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Beardy wrote:

Eshly wrote:Is it weird that I find the above post very cute? xD

Me and Robbie have been an item for 30 years

I like the idea of going "Ohhhh! I found a memory! "


**hums Frank Sinatra's "Unforgettable"**

Beardy wrote:

Eshly wrote:Is it weird that I find the above post very cute? xD

Me and Robbie have been an item for 30 years

For someone who's age is listed as 20 - that's either impressive or incredibly strange. I'm not sure which.

Eshly wrote:


I fully admit I am new and niaeve in the world of magic; for which I am sorry.
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Another problem I have been having on the boards, is that every time I ask a question, there always seems to be someone (usually with a very high number of posts) who says "You should know this; go read 13 Steps", and when I am unable to find such information in 13 Steps and ask for the page number, they won't tell me.

I don't see much reason to be sorry for being new and naive in the world of magic. I am too. Every one is to begin with, and there's nothing wrong with that. It is only a problem when people refuse to admit it, and clearly you accept it. So you should not feel badly about it.

As for people's remarks regarding 13 steps, they probably just assumed that you haven't read it. Often times people will assume this when they read posts like yours, just because there are so many people making posts like yours who aren't headed in the right direction. This is just an assumption some people will make, and it is best to try to disregard it.

As far as these two issues go, I see no reason you should feel sorry about either of them.

You sound like you have a great passion for the craft, and like you are putting in a proper amount of effort to learn it.

I hope you can better enjoy the rest of your time on this forum, and that no one else will bother you about these things.

I, on the other hand, was actually quite rude, and was ignorant and in denial of it. I was kicked off several times, but just came back, got kicked off again, came back, was kicked off again, came back, got kicked off again, came back, and finally stayed.

Considering the fact that you are doing much better than I was, I think you will be accepted well after all of this blows over.

Best regards,


-Ben

Grimshaw wrote:
Thankfully i haven't seen this from you too much, though it is clear that some people are getting riled with you.

Here we go! Lowercase I pronoun.
Just as I said in my post. It seems so very common.

Please take no offense, Grimshaw, I was merely observing common errors.
I note that we often make them. It is in a post I made at The Dove's Head.

Hmmmm I think Robbie's imagery of picking up on a psychic impression, or impressions, like an old shoe box of unsorted and random photos should be a patter line all we mentalists could use in our repetiore of rehearsed and rehashed lines.

There's a similar suggestion of imagery in Corinda where Tony suggests the performer sees an image on a screen. Can't remember the page, chapter or lines down from the bottom though. In fact, there's a distinct possibility that I may be lying.

Apologies.

Good day

JakeThePerformer wrote:Please take no offense, Grimshaw, I was merely observing common errors.
I note that we often make them. It is in a post I made at The Dove's Head.

No offense taken. Im used to writing in Word where Microsoft are delightful enough to make the small i a big I. They also put the apostrophe between the I and the m in im.

Ah ha! But they haven't corrected the fact that you've put "offense" instead of "offence".

Just being a pedant.

Rufio wrote:Just being a pedant.

i'd like to wear you round my neck

Good punmanship Iain, though strictly speaking I believe you're thinking of a pendant.

That's generally the style of how I do my billet revelations too. No hamming up. They write the word on a piece of paper, and after 2 seconds of confused and mysterious acting, with my fist held up against my forehead as I massage my temples conveying that headache I reveal it back to them. It becomes a word game, like a quickie word search or Scrabble, only much easier.

Clever, eh?

Gettin back to what Eshly said, I think most of us have fears that what we are doing is so blatant and that we fear being rumbled. I do have to echo what Grimshaw raised earlier in this thread though, in that I agree that people with Asperger's do have a tendency to mention the syndrome at regular intervals. I am basing this on past experience of an ex-colleague, who would justify speaking her mind with Asperger's.

I found it fascinating that her continuous reference to Asperger's in itself became a negative talking point against her, and whilst awareness of such a condition is offered almost as a disclaimer, ironically it is the repeated disclaimer that becomes the source of conflict or misunderstanding in that outsiders - such as me - to understanding the extent of Asperger's Syndrome interpret it as an rationalisation for inadequate social skills.

By analogy, many people (I wholeheartedly disagree, incidentally) would view the performance of magic as being the domain of the socially inept. However, like Aspergers - I submit - it depends on your viewpoint and you as an individual. You can confirm such opinion or be the exception to the rule, and I would like to think that many magis here on TM are indeed, talented technicians as well as being great orators and communicators.

The suggestion in this thread that you should stick to stage magic seems unfair, as you clearly enjoy the social interaction, as evident in your other thread about "Magic Being Offensive, Question Mark".

As someone who works with people with mental issues (I am not referring to Aspergers as falling into that category), I have read psychiatrists and psychological reports in the context of convicted prisoners (1 in 3 inmates in the prison system in the UK have mental health issues, which is a shocking statistic). A recurring theme is the fixation of their diagnosis, and unfortunately people develop a pre-occupation with their label. There is therefore danger of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy and you should not use your label as pivotal to your personality and character, but rather think of your own qualities, whether magic-related or character-wise, as a point of reference, but NOT as a defining point.

Just two cents Eshly.

Rufio wrote:Good punmanship Iain, though strictly speaking I believe you're thinking of a pendant.

i would just call it a play on words, rather than a specific pun...or maybe a "pismronunciation"...

Rufio wrote:Ah ha! But they haven't corrected the fact that you've put "offense" instead of "offence".

Just being a pedant.

It was a joke. Look at his quote and you'll get it.

Or did you know that and you were joking?

So many bluffs, double bluffs, puns, word play, spoonerisms and smart-arsedness, i can barely keep up.

Oh floppy discs. Now i've put a small i again. And again.

Ah no Grimshaw that was my feeble stab at irreverent humour.

I do like Iain's idea of a specific pun though; in the words of Terry Pratchett - quite topically given his recent public announcement - a loaded pun sometimes goes off.

IAIN wrote:

Rufio wrote:Good punmanship Iain, though strictly speaking I believe you're thinking of a pendant.

i would just call it a play on words, rather than a specific pun...or maybe a "pismronunciation"...

The dictionary says....

pendant..... An ant in a box.

daleshrimpton wrote:

pendant..... An ant in a box.

Excuse me?