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For me, it's meaningless. Ouija I mean, not the question.
Like Shawnee I think it provides a thrill.
But looking back on my childhood/ tweens I admit it was never sanctioned by an adult. I think that might have given it more weight in my mind - and I believed in it enough as it was (blame Elidor by Alan Garner).
The only time we managed to get a real response was when we were 14/15 and drinking a bottle of Peach Canei (a hideously sweet peach flavoured wine) between four of us. I can't remember the name of the spirit we called up, but he was about 14, Greek and was killed by a goat. At which point I laughed so hard I broke the connection (and nearly wet the carpet) and Jules was really cross because we were in her little sister's bedroom and she said the spirit might come back in the middle of the night, angry, to haunt her sister. Baaaaaaaa.
Anyway.
It also depends on the opinions of the other parents. A poster on here (Onyx Cougar I think) genuinely believed that a Ouija Board she had destroyed and put in the bin managed to regnerate and get back onto the shelf in her room. Apologies if I have over-stated, but that's what I remember of the story.
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