone got creative and built, say, a glass piramid in the old center of my town, I would personaly hang him by his reproductive organs.
In other words, you oppose creativity?
About what I'd expect for a Balkan...
:D

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Oh, you be speaking better English than the great warriors of Scotland, despite your appalling accent, ya?
Vut actsent?

BTW, I am not from Scotland, any more than you are from civilisation (which we know means the British Isles).
I shall refrain from comment, other than in spite of our backwardness and savagery, at least we've managed to learn how to drive on the right side of the road.
And churches in civilisation are not shaped like that, so your "duh" has no reflection on me, your cultural superior. ;)
See above.

Then we should bomb it and install McDonalds and 24-hour 7-11s immediately.
Well, since Slovenia is so small you would need some pretty advanced precision bombing to hit anything at all.
In other words, you oppose creativity?
About what I'd expect for a Balkan...
:D
From my cultural superior I'd expect more in terms of geography. Slovenia is no more in the Balkans than Tokyo is in Cydonia, Mars.

Anyway, back to gnawing on my raw bear's paw.

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
Vut actsent?
I rest my case, your honour.
Originally posted by Powa
I shall refrain from comment, other than in spite of our backwardness and savagery, at least we've managed to learn how to drive on the right side of the road.
And in Britain, we drive on the correct side of the road.
Originally posted by Powa
See above.
Ditto.
Originally posted by Powa
Well, since Slovenia is so small you would need some pretty advanced precision bombing to hit anything at all.
Which we have; but why would we waste our time and effort on such a small and insignificant territory that by rights should belong to us anyway?
Originally posted by Powa
rom my cultural superior I'd expect more in terms of geography. Slovenia is no more in the Balkans than Tokyo is in Cydonia, Mars.
Who cares? You foreign Johnnys don't speak English, and are not part of the Empire... yet.
So your foreign muck opinions don't count.
Originally posted by Powa
Anyway, back to gnawing on my raw bear's paw.
As if you needed any more proof of your inferiority...
:D

[Powa]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda...
:v:

I wonder if the thread is sufficiently derailed yet, or should I educate my "cultural superior" some more...
:teacher:



*wonders*




Man, this bear paw is exquisite!

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by Powa
I wonder if the thread is sufficiently derailed yet, or should I educate my "cultural superior" some more...
You cannot educate me in anythign that matters.
And this thread is no more derailed than your one-track mind.
Originally posted by Powa
Man, this bear paw is exquisite!
Yes, my bear paw IS exquisite, thank you for noticing.
Now, get thee hence to the Lake of Blood and Dracula's castle. :D