How does this Crystal Ball thingy work?

Batsinma_Belfry · June 23, 2003, 3:10am

Larry_Griffin-Kentzel · June 23, 2003, 4:01am

Since this has a factual answer, I’ll move it to GQ for you.

Cajun Man ~ SDMB Moderator

Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink · June 23, 2003, 4:05am

Once you add the sum of any two didgit number, and the subtract that sum from the original, it’s always a multiple of nine.

The only possible numbers are:

81
72
63
54
45
36
27
18
9

And those are always the same symbols

Loopus · June 23, 2003, 4:17am

Your link is taking forever to load for me, but it sounds like the same thing Snopes describes here.

DarrenS · June 23, 2003, 4:45am

Others too have wondered this: