# Anybody got a Magic 8 Ball? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170 "2002-11-10T20:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarella09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@Barbarella09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarella09)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/1 "2002-11-10T20:26:04Z")
Would you be a lamb and give it a shake for me? Please ask the following question: **Should Barbarella stick with the current relationship?** I dig him, he digs me, but for now it has to be a long-distance thing. We still get to see each other from time to time, and we talk online or on the phone every day. But still, it’s hard… ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/2 "2002-11-10T20:32:12Z")
“Reboot,” says the 8 ball…wait…this isn’t an 8 ball…it’s one of those CDW “solutions wizards” (more like a Magic 3-ball or a red snooker ball, depending on region) that came as junk in the mail, along with a squishy foam remote control…sorry. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/3 "2002-11-10T21:18:13Z")
Yes, definenetly. ---
**Author:** ![Halfpint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@Halfpint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Halfpint)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/4 "2002-11-10T21:49:01Z")
Wish I could help you out, byut I keep my Magic 8 Ball at work these days. It tends to give better decisions than management. And it’s quicker. But I’ve just tossed a coin and it’s showing ‘Heads’, so the answer’s Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/5 "2002-11-10T22:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*It tends to give better decisions than management. And it’s quicker. \*\* I used to have one in my office - I called it my “Executive Decision Maker”. I gave it to my boss when I left though. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/6 "2002-11-10T22:58:23Z")
My first try was inconclusive. (It showed an edge of the die.) I suggest you try yourself: [http://8ball.federated.com/](http://8ball.federated.com/) ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/7 "2002-11-10T23:04:42Z")
My first try was inconclusive. (It showed an edge of the die.) I suggest you try yourself: [http://8ball.federated.com/](http://8ball.federated.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Barbarella09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@Barbarella09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarella09)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/8 "2002-11-10T23:14:47Z")
WooHooo!! Thanks, everybody! I think I’m gonna put the 8 Ball answers (and the coin toss - thanks, Halfpint!!) to rest while I’m ahead. 😃 And thanks to you all for not pointing out the irony of making major life decisions with the help of a plastic ball with weird blue stuff in it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/9 "2002-11-10T23:18:08Z")
Irony? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/10 "2002-11-10T23:59:47Z")
I was in a similar situation and queried [here](http://www.indra.com/8ball/front.html) All I asked was “Bob?” and it replied: Absolutely! Which amused me, because that’s one of Bob’s pet words! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/11 "2002-11-11T00:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarella09 \* > \*\*a plastic ball with weird blue stuff in it. 😉 \*\* In the name of fighting ignorance, I shall reveal the nature of the “blue stuff”. It is the blood of homonculous triapplismorphious. These creatures are commonly known as Smurfs. The casing of the ball is ordinary plastic, as is the viewing window. The various responses are printed in relief on the faces of a hollow icosahedron(a solid having 20 equal sides). The 8 Balls power to foresee probability is solely the result of Smurf blood. An online 8-ball is worthless. It is the equivalent of a pill capsule from which the medicine has been removed. My own preferred mode of augury is to tune my television to a dead channel and view the static. But, to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/12 "2002-11-11T02:57:27Z")
I used to have two… one was the the therapist one and the other was the regular one. I would get them into conversations, it was amusing. sorry, threw them both out. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/13 "2002-11-11T04:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > **An online 8-ball is worthless. It is the equivalent of a pill capsule from which the medicine has been removed.** Did you look at my link? It’s a real 8 Ball with real blue stuff. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-magic-8-ball/136170/14 "2002-11-11T19:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chula \* > \*\*Did you look at my link? It’s a real 8 Ball with real blue stuff. \*\* I did not look at the link before posting. I made an assumption. Something no scientist should do. I have looked at the link now. I admit my error. I apologize completely and unreservedly.