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Rockstar's Challenge
2005.08.31 (Wed) 22:30

Okay, all you superpowered psychic folks, here's your chance to warm up for a shot at the JREF million dollar challenge! Fellow clever skeptic blogger Rockstar has issued an exciting challenge, open to any psychics, remote viewers, clairvoyants, or what have you.

The challenge? Guess what's inside an envelope sitting on top of Rockstar's TV. Bonus points for guessing what's written on the outside of the envelope. But no million dollars, as far as we know. Hey, rock stars gotta eat, too.

For the sake of fairness, Rockstar has e-mailed the answers to this challenge to his webmaster, to us, and to other fellow clever skeptic Skeptico (after whom, we believe, the adjective itself was named). Hey, we may be skeptics and smart-asses, but we've been totally honest throughout all our Ranting and raving. Except that one time.

We'll be very interested to see if any "psychics" (or, for that matter, what-have-yous) take up Rockstar's challenge...and if any of them get it right.

And no, we're not going to give you any hints.


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Comments

S.T.R., 2005.09.01 (Thu) 10:16 [Link] »

Clearly, since I am psychic, and also omnipresent, and all seeing etc. etc. It is clear that there is no envelope on the TV, and therefore nothing in it, or on it.

Assuming, That is incorrect, then I was just joking, and seriously, there is a jack of clubs from a blue hoyale card deck. And on the envelop is written the following "Bacon is warm"

AND again, if I am wrong, then I was just joking and this is my real answer: I have been given this gift of psychiness but was told, in a psychic vision, from myself in the future that I must not actually use my amazing talents, or else the whole world would cease to exist. Meaning, I must have made the world cease to exist in the future when I used my amazing powers to tell myself not to use them. Which means, who needs money? Therefor JAMES randi will not get to see me, and even if I proved my trueness, everything would cease to be, including the money. SO, as you can see, my claims cannont be falsified, so I win right?

**I would already know if I won if I used my powers, but again there is that pesky existence ceasing to exist business.... soooooo.... yeah.



MBains, 2005.09.02 (Fri) 11:53 [Link] »

There's a guitar pick in it and "where'd I put my pick?" written on it.

Send the award money to my widow. An SASE is in the mail.



Grendel, 2005.09.02 (Fri) 19:10 [Link] »

Inside: used movie theater ticket.

Outside: "Challenge"



Grendel, 2005.09.02 (Fri) 21:05 [Link] »

Inside: Small amount of oxygen and some flat object.

Outside: Dust



Fan-man, 2005.09.04 (Sun) 13:21 [Link] »

Inside: Strands of bleached blonde hair with a couple of short curlies and specific longitude/latitude mapping coordinates to a remote location traced to the island of Aruba.

Outside: "What I did on my summer vacation."



Grendel, 2005.09.05 (Mon) 16:52 [Link] »

Colonel Peacock, library, candlestick.



Rockstar, 2005.09.06 (Tue) 12:16 [Link] »

Too funny dudes. I thought someone might use the random word generator here. I'll try...

Armor.

Nevermind, that probably wouldn't fit in an envelope.

On a side note, this chick I'm seeing now thinks I'm insane when she saw my TV set...



Grendel, 2005.09.06 (Tue) 19:03 [Link] »

Armour Baking Soda would fit.



Rockstar, 2005.09.07 (Wed) 17:42 [Link] »

Here is the answer. Were you all right?



Grendel, 2005.09.07 (Wed) 20:48 [Link] »

YOU CHEATED.



Fan-man, 2005.09.07 (Wed) 22:23 [Link] »

I knew the answer all along, but was holding out for a TV deal. Maybe next time.



MBains, 2005.09.08 (Thu) 09:08 [Link] »

I was right.

I just didn't want to embarrass anyone by proving it...

(@#()$# flippin' coffee cup??? LOL!)



Rockstar, 2005.09.08 (Thu) 09:10 [Link] »

Yeah, I just opened the envelope, and set the coffee cup flat on my TV.

C'mon, I had to make it hard!



Grendel, 2005.09.08 (Thu) 17:34 [Link] »

I knew precisely what was in the envelope as well as what was written on its outside. I simply refuse to cheapen my psychic gift by performing like some sort of trained seal.

Harrumph!



The Two Percent Company, 2005.09.19 (Mon) 22:19 [Link] »

We knew the answer all along! Of course, Rockstar sent us the answer in advance, but hey, that doesn't prove that we aren't psychic, right? In fact, we used our psychic powers to make him send us the answer. Yeah, that's it!

Now, everybody go congratulate Rockstar for managing to get a coffee mug into an envelope.



Grendel, 2005.09.21 (Wed) 17:44 [Link] »

How do we know you an' Rockstar ain't in cahoots???

Ain't none o' us seen no 'coffee mug', no danged 'envelope'........

Ah protest!



Rockstar, 2005.09.22 (Thu) 16:23 [Link] »

JEEZ GRENDEL LOL DONT U NO THAT WE R L33T HAX0R5 LOL WTF???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

LOL WTF WE TOTALY FOOLED THE HOLE INTERENETS!!!!!111!1ONES!!!ELEVEN!1!

/ typed in 12 AOL user for your viewing pleasure




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