A nice catch 22 for Mr Blaine
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Where can I place a bet? It looks like easy money from here!:laugh: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."Roger Wright wrote: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs." Reminds me of Gov. Gray Davis. :cough: Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
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Blaine's chances get slimmer[^] - there's no fighting science!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionI had read (a week or so ago) that 44 days wasn't really all that much. The doctor said that some Irish prisoners went on a hunger strike at one point and one of them went for 70 days until he went unconscious. He said that 44 days would be doable by anyone who wasn't sick or had weak health. [Edit] Found it. Link[^] But is the stunt really dangerous? How great a feat is it for a fit 30-year-old man to exist only on water for 44 days? In interviews, Blaine displays breathtaking ignorance about what he is trying to do. 'There are rumours that people have gone without food for longer,' he told an interviewer last week. 'Bobby Sands (the IRA prisoner who went on hunger strike) supposedly did 66 days. But I don't know if he slipped into a coma on like, day 17, or what.' In fact, it is well documented that Sands was conscious throughout his 66-day hunger strike. At the end, he was blind and emaciated but conscious. The average survival period of the 1981 Irish hunger strikers was 55 days and one of them, Laurence McKeown, lasted 70 days before falling into a coma and being nursed back to health. But these facts are extremely inconvenient for the entertainer who is determined to present his 44-day target as a superhuman feat. Jeremy Ward, professor of respiratory cell physiology at Kings College, London, said: 'In my opinion, he should be able to do this. He would be very unlucky to die. You have to be fit to do it for six weeks and anyone with any underlying disease would not last. But if he is going to have water, then he could certainly do it.' 'That is not to say it will be pleasant, but it is do-able.' [/Edit] ------------------------------------------ The ousted but stubbornly non-dead leader reportedly released an audiotape this weekend, ending by calling on Iraqis to, quote, "resist the occupation in any way you can, from writing on walls, to boycotting, to demonstrating and taking up arms." adding, "you know, pretty much anything I used to kill you for." - The Daily Show
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Blaine's chances get slimmer[^] - there's no fighting science!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionI hate him. Maybe he'll do us all a favor and starve to death.
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Roger Wright wrote: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs." Reminds me of Gov. Gray Davis. :cough: Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
I was thinking back to Pres. Gerald Ford.:-D "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
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I hate him. Maybe he'll do us all a favor and starve to death.
I'm curious. Why do you hate a guy that's just trying to make a living? His industry is entertainment where it's his job to do whatever it takes to draw attention to himself. Nobody's forcing people to look. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson -
I had read (a week or so ago) that 44 days wasn't really all that much. The doctor said that some Irish prisoners went on a hunger strike at one point and one of them went for 70 days until he went unconscious. He said that 44 days would be doable by anyone who wasn't sick or had weak health. [Edit] Found it. Link[^] But is the stunt really dangerous? How great a feat is it for a fit 30-year-old man to exist only on water for 44 days? In interviews, Blaine displays breathtaking ignorance about what he is trying to do. 'There are rumours that people have gone without food for longer,' he told an interviewer last week. 'Bobby Sands (the IRA prisoner who went on hunger strike) supposedly did 66 days. But I don't know if he slipped into a coma on like, day 17, or what.' In fact, it is well documented that Sands was conscious throughout his 66-day hunger strike. At the end, he was blind and emaciated but conscious. The average survival period of the 1981 Irish hunger strikers was 55 days and one of them, Laurence McKeown, lasted 70 days before falling into a coma and being nursed back to health. But these facts are extremely inconvenient for the entertainer who is determined to present his 44-day target as a superhuman feat. Jeremy Ward, professor of respiratory cell physiology at Kings College, London, said: 'In my opinion, he should be able to do this. He would be very unlucky to die. You have to be fit to do it for six weeks and anyone with any underlying disease would not last. But if he is going to have water, then he could certainly do it.' 'That is not to say it will be pleasant, but it is do-able.' [/Edit] ------------------------------------------ The ousted but stubbornly non-dead leader reportedly released an audiotape this weekend, ending by calling on Iraqis to, quote, "resist the occupation in any way you can, from writing on walls, to boycotting, to demonstrating and taking up arms." adding, "you know, pretty much anything I used to kill you for." - The Daily Show
It ways though that the Irish strikers took in salt and water, where Blaine has said he will only be taking water. The salt is the catch 22 :).
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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Where can I place a bet? It looks like easy money from here!:laugh: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."I got a hit on my blog from this[^] google search :cool:.
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion -
I got a hit on my blog from this[^] google search :cool:.
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion:laugh: Google is good, but not yet perfect. The site is for Richard Wright and Roger Waters. I'm much too bashful to be famous...:rolleyes: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
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Blaine's chances get slimmer[^] - there's no fighting science!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionJust a thought - Imagine the smell when he finally leaves his coffin box. X| "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs." -
:laugh: Google is good, but not yet perfect. The site is for Richard Wright and Roger Waters. I'm much too bashful to be famous...:rolleyes: "Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs."Roger Wright wrote: I'm much too bashful to be famous... :laugh:
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion -
I'm curious. Why do you hate a guy that's just trying to make a living? His industry is entertainment where it's his job to do whatever it takes to draw attention to himself. Nobody's forcing people to look. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen SigvardssonI think that was Blaine's janitor. :) Regards, Alvaro
Hey! It compiles! Ship it.
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Blaine's chances get slimmer[^] - there's no fighting science!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionI don't get it. It's one thing to escape from a device or do illusions, but locking yourself in a box or sitting on a pole or whatever has always baffled me as to the point.
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I don't get it. It's one thing to escape from a device or do illusions, but locking yourself in a box or sitting on a pole or whatever has always baffled me as to the point.
Joe Woodbury wrote: You've hit the nail on the head. If this was David Copperfield he'd actually be sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying himself while we all thought he was in the box. That is surely the whole point of being an illusionist?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion -
It ways though that the Irish strikers took in salt and water, where Blaine has said he will only be taking water. The salt is the catch 22 :).
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionLooks like you're right: The hunger striker refuses everything except water and salt. At least three litres of water a day is consumed; salt is taken separately. Link[^] ------------------------------------------ The ousted but stubbornly non-dead leader reportedly released an audiotape this weekend, ending by calling on Iraqis to, quote, "resist the occupation in any way you can, from writing on walls, to boycotting, to demonstrating and taking up arms." adding, "you know, pretty much anything I used to kill you for." - The Daily Show
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I think that was Blaine's janitor. :) Regards, Alvaro
Hey! It compiles! Ship it.
Alvaro Mendez wrote: Hey! It compiles! Ship it. Damn right! Says so right there in the output window - "0 errors, 0 warnings". :) Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen Sigvardsson -
Joe Woodbury wrote: You've hit the nail on the head. If this was David Copperfield he'd actually be sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying himself while we all thought he was in the box. That is surely the whole point of being an illusionist?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionNah, i think the whole point of this "illusion" is that he is somehow getting his food still brought to him, and he is probably still eating. maybe thru the water, maybe thru an invisible monkey...i don't know. But, to me, that's the illusion here. Bottom line is he is getting food and i don't know how. D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
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Blaine's chances get slimmer[^] - there's no fighting science!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionI liked the South Park ep with David Blaine. "And now, Mr. Blaine will attempt to eat his own head."
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I'm curious. Why do you hate a guy that's just trying to make a living? His industry is entertainment where it's his job to do whatever it takes to draw attention to himself. Nobody's forcing people to look. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - Jörgen SigvardssonHe's a self-aggrandizing bastard. He draws attention to himself and proclaims that he's great for performing stunts that other people have done better. He used to associate with Leonardo DiCaprio. His industry isn't entertainment, it's celebrity. Nobody is entertained by him, only bemused. He's one of those folks who are celebrities because they're celebrities. And I'm not the only one. Seems like everyone in London hates him too.
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He's a self-aggrandizing bastard. He draws attention to himself and proclaims that he's great for performing stunts that other people have done better. He used to associate with Leonardo DiCaprio. His industry isn't entertainment, it's celebrity. Nobody is entertained by him, only bemused. He's one of those folks who are celebrities because they're celebrities. And I'm not the only one. Seems like everyone in London hates him too.
I have only one thing to say to the people of London who have been harassing him.... Keep up the good work! :) Neil Van Eps "Standard deviation not enough for perverted statistician" - Headline from the Onion June 25 2003