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Ruminator 12-18-2008 03:07 PM

Since I didn't know where our house drainpipe was, how did that happen to me?
I've always thought that my occasion was a different explanation than regular dowsing.

Undertoad 12-18-2008 03:20 PM

Probability combined with cause and effect. The fact that you or anybody dowsed over that area and there happened to be a pipe there are unconnected. The fact that there was a pipe there makes you believe you found it; but some percentage of the time there would be a pipe, even if a Cellar monkey just picked a random location.

There are other possible explanations, such as:
-- somebody played a trick on you and you didn't know it;
-- you subconsciously knew where the pipe was; perhaps you heard rushing water but didn't connect it to drainage;
-- you subconsciously picked a good location for a pipe (in the middle of the house, not by the side where there are no bathrooms, etc);
-- explanations that we don't know, can't think of offhand, but are credible;
-- or, dowsing works in some individuals, and somehow all of humanity through all of time has not yet worked out how, and why it can't be reproduced and tested-for under controlled conditions. I would say that's very improbable. But there's a chance, so we have to list it.

Shawnee123 12-18-2008 03:22 PM

You posted at 4:20, about water pipes. Coincidence? I think not. ;)

glatt 12-18-2008 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruminator (Post 514877)
Since I didn't know where our house drainpipe was, how did that happen to me?
I've always thought that my occasion was a different explanation than regular dowsing.

The ground has settled slightly where our water pipes come into the house. The ditch that was dug all those years ago was then back filled in with fluffy dirt that compacted a little over time. Perhaps you had less of a dip in your yard, but there was one there. Who knows?

Flint 12-18-2008 04:47 PM

I would add that it's possible you smelled it, to some degree not conciously discernible.

Aliantha 12-18-2008 04:48 PM

You smelt it you dealt it!

Trilby 12-18-2008 06:23 PM

Got my board beeeeyotches!


all you all is gonna pay!

*madly divinates*

skysidhe 12-18-2008 06:42 PM

those don't work as a divination tool bri

I mean it dosn't work by making any sense at all.







.....although your head may turn in circles and you might barf green pea soup tho :vomit:

HungLikeJesus 12-18-2008 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 514928)
Got my board beeeeyotches!


all you all is gonna pay!

*madly divinates*

Good. I have some questions that need answers.

Sundae 12-19-2008 05:16 AM

I concur.
You have questions to answer young lady.

Trilby 12-19-2008 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe (Post 514939)
those don't work as a divination tool bri

how is it that everyone here is a ouija expert? Just saying.


Ok. ASK MADAME WYRD-O UR Q's!

Griff 12-19-2008 05:53 AM

Leonard Nimoy did a dowsing episode on his PBS show years ago. *de-bunked*

Trilby 12-19-2008 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff (Post 515051)
Leonard Nimoy did a dowsing episode on his PBS show years ago. *de-bunked*

My sources say: YES!

The system works!

Shawnee123 12-19-2008 07:53 AM

Wellllllllllllllll...

What's it say?

Trilby 12-19-2008 08:15 AM

It says that while I, Brianna, will be getting TONS of sex this year (mainly from dashing professors who will beg me to read my papers again and again and again) you guys are shite out of luck.

I'll keep trying.


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