# James Randi Owes Me $1,000,000 & Czarcasm Closed My Thread Without Reason **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 2, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246 "2004-01-02T07:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Question](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Question)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/141 "2004-01-03T02:56:55Z")
according to your skeptic word god… > [@](#): > > … juding from all these relationships, it must be a very interesting and rich theory, one where distance scales, coupling strengths and even the number of dimensions in spacetime are not fixed concepts but fluid entities that shift with our point of view ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/142 "2004-01-03T03:04:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > \*\*you must comprehend the flow in and out of your body to know truth. > \*\* My flow was unusually light this month. I think it was due to holiday stress. I conceptualize…not having to buy tampons again next month since my inner being and pyramid head saw fit to draw me inexorably toward the value size Tampax last week. FB ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/143 "2004-01-03T03:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FaerieBeth \* > My flow was unusually light this month. I think it was due to holiday stress. I conceptualize…not having to buy tampons again next month since my inner being and pyramid head saw fit to draw me inexorably toward the value size Tampax last week. Me too!!! **Question** was right!! We are all part of the same _hole_. Hopefully next month will go just as well for us, if not I hear LSD brings some relief. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/144 "2004-01-03T04:12:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > [http://superstringtheory.com/basics/basic2.html](http://superstringtheory.com/basics/basic2.html) > > do you see that graphic? > > that is the flow of energy that is your reality. It looks more like a reprise of an 1984 era demonstration of the floating point library of an 8 megahertz Macintosh computer. Some slag has colored it up by passing frames through an Amiga. Get yourself a 3D graphing package, and you can make hundreds of prettier, and wigglier, mathematically defined surfaces over the course of an evening. All devoid of meaning in the real world until you define the physical system to which they apply, but they’re a GREAT way to impress girls. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/145 "2004-01-03T04:16:28Z")
> [@](#): > > My flow was unusually light this month. I think it was due to holiday stress. I conceptualize…not having to buy tampons again next month since my inner being and pyramid head saw fit to draw me inexorably toward the value size Tampax last week. > > FB FaerieBeth, I love you. But in the future, try not to make root beer gush forth from my nasal passages. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/146 "2004-01-03T04:21:50Z")
root beer and your nasal passages are one. love, vanilla ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/147 "2004-01-03T04:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*root beer and your nasal passages are one. > > love, > vanilla \*\* Yes, **Gadfly** , “comprehend the flow” of the root beer. Out of your nasal passage and into the vast universe. Then, look at your hand.😃 FB ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/148 "2004-01-03T04:35:12Z")
I kept hoping that he’d come down become capable of communication. Oh well. Bless his heart, as they say. Good luck kid, Simon ps Someone call me for the meltdown. I just want to watch the peak, (you know, when the rabbit bites its own head off). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/149 "2004-01-03T04:36:09Z")
Oooooo, my hand looks like a tampon. Wanna borrow it? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/150 "2004-01-03T04:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > Yes, but **how _many_ capital letters**? Could it be…SEVEN? > > In fact, no. It is not seven, it is only four. Although, I think that, what with waveforms collapsing all around me, I may not be in the best position to discuss the importance of the number four. Don’t be silly; there is no number four. _waves hand in front of **carrot** ’s face_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/151 "2004-01-03T06:41:04Z")
I don’t understand all this concern over the earthquake “victims” in Iran. Being a victim is like a state of mind, man. Worst case scenario: they get killed and come back as gerbils and civil servants and stuff. Besides, all an earthquake is is energy, and all their bodies are is energy, so really, it’s no different than, like, an orgy, and who wouldn’t want to go to an orgy? Dude— I wonder if Randi would WIRE the money? Just think of that- the money would be ENERGY too! I’m going to claim that money too by virtue of my being invisible. Think about it- you know everything I just said, but can you see me? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/152 "2004-01-03T06:49:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > \*\*i love skeptics… > > keep trying to sound smart but know that you are educted stupid. > > \*\* Is that your theory or just an educted guess? I remember reading a quote from a Sikh mystic made in response to Timothy Leary’s championing of acid in the 1960s. He compared the person who “opened” his mind with psychadelics and claimed enlightenment to the person who takes a cable car to the top of a mountain and claims they climbed it. (Personally I think the Sikh mystic was loopy as well, but I totally get his point.) On the subject of “Where is ANSWER?”, Dude- we are ALL Answer… and Answer is us. (I am also Spartacus, Malcolm X, and Brian of Nazareth, and in various clubs I have been Auntie Depressance, Ebola Reston and Latorra Flambè.) ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/153 "2004-01-03T07:05:05Z")
I just wanted to say to **Ogre** …that was one damn fine post. Just to show that you didn’t write all of that for nothing (as Queston won’t even understand it), I think I’m going to go and start work on that assignment in the morning. 🙂 Do I have to show my work? hey **question** , understanding cowards in my shoes behind the seventh arena interfacing with the nebulous bunny in three quarter time while my hands floating in the quantum dialectic snickers bar. If you understand this energy is your reality insert quantum conceptualization flow into gluteal dimension seven times. Report findings. That is all. Oh yeah, bring pie. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/154 "2004-01-03T07:12:14Z")
Close the thread! Before the stupidity of Question falls, like a chip of ice-nine, into the great sea of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/155 "2004-01-03T07:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Question \* > \*\*well, i give up… it’s a fact … you are all educated stupid … > > i dunno, i’m kind of tired. i have one last proposition for you … > > if enough people believe that i am right i will win the $1,000,000 … > \*\* Thou art sadly mistaken. It’s not how many people believe you. It’s whether you are able to pass his tests. BTW, are you having a great time reading this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/156 "2004-01-03T07:16:41Z")
SNICKERS bar? I don’t like nuts in my candy. I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe. \ Actually, some poster less lazy than me could put together a quiz wherein you have to decide: is this loopy statement by **Question** or [Dr. Bronner of soap fame?](http://www.drbronner.com/story.html) ALL ONE! ALL ONE!! ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/157 "2004-01-03T07:25:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sampiro \* > \*\* > > Dude— I wonder if Randi would WIRE the money? Just think of that- the money would be ENERGY too! > > I’m going to claim that money too by virtue of my being invisible. Think about it- you know everything I just said, but can you see me? \*\* Perhaps Randi will just generate an energy superstring image of the money and send it to Question, who by using his energy onto the waveform of the image’s energy, be $100,000 bucks richer. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/158 "2004-01-03T07:30:43Z")
Jesus H. Christ on a hopped-up moped, people. This thread is like a, like a … well, wasn’t there an episode of “Dr. Who” where the TARDIS experienced a “chronic hysteresis”? That’s what this thread is like. If Question is indeed a hoaxing troll, he’s got to be the most successful one in SDMB history. If he’s for real, he’s a good advertisement for some kind of Commie-style reeducation camp. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/159 "2004-01-03T08:14:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > \*\*Close the thread! Before the stupidity of Question falls, like a chip of ice-nine, into the great sea of the SDMB. \*\* _–bestows “Pop Culture Reference of the Week” blue ribbon on post above–_ ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246/160 "2004-01-03T08:25:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > Actually, some poster less lazy than me could put together a quiz wherein you have to decide: is this loopy statement by Question or Dr. Bronner of soap fame? I have a quart of Bronner’s and too much time on my hands, so I’ll give it a go. **Question** ,\*\* Bronner\*\*, or\*\* Timecube\*\*? You make the call! _(Punctuation cleaned up on Question quotes.)_ [ul] [li]Enlightenment is riding the wave of consciousness, staying on top. Your mind has to be clear and you have to act without thinking. This is the key: NEVER DOUBT[/li] [li]Each swallow works hard to be perfect pilot-provider-builder-trainer-teacher-lover-mate, no half-true hate! So, each day like a bird, perfect thyself first! Have courage and smile my friend. Think and act 10 years ahead! And the man without fault? He’s dead![/li] [li]Academia & religion are one. Teachers & believers are one. Word educator is “your god”. [/li] [li]Long-term memory involves alternations in the shape of synapses and I thought that perhaps dark matter could influence the grouping of normal matter and that this could lead to memories of past experiences.[/li] [li]Help unite mankind, or we’re wandering clowns! Diligent preparation, precede… spectacular restoration!![/li] [li]You can experience the most vibrant reality if you force your mind to continually make choices without thinking…[/li] [li]Life rotation debunks Trinity.[/li] [li]…then our consciousness must exist to some extent outside of time because time is just something our physical brain creates to understand the raw data that is “reality.” Clearly reality is not derived from the concept of time, rather time is a part of reality.[/li] [li]I’m not just inventing terms as they come along and i’m not fooled by pseudoscience.[/li] [li]Warning! Keep Out of Eyes! Wash Out with Water! Don’t Drink Soap! Dilute! Dilute! or Wet Skin Well! OK![/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-randi-owes-me-1-000-000-czarcasm-closed-my-thread-without-reason/222246.md?page=9)