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Old 24th September 2009, 06:39 PM   #1
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Win a free reading from Sylvia Browne! Easy to do.

This will be fun. I don't think any skeptic is willing to waste $750+ on testing Sylvia Browne with basic questions during a reading. But what if you can win it?

Per Sylvia Browne's twitter account:

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Only 533 followers to go...I will be doing a FREE personal private reading for my 10,000th follower on Twitter. Please tell your friends/fam
9:58 AM Sep 22nd from web
If you have a twitter account think about signing up. A recorded the phone conversation of a Browne reading will be highly entertaining.
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Old 24th September 2009, 09:59 PM   #2
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Hell yeah! I may keep an eye on this. 310 to go.
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Old 24th September 2009, 10:20 PM   #3
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I'd bet a box of donuts that she reneges.
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Old 25th September 2009, 08:12 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Mick Houlahan View Post
I'd bet a box of donuts that she reneges.

I also bet she's not going to give the reading to someone like myself, who's following list includes The JREF, Jeff Wagg, Phil Plait, Penn Jillette, Teller, Derren Brown, Tim Minchin, Richard Saunders, PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins, just to name a few...

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Old 25th September 2009, 03:58 PM   #5
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Hell yeah! I may keep an eye on this. 310 to go.
Only 250 to go now.
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Old 25th September 2009, 06:06 PM   #6
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The reading may be free, but it'll cost $750 to cover her long distance charges.
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Old 25th September 2009, 06:17 PM   #7
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freedom isn't about the money, its about the free-nitude of stuff. Extra-free, or ultra-free is more free than regular free-ness...which is all she's offering.
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Old 28th September 2009, 12:36 AM   #8
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Old 28th September 2009, 09:11 AM   #9
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Old 28th September 2009, 09:43 AM   #10
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I do not know why you guys are so hard on Sylvia. She gave me a reading and was absolutely bang-on!

She said I was incredibly handsome and a real babe magnet.
I will not get into the rather embarrassing remarks she made about my sexual prowess except to say that that women will be erecting statues in my likeness and that songs of praise will be sung for centuries.

She further added that I was obviously one of the most intelligent men that she had ever had the privilege of reading and that no-one should ever question my arguments or point of view - especially on the JREF.




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Old 28th September 2009, 10:42 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by rockinkt View Post
I do not know why you guys are so hard on Sylvia. She gave me a reading and was absolutely bang-on!

She said I was incredibly handsome and a real babe magnet.
I will not get into the rather embarrassing remarks she made about my sexual prowess except to say that that women will be erecting statues in my likeness and that songs of praise will be sung for centuries.

She further added that I was obviously one of the most intelligent men that she had ever had the privilege of reading and that no-one should ever question my arguments or point of view - especially on the JREF.




Yeah. It's really a pity that you were slain by your kidnappers.
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Old 28th September 2009, 07:30 PM   #12
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She's passed 10,000. Please tell me it was one of us. I missed it.
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Old 28th September 2009, 07:56 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Chris H View Post
She's passed 10,000. Please tell me it was one of us. I missed it.
I don't know, but Browne's twitter posted:

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Congratulations to @tdmaly. She is my 10,000th Twitter follower. She is the winner of my private reading. Let's do it again at 20k.

September 28, 2009 from web
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Old 28th September 2009, 11:47 PM   #14
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I sent a tweet to the winner with a link to Stop Sylvia.com. Too cheeky?
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Old 30th September 2009, 08:28 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Tricky View Post
Yeah. It's really a pity that you were slain by your kidnappers.
Sylvia resurrected me. I had to pay extra for that.
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Originally Posted by Chris H View Post
I sent a tweet to the winner with a link to Stop Sylvia.com. Too cheeky?
Too awesome!!!
I wish I would have thought of that.
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