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Old 22nd June 2006, 02:20 PM   #1
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Wink James Randi - Cottingley Fairies - Video

Well, errr, this file fell off the back of a computer.. somewhere....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...24311831896636

or

http://tinyurl.com/lmwpd

James Randi explains the Cottingley Fairies
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Old 22nd June 2006, 02:31 PM   #2
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Keep'em coming....
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Old 22nd June 2006, 02:59 PM   #3
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James Randi in Yorkshire!!! My County an' all!!
Bless Conan Doyle, he did believe some nonsense! If only the girls had photoshop..a bit of Gaussian blur and no-one would have rumbled them!
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Old 23rd June 2006, 11:20 AM   #4
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@Azrael: I doubt it. You just know they couldn't have resisted scattering sparkles and rainbows and lens flares all over the place.
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Old 23rd June 2006, 11:36 AM   #5
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But...that would have made it more REAL!!
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Old 23rd June 2006, 11:45 AM   #6
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Realer than real. Better too. Lisa Frank, look out!
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Old 23rd June 2006, 11:45 AM   #7
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I cant believe that anyone actually believed this nonsense....god the human race is an embarrassment sometimes..
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Old 23rd June 2006, 11:47 AM   #8
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good lord those looked so facke, people had pretty low standards back then didnt they? maybe they thought the waterfall was blurred to depth of field...or maybe it was haunted!
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