# Sale on Magic Wands! (AP story) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896 "2003-01-31T16:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/161 "2019-08-01T17:30:57Z")
> [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > Who made the shirt on your back? WHAT was their name? TELL ME NOW, or the shirt isn’t real, isn’t made of actual fabric, and is in fact a figment of your imagination!!! Spectra USA Apparel Company, cut and made in Chino, California out of 100% cotton…and I’m pretty sure that if this shirt was a figment of my imagination I would have been fired by now. Got any _more_ pathetic diversionary tactics to throw my way? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/162 "2019-08-01T17:31:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Dogs flew space ships! The Aztecs invented the vacation! Men and Women are the same sex! Our forefathers took drugs! Your brain is not the boss! That’s right, everything you know is WRONG! TBH this makes as much or more sense than the reality I currently seem to be inhabiting. I want a transfer. ---
**Author:** ![King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_of_the_Americas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/163 "2019-08-01T17:32:00Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ^Fans the flames of trollism, hastening the end of truth^ ---
**Author:** ![King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_of_the_Americas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/164 "2019-08-01T17:34:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Spectra USA Apparel Company, cut and made in Chino, California out of 100% cotton…and I’m pretty sure that if this shirt was a figment of my imagination I would have been fired by now. > Got any _more_ pathetic diversionary tactics to throw my way? No I mean the person. Companies don’t DO anything. They employ PEOPLE who do. So you DON’T know who made your shirt…? I guess “Tibet” made my wand. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/165 "2019-08-01T17:38:16Z")
> [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > No I mean the person. Companies don’t DO anything. They employ PEOPLE who do. So you DON’T know who made your shirt…? > > I guess “Tibet” made my wand. We _know_ a Malaysian eBay huckster sold it to you…but that seems to be about as far as our actual knowledge goes…unless you have anything factual to add. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/166 "2019-08-01T17:38:17Z")
> [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > What is your point exactly, that lucky shoes are ONLY pretty and comfortable, maybe durable and performance enabling, but NOT ‘more’ than the sum of the parts, based o the wearer’s perception or “Placebo Effect”…just isn’t ‘fair’…it’s wrong…it’s witchcraft? > > Where’s the harm? If a talisman gives you courage, carry it. Why do you have to shite in someone else’s Cheerios? You speak about something you have NEVER exposed yourself to quote someone you’ve never met, and let me let you in on a little secret. I don’t know you, but I know cats, and they know assholes. If you own a cat, he has absolutely looked at you and said, “You are an asshole.” You just don’t read body language. My point is that “I bought the wand because I liked it” is a completely reasonable and sufficient argument. “I bought the wand because I liked it, and I think it brings me luck” is also pretty unassailable – no one can testify to your mental perceptions better than you can. Saying “I bought the wand because I liked it, and _you_ should think it brings me luck”, which is what you are doing by claiming that it “redirects chakra energy” and all the other bullshit you’ve said in bumping this 16 year-old thread, is an objective claim that no one around here will accept without evidence. Which you have signally failed to provide. And yes, my cat does sometimes think I’m an asshole. Usually when I give his underweight sister canned food, but only give his fat ass a spoonful. But I’m not bothered if a cat thinks I’m an asshole. Or if a moron thinks I’m one, either. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/167 "2019-08-01T17:44:30Z")
> [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > ^Fans the flames of trollism, hastening the end of truth^ You’re just jealous that the revealed contents of _his_ sigmoid colon are more appealing to the masses than the contents of yours. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/168 "2019-08-01T17:46:21Z")
> [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” TM Wonka I like a good fiction book now and then myself. And Marvel movies. And documentaries about Ghostbusters. Metal sticks, on the other hand, do nothing for me. > [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](#): > > You are comparing a scepter to a wand…YEAH, they are different. > > Size, shape, and utility NOT a maker’s mark indicate function or purpose. I believe the point was that there’s no credible evidence that so-called Khatvanga Ritual Wand Scepters are an actual _thing_. It would be like saying you own a genuine Nasa space rocket bicycle. (Made out of sugar cane grown in Antarctica!) Nasa space rockets are a real thing, with a certain amount of genuine influence in the field of transportation, but Nasa space rocket bicycles are nonsense. Which is not to say you couldn’t find somebody selling them at boosted prices to credulous people, but seriously. Not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/169 "2019-08-01T17:49:55Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. > [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > TBH this makes as much or more sense than the reality I currently seem to be inhabiting. I want a transfer. [The most prescient album ever.](https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Know-Wrong-Firesign-Theater/dp/B00006BNDP/ref=asc_df_B00006BNDP/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=%7Bcreative%7D&hvpos=%7Badposition%7D&hvnetw=o&hvrand=%7Brandom%7D&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=%7Bdevicemodel%7D&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583589102337409&psc=1) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/170 "2019-08-01T17:51:17Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Nasa space rockets are a real thing, with a certain amount of genuine influence in the field of transportation, but Nasa space rocket bicycles are nonsense. I am practiced and learned in things you are not. [http://takingthelane.com/2013/01/18/call-for-submissions-bikes-in-space/](http://takingthelane.com/2013/01/18/call-for-submissions-bikes-in-space/) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/171 "2019-08-01T17:56:15Z")
Then you’re magical! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/172 "2019-08-01T17:58:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Then you’re magical! I’ve been told that I’m magically delicious. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/173 "2019-08-01T18:08:17Z")
Do they now, me boyo? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/174 "2019-08-01T18:23:28Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I am practiced and learned in things you are not. > > [Call for submissions: Bikes in Space | Taking the Lane](http://takingthelane.com/2013/01/18/call-for-submissions-bikes-in-space/) Dammit! I started off with Enzo Ferrari bicycles, but no, apparently they exist. Then I tried Lamborghini, but no, they apparently do too! I thought Nasa spce rockets were a safe bet, but dammit dammit dammit! Is there _nobody_ who doesn’t make a bicycle?? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/175 "2019-08-01T18:24:56Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I believe in Willy Ley before he went nuts. He designed more practical space ships than von Braun, who just scaled up the V2. 😉 > Dogs flew space ships! The Aztecs invented the vacation! Men and Women are the same sex! Our forefathers took drugs! Your brain is not the boss! That’s right, everything you know is WRONG! Didn’t know what cheese is ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/176 "2019-08-01T18:25:19Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Dammit! I started off with Enzo Ferrari bicycles, but no, apparently they exist. Then I tried Lamborghini, but no, they apparently do too! I thought Nasa spce rockets were a safe bet, but dammit dammit dammit! > > Is there _nobody_ who doesn’t make a bicycle?? There’s no need to get Huffy. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/177 "2019-08-01T18:30:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There’s no need to get Huffy. You and all your descendants shall be cursed unto perpetuity. I’m sorry, but it’s the unavoidable consequence for what you just did. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/178 "2019-08-01T18:56:54Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > You and all your descendants shall be cursed unto perpetuity. I’m sorry, but it’s the unavoidable consequence for what you just did. Schwinn-Schwinn? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/179 "2019-08-01T19:01:17Z")
And he’s [gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21783826&postcount=87). Time to allow this thread return to the slumber of death? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896/180 "2019-08-01T19:10:47Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Dammit! I started off with Enzo Ferrari bicycles, but no, apparently they exist. Then I tried Lamborghini, but no, they apparently do too! I thought Nasa spce rockets were a safe bet, but dammit dammit dammit! You didn’t realize that “one Giant leap for mankind” was product placement? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sale-on-magic-wands-ap-story/151896.md?page=10)