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    A modicum of 'musement.

    I just found about out some helplessly comic woo.

    Read about it here.

    Now, I don't want any sniggering at the back, and I 'speshly don't want any of you cynical old dancers thinking negative thoughts immediately after 11am on the sixth of March.

    But I thought you'd all want to know (and I must say, I had not realised that this had happened) that
    Quote Originally Posted by well-meaning idiots
    It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen.
    So. More positive thinking.

    And I am going to be retiring to my living room and pondering why it is, in the light of this scientific discovery, that no matter how many times I've thought about Helen Mirren I only met her the once, and even then nothing happened...

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry, quoting the website View Post
    It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen.
    Yes but it gets even better with the next sentence:
    It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen. Some call this quantum physics
    I must have seriously missed something in physics lessons.

    (Although if it had said "some call this the placebo effect" I'd nearly have agreed with them, in that specific case, anyway.)
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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post
    Yes but it gets even better with the next sentence:
    I must have seriously missed something in physics lessons.

    (Although if it had said "some call this the placebo effect" I'd nearly have agreed with them, in that specific case, anyway.)
    To be fair, I think that a certain "quantum flavour" does run through the writing. It begs the question, if an article is a load of *******s would that still be the case even if no one was there to read it?

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post
    (Although if it had said "some call this the placebo effect" I'd nearly have agreed with them, in that specific case, anyway.)
    I wouls only agree with "some call this coincidence"

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    And I am going to be retiring to my living room and pondering why it is, in the light of this scientific discovery, that no matter how many times I've thought about Helen Mirren I only met her the once, and even then nothing happened...
    Because you didn't have enough faith behind the thought, silly billy.

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by isis View Post
    because you didn't have enough faith behind the thought, silly billy. :wethaddock:
    OKAY!

    Well, that's one giant breakthrough for me.

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Well, that's one giant breakthrough for me.
    I'm so glad to hear it!

    If there's anything else I can do to deepen your understanding of the woo woo, just let me know

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Isis View Post
    Because you didn't have enough faith behind the thought, silly billy.
    And did you think about her on the 3rd month, the 6th day and the 9th year?

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    Re: A modicum of 'musement.

    Quote Originally Posted by batnurse View Post
    And did you think about her on the 3rd month, the 6th day and the 9th year?
    Almost certainly...

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