Healing with a Porpoise?

Dub · 2nd September 2003, 02:53 PM

A new 'healing clinic' has just opened in my village; its slogan being the same as this topic's title (minus the question mark). I recently recieved a flyer for this new place through my door. Here's some of the blurb from the flyer:

The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good

Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?

Apart from offering standard beauty treatments, such as make-up, manicures etc, the clinic also offers:

PhD waxing - which is apparently the "most hygenic system available". Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD?
Reki - not surprising really given the resident 'master'
And of course dont forget the Reflexology!

I still have no idea where the porpoise comes into the equation

tracer · 2nd September 2003, 04:06 PM

Maybe it was immortal, until it was caught escorting young gulls across a state lion.

wayrad · 2nd September 2003, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dub
Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD?

It's probably Piled high & Deep

dingler44 · 2nd September 2003, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dub
The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?

Apart from offering standard beauty treatments, such as make-up, manicures etc, the clinic also offers:

PhD waxing - which is apparently the "most hygenic system available". Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD?

Here's what reiki.org has to say about cerification:

"Licensing

Anyone who has taken Reiki I&II can take ART/III Master training. This includes those who have studied with other teachers or schools. There are no other requirements. After taking ART/III Master training, you will have the basic requirements necessary to teach all levels of Reiki as an independent Reiki master.

You can begin teaching on your own or you may choose to continue your training and become a Center Licensed Reiki Master/Teacher. Licensing has many benefits. Information about our Licensing program can be found on the current schedule page.
"

Useful info huh? Sorry I even provided it... I will continue to search for what "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master" means. Wish me luck!

RichardR · 2nd September 2003, 04:57 PM

Obviously, healing is the porpoise of the clinic.

And M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T is obviously:

Master
Is
Failed
Healer
But
Is
Indiscriminately
Hawking
Hackneyed
Therapies

dingler44 · 2nd September 2003, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dub
The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?

You might not believe this... but I discovered it is based on an ancient Chinese cipher. God bless Google, I have found the key.

The solution:
My Incompetence Flows Heedlessly - Building Immodest, Impudent, (yet)Hallowed Half(or less) Truths

Zep · 2nd September 2003, 05:00 PM

Write "NO THANKS" on the flyer in big black pen. Then see if it can be made into a good paper plane. Then throw it back in their door one day. I do this to people who hand stuff out in the street - makes then MUCH madder than just binning it in their face.

dingler44 · 2nd September 2003, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RichardR
Obviously, healing is the porpoise of the clinic.

And M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T is obviously:

Master
Is
Failed
Healer
But
Is
Indiscriminately
Hawking
Hackneyed
Therapies

Doh! You did the same thing... while I was doing mine! Now I feel unoriginal and appear to have copied you - even though I didn't! oh well...

RSLancastr · 2nd September 2003, 06:20 PM

M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T

I would assume that the final three letters stand for Healing Hands Therapy/Therapist.

Are you sure there are no commas in there, such as M.I.F.H., B.I.I., H.H.T.?

Zep · 2nd September 2003, 11:32 PM

WHY ARE WE WORRYING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE! WHO THE F**K CARES!

IF THEY CANNOT EVEN SPELL THEIR OWN (dubious) QUALIFICATIONS THEN THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE NONE!

smahon · 3rd September 2003, 02:29 AM

"M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master".

Many
Imbeciles
From
Hereabouts
Believe
In
Idiotic
Half-assed
Healing
Trickery

Dragon · 3rd September 2003, 05:13 AM

If you weren't posting from Wales I'd have thought this was a Brooklyn thing.

BTW Where in Wales? Is it particularly New-Agey?

Dub · 3rd September 2003, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RSLancastr
M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T

I would assume that the final three letters stand for Healing Hands Therapy/Therapist.

Are you sure there are no commas in there, such as M.I.F.H., B.I.I., H.H.T.?

Nope, no commas. All seperated with full stops.

Quote:

Originally posted by Dragon
If you weren't posting from Wales I'd have thought this was a Brooklyn thing.

BTW Where in Wales? Is it particularly New-Agey?

Im in Cardiff. Fortunately its not too new-agey; although there are of course a few woo-woos floating round.

CFLarsen · 3rd September 2003, 06:44 AM

What is the....porpoise...of all this?

I remember vaguely a TV show with dolphins, I think it was with Robin Williams. Supposedly it was to show how gentle creatures dolphins were. While standing in the shallow water, RW got hit by a dolphin's nose pretty hard.

Dolphins are highly skilled predators, not at all these cute, benign animals who would never hurt anyone. Remember the clip with the dolphins tossing a seal among them until it died?

NewAgers have abused and perverted this animal into something it is not.

smahon · 3rd September 2003, 07:29 AM

To add to CFLarsen's post.

Large male dolphins also demonstrate their dominance by inserting their penis into the anus of subordinate males.
Maybe that's the sort of service being provided.

What was that the address again?

tracer · 3rd September 2003, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by smahon
Large male dolphins also demonstrate their dominance by inserting their penis into the anus of subordinate males.

Just like macacques.

dingler44 · 3rd September 2003, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tracer

Just like macacques.

You can do whatever you want with your caque but you don't have to talk about it here!

Dragon · 3rd September 2003, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dub

...

Im in Cardiff. Fortunately its not too new-agey; although there are of course a few woo-woos floating round.

Sorry, I meant the village where the clinic is ...
I'm from Abergavenny myself originally and the Border country tends to attract more than its fair share of woo-woos/new agers/middle-class hippies.

Dub · 3rd September 2003, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dragon

Sorry, I meant the village where the clinic is ...
I'm from Abergavenny myself originally and the Border country tends to attract more than its fair share of woo-woos/new agers/middle-class hippies.

The clinic is also in Cardiff

The village is in a suburb of Cardiff called Whitchurch.

T'ai Chi · 4th September 2003, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dub

, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?

First, I bet the flyer said "Reiki", not "Reki".

Second, I figured out what ""M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T" means.

Apparently "MIFHB" and "IIHHT" are designations, meaning that person is a member of or graduated from the International Federation of Health & Beauty Therapists and from the International Institute of Health and Holistic Therapies.

2nd September 2003, 02:53 PM	#1
Dub Thinker Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 247	Healing with a Porpoise? A new 'healing clinic' has just opened in my village; its slogan being the same as this topic's title (minus the question mark). I recently recieved a flyer for this new place through my door. Here's some of the blurb from the flyer: The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means? Apart from offering standard beauty treatments, such as make-up, manicures etc, the clinic also offers: PhD waxing - which is apparently the "most hygenic system available". Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD? Reki - not surprising really given the resident 'master' And of course dont forget the Reflexology! I still have no idea where the porpoise comes into the equation
Dub Thinker Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 247	__________________ "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." Sir Winston Churchill "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." Richard Dawkins "Our ignorance is God; what we know is science." Robert Ingersoll "The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry." Richard Dawkins "Paranormal phenomena have a habit of going away whenever they are tested under rigorous conditions. This is why the $1 million reward of James Randi is safe." Richard Dawkins

2nd September 2003, 04:06 PM	#2
tracer Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, Calif. Posts: 1,356	Maybe it was immortal, until it was caught escorting young gulls across a state lion.
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2nd September 2003, 04:33 PM	#3
wayrad Muse Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 739	Re: Healing with a Porpoise? Quote: Originally posted by Dub Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD? It's probably Piled high & Deep
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2nd September 2003, 04:42 PM	#4
dingler44 Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 264	Re: Healing with a Porpoise? Quote: Originally posted by Dub The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means? Apart from offering standard beauty treatments, such as make-up, manicures etc, the clinic also offers: PhD waxing - which is apparently the "most hygenic system available". Not really sure what a "PhD wax" is. Does the wax hold a PhD? Here's what reiki.org has to say about cerification: "Licensing Anyone who has taken Reiki I&II can take ART/III Master training. This includes those who have studied with other teachers or schools. There are no other requirements. After taking ART/III Master training, you will have the basic requirements necessary to teach all levels of Reiki as an independent Reiki master. You can begin teaching on your own or you may choose to continue your training and become a Center Licensed Reiki Master/Teacher. Licensing has many benefits. Information about our Licensing program can be found on the current schedule page. " Useful info huh? Sorry I even provided it... I will continue to search for what "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master" means. Wish me luck!

2nd September 2003, 04:57 PM	#5
RichardR Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,281	Obviously, healing is the porpoise of the clinic. And M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T is obviously: Master Is Failed Healer But Is Indiscriminately Hawking Hackneyed Therapies
RichardR Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,281

2nd September 2003, 05:00 PM	#6
dingler44 Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 264	Re: Healing with a Porpoise? Quote: Originally posted by Dub *The clinic is run by Genene Wall, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must* be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?** You might not believe this... but I discovered it is based on an ancient Chinese cipher. God bless Google, I have found the key. The solution: My Incompetence Flows Heedlessly - Building Immodest, Impudent, (yet)Hallowed Half(or less) Truths

2nd September 2003, 05:00 PM	#7
Zep Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 26,985	Write "NO THANKS" on the flyer in big black pen. Then see if it can be made into a good paper plane. Then throw it back in their door one day. I do this to people who hand stuff out in the street - makes then MUCH madder than just binning it in their face.
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2nd September 2003, 05:01 PM	#8
dingler44 Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 264	Quote: Originally posted by RichardR Obviously, healing is the porpoise of the clinic. And M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T is obviously: Master Is Failed Healer But Is Indiscriminately Hawking Hackneyed Therapies Doh! You did the same thing... while I was doing mine! Now I feel unoriginal and appear to have copied you - even though I didn't! oh well...

2nd September 2003, 06:20 PM	#9
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,545	M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T I would assume that the final three letters stand for Healing Hands Therapy/Therapist. Are you sure there are no commas in there, such as M.I.F.H., B.I.I., H.H.T.?

2nd September 2003, 11:32 PM	#10
Zep Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 26,985	WHY ARE WE WORRYING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE! WHO THE F**K CARES! IF THEY CANNOT EVEN SPELL THEIR OWN (dubious) QUALIFICATIONS THEN THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE NONE!
Zep Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 26,985

3rd September 2003, 02:29 AM	#11
smahon New Blood Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21	"M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". Many Imbeciles From Hereabouts Believe In Idiotic Half-assed Healing Trickery
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3rd September 2003, 05:13 AM	#12
Dragon Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,403	Bad joke (on porpoise) If you weren't posting from Wales I'd have thought this was a Brooklyn thing. BTW Where in Wales? Is it particularly New-Agey?
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3rd September 2003, 06:30 AM	#13
Dub Thinker Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 247	Quote: Originally posted by RSLancastr M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T I would assume that the final three letters stand for Healing Hands Therapy/Therapist. Are you sure there are no commas in there, such as M.I.F.H., B.I.I., H.H.T.? Nope, no commas. All seperated with full stops. Quote: Originally posted by Dragon If you weren't posting from Wales I'd have thought this was a Brooklyn thing. BTW Where in Wales? Is it particularly New-Agey? Im in Cardiff. Fortunately its not too new-agey; although there are of course a few woo-woos floating round.
Dub Thinker Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 247	__________________ "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." Sir Winston Churchill "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." Richard Dawkins "Our ignorance is God; what we know is science." Robert Ingersoll "The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry." Richard Dawkins "Paranormal phenomena have a habit of going away whenever they are tested under rigorous conditions. This is why the $1 million reward of James Randi is safe." Richard Dawkins

3rd September 2003, 06:44 AM	#14
CFLarsen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 42,804	What is the....porpoise...of all this? I remember vaguely a TV show with dolphins, I think it was with Robin Williams. Supposedly it was to show how gentle creatures dolphins were. While standing in the shallow water, RW got hit by a dolphin's nose pretty hard. Dolphins are highly skilled predators, not at all these cute, benign animals who would never hurt anyone. Remember the clip with the dolphins tossing a seal among them until it died? NewAgers have abused and perverted this animal into something it is not.
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3rd September 2003, 07:29 AM	#15
smahon New Blood Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21	To add to CFLarsen's post. Large male dolphins also demonstrate their dominance by inserting their penis into the anus of subordinate males. Maybe that's the sort of service being provided. What was that the address again?
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3rd September 2003, 07:39 AM	#16
tracer Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, Calif. Posts: 1,356	Quote: Originally posted by smahon Large male dolphins also demonstrate their dominance by inserting their penis into the anus of subordinate males. Just like macacques.
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3rd September 2003, 08:51 AM	#17
dingler44 Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 264	Quote: Originally posted by tracer Just like macacques. You can do whatever you want with your caque but you don't have to talk about it here!

3rd September 2003, 09:17 AM	#18
Dragon Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,403	Quote: Originally posted by Dub ... Im in Cardiff. Fortunately its not too new-agey; although there are of course a few woo-woos floating round. Sorry, I meant the village where the clinic is ... I'm from Abergavenny myself originally and the Border country tends to attract more than its fair share of woo-woos/new agers/middle-class hippies.
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3rd September 2003, 05:29 PM	#19
Dub Thinker Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 247	Quote: Originally posted by Dragon Sorry, I meant the village where the clinic is ... I'm from Abergavenny myself originally and the Border country tends to attract more than its fair share of woo-woos/new agers/middle-class hippies. The clinic is also in Cardiff The village is in a suburb of Cardiff called Whitchurch.
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4th September 2003, 09:47 PM	#20
T'ai Chi Penultimate Amazing Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11,235	Re: Healing with a Porpoise? Quote: Originally posted by Dub *, who is a "M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T Reki Master". She must* be good Does anyong know what this grandious title acutally means?** First, I bet the flyer said "Reiki", not "Reki". Second, I figured out what ""M.I.F.H.B.I.I.H.H.T" means. Apparently "MIFHB" and "IIHHT" are designations, meaning that person is a member of or graduated from the International Federation of Health & Beauty Therapists and from the International Institute of Health and Holistic Therapies.
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