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Semi-Normal · 09-05-2003, 10:24 AM

I tried using one when I was a kid, not knowing about any of what people say is the proper way to use them (praying etc... I'm an atheist anyway though heh), and nothing happened at all.

On the other hand, my mother told me about a time she, my father and a group of their friends used one. They asked what horse was going to win the first race at the races they were going to the next day, and then asked which horse was going to win the next one. The first horse had a normal name (as far as horse names go) but the second one was apparently called "Dark Knowledge". At the races the next day they laughed it all off and only put a little money on the first horse, as the odds were strongly against it. It won however, so they put a lot more on the horse called Dark Knowledge in the following race. It fell over during the race and they lost their money.

I'm not sure what to make of the story, but my mother is a very down-to-earth person not given to making stuff like that up, and swears it's a true story. My father is a complete skeptic, and when I asked him about it he looked uncomfortable and muttered something about "nonsense".

09-05-2003, 10:24 AM	#31 (permalink)
Semi-Normal Insane Location: Christchurch, New Zealand	I tried using one when I was a kid, not knowing about any of what people say is the proper way to use them (praying etc... I'm an atheist anyway though heh), and nothing happened at all. On the other hand, my mother told me about a time she, my father and a group of their friends used one. They asked what horse was going to win the first race at the races they were going to the next day, and then asked which horse was going to win the next one. The first horse had a normal name (as far as horse names go) but the second one was apparently called "Dark Knowledge". At the races the next day they laughed it all off and only put a little money on the first horse, as the odds were strongly against it. It won however, so they put a lot more on the horse called Dark Knowledge in the following race. It fell over during the race and they lost their money. I'm not sure what to make of the story, but my mother is a very down-to-earth person not given to making stuff like that up, and swears it's a true story. My father is a complete skeptic, and when I asked him about it he looked uncomfortable and muttered something about "nonsense". __________________ I'm not lazy, I'm "motivationally challenged." Last edited by Semi-Normal; 09-06-2003 at 09:58 AM..