# ouija **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 16, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251 "2007-01-16T21:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hereKittyKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hereKittyKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hereKittyKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/1 "2007-01-16T21:52:56Z")
i was trying to just make a comment on cecile’s answer on the Ouija Board, I’m not sure if I’m doing this right by selecting a new thread… but here goes. In my personal experience in using an Ouija board, with my eyes closed… the planchette still moves. If you concentrate and use the Ouija respectfully it’s still quite the mystery, not **always** involuntary movements (though I’m sure that’s true in some cases) I think everybody should use once at least once with an open mind, it’s pretty surprising. We do NOT know what the afterlife is like, nobody does, not for sure, so when something like an Ouija board, dealing with the supernatural, you can never tell, even with science. What do you guys think? Bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![hereKittyKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hereKittyKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hereKittyKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/2 "2007-01-16T21:59:11Z")
sorry, link to page i was talking about [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mouija.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mouija.html) ---
**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 16, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/3 "2007-01-16T22:11:38Z")
[QUOTE=hereKittyKitty] What do you guys think? Bullshit? [/QUOTE] Succinctly put. (And welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board!) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/4 "2007-01-16T23:18:13Z")
[QUOTE=hereKittyKitty] If you concentrate and use the Ouija respectfully it’s still quite the mystery, not **always** involuntary movements [/quote] Unfortunately, that’s not true. There’s no mystery. If you can’t see the board, nothing useful happens. > [@](#): > > We do NOT know what the afterlife is like, nobody does, not for sure, so when something like an Ouija board, dealing with the supernatural, you can never tell, even with science. In this case, however, we’re dealing with parlor tricks, not the supernatural. It’s actually pretty easy to dismiss the Ouija board for what it is, a fun game that relies on involuntary movements and suggestibility. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/5 "2007-01-16T23:30:29Z")
Speaking of Ouija boards, I tried it with my brother and with my sister when I was a kid, and, it just didn’t work. I didn’t believe it would be supernatural, but I was looking forward to seeing what our joint subconsciousses would come up with. And they came up with nothing. How unusual is this? What does it mean about me, if anything? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![hereKittyKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hereKittyKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hereKittyKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/6 "2007-01-17T14:37:31Z")
im definately going to be checking this out with my board and doing some blindfold experiments, i’ll try and let you guys know what happens once i get the chance. I don’t know, I guess I’m really in touch with my spiritual side, i’ll try not to let that get in the way. ---
**Author:** ![hereKittyKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hereKittyKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hereKittyKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/7 "2007-01-17T14:42:35Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] How unusual is this? What does it mean about me, if anything? -FrL- [/QUOTE] How unusual is it for the board not to work? It’s not. And if you were trying it with other people it might not reveal much about you individually if it were just the subconsciece mind. in my opinion, you should try again, though it’s always a good idea to read up on something if you don’t know much about it before you try it again. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/8 "2007-01-17T15:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=hereKittyKitty] We do NOT know what the afterlife is like, nobody does, not for sure, so when something like an Ouija board, dealing with the supernatural, you can never tell, even with science. [/QUOTE] What afterlife? If you know nothing about it, how do you know it exists? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/9 "2007-01-17T18:34:16Z")
[QUOTE=hereKittyKitty] What do you guys think? Bullshit? [/QUOTE] Welcome to the forum, Kitty. If you spend a little time here looking around the various threads, you should be able to predict that pretty much everone here indeed thinks it’s bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![hereKittyKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@hereKittyKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hereKittyKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/10 "2007-01-19T17:59:25Z")
contrapuntal, exactly. but you never can tell if an actual \*afterlife \* does exist either. and i know most of you probably think its bullshit but you can never make up your mind about something without checking it out for yourself first. not coming back to this thread until i myself have looked into it more. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija/388251/11 "2007-01-19T18:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=hereKittyKitty] contrapuntal, exactly. but you never can tell if an actual \*afterlife \* does exist either. and i know most of you probably think its bullshit but you can never make up your mind about something without checking it out for yourself first. not coming back to this thread until i myself have looked into it more. [/QUOTE] Where do we send the flowers? 😉