As I type this, magician David Blaine is suspended next to the London Bridge where he is sitting in an enclosed box without food for a month or so…
Since he thinks of himself as a magician in the Harry Houdini mold, I suppose it kinds of fits. My question is how is he doing it? How does he sneak nourishment with everyone watching him? What’s the trick?
Sorry if this has been posted before but I couldn’t find anything.
The water tube isn’t just water.
He’s getting water through a tube, but no food. You can go to the site, or watch on TV, if you want.
It’s not a trick, it’s a stunt.
He lies still, keeps warm and uses as few calories as possible.
Hunger strikers have lasted longer, so 44 days is medically possible.
I think it’s the boredom that is the hardest thing.
THere’s no way to proove the water doesn’t contain nutrients, etc.
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Not London Bridge but Tower Bridge
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“prove” not “proove” 
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From this website:
I believe that the water has also been checked by the Guinness Book of Records (however they still refuse to accept the stunt as it breaks no record for fasting)
The water is too obvious.
He does have some lip balm up there, however, there would have to be something pretty powerful in the lip balm to make it worth while.
He has a sleeping bag, maybe he sneaked in some snacks.
He also has a journal. Maybe the pages have been soaked in something (ala Rooster’s towel in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and he rips them out and munches them at night.
Then again, there was a suggestion in the Pit that he’s staying alive on er… Nob Cheese Nibbles[sup]TM[/sup]. Mmm- mmm.
However, I reckon that it really is a stunt rather than an illusion and he’s doing it for real. I hold judgement on the Nob Cheese though.
It’s Soylent Clear.
( Hijack )
Have you Americans heard what all the Londoner’s are doing to him? Or are they keeping it quite?
Surely it would be pretty trivial to rig up a system that feeds Blaine clear soluble nutrients and appears to produce pure water from the ‘test taps’, wouldn’t it?
I had heard on the radio that people were barbecuing underneath where he is suspended, so that he would smell food cooking. I also heard that someone attached a hamburger to a radio-controlled model heicopter and flew it up to where he could see it.
Hope you find these threads as entertaining as I did.
Is David Blaine asking to be abused?
Pitting David Blaine - lying already about stunt
And my favourite …
What would all you Dopers like to say to David Blaine?
Julie 
They’re also throwing eggs at him. Shouting abuse. And some guy cut off his water supply.
…and todays paper had Pail McCartney getting into a shoving match with a photographer. There’s publicity for ya.
PAUL!
Funniest quote from that McCartney scuffle:
The photographer was trying to take a picture of Paul who allegedly responded by saying “I’m here to look at that daft c**t not you”.
He’s getting it from the Satan!
SOYLENT CLEAR IS PEE-PEE!!!
We now return you to your thread.
This topic was discussed not long ago, so I’ll close this thread and direct further comment to the earlier thread: David Blaine will go without food for 44 days - is this possible?
bibliophage
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