Scary fortune teller in Galway.

NickyOD

My sister lives in Galway. A friend of hers decided she wanted to go to this fortune teller but didn't want to go on her own so my sis agreed to go with her.

So the fortune teller then starts talking to my sis about me.

"You have one brother and no sisters" correct.
"He works in computers but its not challenging enough for him so he's leaving to do something completely different, something very unusual" Sheesh:eek:
"There is someone very important in his life with long brown curly hair." :eek: :eek: Fook me, that is very true also.

She said lots of other scary **** I won't go into.

If anyone wants to know if they'll ever cash in the WSOP Main event you might as well find out now and go see this lady.

Hectorjelly

Do you believe in fairies?

NickyOD

Hectorjelly wrote:

Do you believe in fairies?

Yeah they hang out on ocallaghan stand in Limerick after midnight on Wednesday.

Dub13

My other half went to one last week....she said I was going to come off my bike.Now she wants me to sell the Bike.No chance,not with the traffic in Dublin.

Dam fortune teller.

Amaru

NickyOD wrote:

If anyone wants to know if they'll ever cash in the WSOP Main event you might as well find out now and go see this lady.

Wouldn't it just be easier to ask her which hands to fold?:D

kincsem

NickyOD wrote:

My sister lives in Galway. A friend of hers decided she wanted to go to this fortune teller but didn't want to go on her own so my sis agreed to go with her.

So the fortune teller then starts talking to my sis about me.

"You have one brother and no sisters" correct.
"He works in computers but its not challenging enough for him so he's leaving to do something completely different, something very unusual" Sheesh:eek:
"There is someone very important in his life with long brown curly hair." :eek: :eek: Fook me, that is very true also.

She said lots of other scary **** I won't go into.

If anyone wants to know if they'll ever cash in the WSOP Main event you might as well find out now and go see this lady.

It's obvious.
(1) You tried to chat her up somewhere when you were in a drunken stupour. They never forget any details.
(2) She plays NL Hold Em in Limerick and you insulted her with your recent comments. :eek: :eek: :eek:
(3) Your sister is adjusting the story slightly and she and her mate are laughing like drains that you believe them.

FX Meister

How does a drain laugh?

emee

which fortune teller was it? in galway i mean....

kincsem

FX Meister wrote:

How does a drain laugh?

Meaning
To laugh coarsely or loudly.

Origin
Like water going down a drain.

kincsem

Seriously I don't believe in fortune tellers but -

I lived in Africa for two years in the 1970's. After about a year out there I heard a knock on my door one night. It was the apartment block security guard. He said his son was sick and his friend told him to come to me and ask for a King George two-shilling piece. (I realised "friend" meant local witch-doctor/healer). When I said I had no English money he insisted I look. To get rid of him I said I would. I went into my bedroom and opened a drawer. There was some change in a corner (Irish & English). On top was a two-shilling piece. The monarch was not Queen Elizabeth. It was King George. I gave it to him. What shook me was (1) I did not know if I had any Irish or English change (2) I did not know where to look (3) The coin he wanted was in the place I looked first.

Lafortezza

NickyOD wrote:

"There is someone very important in his life with long brown curly hair." :eek: :eek: Fook me, that is very true also.

Is he good to you? :v:

Dub13

lafortezza wrote:

Is he good to you? :v:

Thats some funny **** right there...:D

Brakes into A verse of Y.M.C.A

NickyOD

lafortezza wrote:

Is he good to you? :v:

You sir, are a no talent assclown.

Hectorjelly

NickyOD wrote:

Yeah they hang out on ocallaghan stand in Limerick after midnight on Wednesday.

Just so as we dont get an unfortunate shock at some stage later (Limerick poker star performs satanic ritual after bubbling at WSOP 2006), could you give an indication of which of the following you DONT believe in.

Father Christmas
The Easter bunny
The Bogeyman
The wicked witch of the East
The Lock Ness Monster
Ghosts
Patrick Viera
Dragons
Vampires
UFOs
Jesus LOL
De Vore
Thor
Unicorns

Doc Farrell

kincsem wrote:

Seriously I don't believe in fortune tellers but -

I lived in Africa for two years in the 1970's. After about a year out there I heard a knock on my door one night. It was the apartment block security guard. He said his son was sick and his friend told him to come to me and ask for a King George two-shilling piece. (I realised "friend" meant local witch-doctor/healer). When I said I had no English money he insisted I look. To get rid of him I said I would. I went into my bedroom and opened a drawer. There was some change in a corner (Irish & English). On top was a two-shilling piece. The monarch was not Queen Elizabeth. It was King George. I gave it to him. What shook me was (1) I did not know if I had any Irish or English change (2) I did not know where to look (3) The coin he wanted was in the place I looked first.

sounds like he was mooching around ur apartment while u were at work

Doc Farrell

so how are u going to do in the WSOP nicky?

kincsem

Doc Farrell wrote:

sounds like he was mooching around ur apartment while u were at work

Could be true but why not nick it. They nicked everything that was not nailed down, cash, coffee, washing powder, booze, clothes. :mad:

Doc Farrell

kincsem wrote:

Could be true but why not nick it. They nicked everything that was not nailed down, cash, coffee, washing powder, booze, clothes. :mad:

possible that u were being set up for a big sting.

or maybe it really was that old voodoo.

ntlbell

Dub13 wrote:

My other half went to one last week....she said I was going to come off my bike.Now she wants me to sell the Bike.No chance,not with the traffic in Dublin.

Dam fortune teller.

ex of mine tried to pull this trick too..

Dub13

ntlbell wrote:

ex of mine tried to pull this trick too..

How did you deal with it...?do you think they are all in on it together...?

biofreak

OMG this might be the same one someone I know went to. Did she cost €40? She was in Galway too last week. The fortune teller told her that she only used people, that she only used people for her personal gain and in 10 years she will have no friends coz she'll have created such a bad name for herself, all true.

Hectorjelly

OMG I cant take this thread any more - and it was All True! and she knew what age I was and she only looked my driving license for a couple of seconds and poor old jimmy, well at least we know that jimmy is safe up there in that big room for silly people in the sky

NickyOD

Hectorjelly wrote:

OMG I cant take this thread any more - and it was All True! and she knew what age I was and she only looked my driving license for a couple of seconds and poor old jimmy, well at least we know that jimmy is safe up there in that big room for silly people in the sky

Come on Hector. If a complete stranger who you gave no info to, (just walked into a room and sat down in front of them) started coming out with all this incredibly accurate info would it not disturb you a little?

Hectorjelly

NickyOD wrote:

Come on Hector. If a complete stranger who you gave no info to, (just walked into a room and sat down in front of them) started coming out with all this incredibly accurate info would it not disturb you a little?

Possibly, but Im always going to believe there is a rational explanation over an irrational one.

Dub13

I hope its not true....otherwise I will be coming of my bike in the near future.

DeVore

Hectorjelly wrote:

Possibly, but Im always going to believe there is a rational explanation over an irrational one.

That would be/is my view too. However when its not a friend-of-a-friend its harder to simply pooh pooh. My sister has said some pretty ****in' distrubing things to me over a phoneline from Abu Dhabi when my father had litterally just been wheeled out in the ambulance. The first words out of her mouth were "Tom, whats wrong with dad?".

Now *that* freaked me. However after a long hard think about how the foundations of my rationality were crumbling I realised something. Science has NEVER known everything so we shouldnt discount things that aren't explained by science at this moment, in fact given past performance of NEVER having had a time when there wasnt SOMETHING science was mystified about, it seems unlikely that there suddenly is nothing outside the explanation of science. In fact science (probability and extrapolation) would suggest that we are almost CERTAIN to have effects and phenomena we can't explain.

The difference, perhaps, is that I believe this is nothing freaky or spooky or irrational or "paranormal". If you asked me to explain it or theorise I'd say there was something like quantum pairing going on at birth (the spark of life?) which binds relatives closely and since we are all relatives at SOME distance, perhaps these other phenomena represent people who are more easily attuned to their connection.

I think the difference perhaps that Hector is after is that both of us would believe that at some stage we'll known the frequency and amplitude of this connection or be able to communicate via it. In short, it will be as explanable as radio waves, which if you were to show someone 100 years ago, would seem like magic.

DeV.

Dub13

I think this thread shows that a non poker sub form would be a good idea.

DeVore

Nah its hideously off topic but in a sense it also relates to people's belief in "luck" "superstition" etc.... like having the deck changed or moving seats in a cash game.

DeV.

Hectorjelly

Of course I agree that Science has yet to explain a lot, Im sure our view of the world will be regarded as just as naive as before the advent of quantom physics; but admitting that does not mean that one should then give any legitmacy to all of the crazy and outlandish beliefs that some people are possessed with. Fortune tellers are a perfect example, for centuaries they have existed as con artists extremely talented in manipulating peoples emotions; they prey on human beings weakness and manage to create the impression that they are doing something "mystical" when in fact they just use the powers of suggestion and various other techniques. This is all well documented, and I think its a terrible reflection on the average human that Fortune telling is still a big business.

Amaru

Hectorjelly wrote:

Poker playersare a perfect example, for decades they have existed as con artists extremely talented in manipulating peoples emotions; they prey on human beings weakness and manage to create the impression that they are doing something "mystical" when in fact they just use the powers of suggestion and various other techniques. This is all well documented, and I think its a terrible reflection on the average human that Poker is still a big business.

FYP

RoundTower

that is great Amaru

a-k-47

DeVore you lost me there when u got onto the radio thing
lets play poker

Fatboydim

Hectorjelly wrote:

could you give an indication of which of the following you DONT believe in.
Jesus LOL

Interestingly when you look at it in purely scientific terms the idea of God is the most laughable of all – so interesting that the remark had to be qualified with an LOL.

Having said that I do keep an open mind myself [even about God] Partly because of a number of things which have happened to me over the years.

When I was 17 I had a premonition of a car crash I would have one month later. The dream was recorded in a diary. It happened – And I won’t go into too much detail here but it was a crash at 80mph… The car was totally trashed… I walked away without even whiplash and I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

When I was 30 I had my palm read [I didn’t pay it was someone I was working with – ironically on London’s Burning – Where I met 1 half of the Hendon Mob Barny and Ross] This person who did not know me well predicted the birth of my son Matthew [7yrs later and completely unplanned] and my moving. [At that time it was completely inconceivable that I would move from London let alone back to Ireland. She also predicted my poker career saying I would earn a lot of money but also lose a lot of money. Ain’t that the truth lol.

At a writer’s guild bash – not the place where you would expect this… I was approached by an eminent psychiatrist who is very very well known in medical and political circles and tours the United States college circuit. He targeted me – crossing the room knowing nothing about me and stating we had met in a previous life. I thought nutter but this guy is a top political theorist. He told me stuff that would make your hair curl. I regret losing contact with him – but in truth I found it too spooky.

And rather more light hearted but nevertheless weird was the time I was sat in a pub after giving a lecture and one of the students declared herself to be a white witch. There was nothing in my lecture that indicated any interest in the paranormal but she said she sensed I would be open to it as I had spirits looking after me… At this point a Pipestrel bat, very rare in UK let alone Essex… flew into the pub – which was a vast Witherspoons ex-bingo hall – cinema jobbie – Flew around my head and flew out again.

Like Hector and Tom I tend to think there is a scientific explanation to these things. If I have any spirits looking after me, powers or stuff I wish I could apply them to poker.

Imposter

I was playing poker one day, right! And like this dude I was playing against. He like called my all-in preflop with 10-5 soooted. I had the rockets so I was like 2 million to one favourite like. And you won't believe this but I lost!! I thought that was pretty freaky! HOw'd he know to call with those!!!!!

Amaru

Fatboydim wrote:

Interestingly when you look at it in purely scientific terms the idea of God is the most laughable of all – so interesting that the remark had to be qualified with an LOL.

Its an internet joke, there's a thread by Hector in one of the general forums with biblical pictures and l33t speak. He's not laughing at the idea of God.

Ste05

Fatboydim wrote:

When I was 30 I had my palm read [I didn’t pay it was someone I was working with – ironically on London’s Burning – Where I met 1 half of the Hendon Mob Barny and Ross] This person who did not know me well predicted the birth of my son Matthew [7yrs later and completely unplanned] and my moving. [At that time it was completely inconceivable that I would move from London let alone back to Ireland. She also predicted my poker career saying I would earn a lot of money but also lose a lot of money. Ain’t that the truth lol.

Is this for real????

She predicted that at some stage in your life you'd:
(a) have a child;
(b) move house; and
(c) make and lose money!!!

This is the typical life cycle of 95% of the population. Now if she predicted the other 5% of the population I'd be impressed!!!

Fatboydim

Amaru wrote:

Its an internet joke, there's a thread by Hector in one of the general forums with biblical pictures and l33t speak. He's not laughing at the idea of God.

I know he's not laughing at the idea of God that's why the LOL isd there as a qualifier in case anyone took offence - That I find interesting. As the idea of God scientifically is riculous.

Fatboydim

Ste05 wrote:

Is this for real????

She predicted that at some stage in your life you'd:
(a) have a child;
(b) move house; and
(c) make and lose money!!!

This is the typical life cycle of 95% of the population. Now if she predicted the other 5% of the population I'd be impressed!!!

To take point A. She predicted 4 kids. We had one miscarry - a boy and a girl - so there was no way we wanted another child And my wife was on the pill. As that is supposed to be pretty fecking effective having another child later when we had already planned our family out was a bit of a shock.

point B] Move house??? I didn't explain it accurately- She actually said move country. That I would live abroad and be by the sea. How many people do that? Actually move country. As for making money and spending it... I was earning feck all at the time as an actor and had only just started to embark on a writing career. One of the reasons I moved back to Ireland was because of the artists exemption. I knew none of this at the time. She couldn't have known how succesful I was going to be.

So I'd say she was pretty accurate. - and I must add that I don't actually believe in this stuff - just I have no explanation at this moment in time.

Lafortezza

Jesus LOL is totally real. Read the thread linked and become one of the faithful.

Fatboydim

lafortezza wrote:

Jesus LOL is totally real. Read the thread linked and become one of the faithful.

I see the light lol

Tourneque

Who needs the X Files when you have the poker forum :rolleyes:

I was getting freaked out until I read this...

Fatboydim wrote:

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At this point a Pipestrel bat, very rare in UK let alone Essex… flew into the pub – which was a vast Witherspoons ex-bingo hall – cinema jobbie – Flew around my head and flew out again.

lol. Wish I'd seen it. Jesus lol even..

DeVore

Thanks.

There is one thing I didn't consider of course and that is how many sisters ring their brothers and say "whats wrong with mom?!". Its true that it might be that I was the 1 in 1000 that got it right (along with the same idea for the fortune teller) but I believe that some time in the future we may well find some scientific link between blood relatives, something quantum probably (only because its the last great area of general scientific ignorance).

Its as close to faith as I get to, faith in the future of science...

DeV.

Ste05

DeVore wrote:

Its as close to faith as I get to, faith in the future of science...
DeV.

Nice quote

ocallagh

For a group of people whose life consists of making logical decisions and catching people with their hands in the cookie jar, I'm surprised how far this thread has gone!

... and now i've just bumped it again.. doh!

Doc Farrell

i'm loving this thread!
we should have more of this stuff.
forget about the 'he re-raised so i went allin' stuff.
unleash the 'post anything' policy!
whats the decision on that btw?

Lafortezza

Doc Farrell wrote:

unleash the 'post anything' policy!
whats the decision on that btw?

It's a negative for the time being. Poker forum is a bit quieter on the weekends. Normal nazi-like service will be resumed tomorrow

ocallagh

Doc Farrell wrote:

i'm loving this thread!
we should have more of this stuff.
forget about the 'he re-raised so i went allin' stuff.
unleash the 'post anything' policy!
whats the decision on that btw?

www.boards.ie

Fatboydim

Tourneque wrote:

Who needs the X Files when you have the poker forum :rolleyes:

I was getting freaked out until I read this...



lol. Wish I'd seen it. Jesus lol even..

Yeah I really should start taking my medication again

But it's all true...

Trying to bring this back to poker and science though... what about those times you choose to play a ****e hand out of position because you feel it's going to hit and it does.

No? Only me then - Do do do do- do do do do - dnha nah nah!

DeVore

ocallagh wrote:

www.boards.ie

LOL!!!


I would like to dissassociate myself from anyone who believes in newspaper horoscopes, tea leaves or playing a hand because they "had a feeling about it!"

I will also suggest a possibility of a string theory explanation, I don't know what it might be but it contains a lot of rearrangement of our current understanding of the universe. If only someone could actually prove it!

DeV.

DubTony

DeVore wrote:

LOL!!!


I will also suggest a possibility of a string theory explanation, I don't know what it might be but it contains a lot of rearrangement of our current understanding of the universe. If only someone could actually prove it!

DeV.

Somebody explained this to me the other night and ...... oh, no .... wait. Sorry, that was a string bet.

Fatfoydim wrote:

what about those times you choose to play a ****e hand out of position because you feel it's going to hit and it does

That feeling for me usually goes something like this ... I feel really sick of this moron calling every bet I make so I'm going to bet this stupid hand all the way to the river and then go all in.



Like these 2 .... but before those

Imposter wrote:

I was playing poker one day, right! And like this dude I was playing against. He like called my all-in preflop with 10-5 soooted. I had the rockets so I was like 2 million to one favourite like. And you won't believe this but I lost!! I thought that was pretty freaky! HOw'd he know to call with those!!!!!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/dubtony/5sand10s.png
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/dubtony/10sand5s.png

Ah yes .... strange and powerful forces are at work ..... even as we speak. :eek:

kincsem

OK, I'll go again.

I crashed in Swinford in 1985 and wrote off my car. I phoned the brother in Ballina to collect me. He told me he was shaving when he got a shock (fright, not the electrical type). He said he knew something was wrong with me (he was expecting me to arrive).

I'm with DeVore on this.

One night Christy Smith went all-in. Before I looked at my cards I knew I had pocket aces. Just knew. Don't know how I knew. You have been warned. Forgot to mention that yes, I had pocket aces.