Ouija boards

Mrs Garth Brooks

Im watching keith barry on tv and he was using one. Its all a bit of fun with keith barry, its what he does.

I've never used one, but my god, my mother freaked out saying its bad luck, she went on and on and it came from nowhere. I never asked her to freak out and give out to me over a stupid board. My point being it was a bit of fun with keith barry, how the fcuk did I bring this crap on for thinking its fun.
They can be bought on Amazon, I told her so and she thought I was in the process of buying one and freaked out some more and told me "it wont be used in this house". I think she watched too many horror movies really.

Is she freaking out over nothing? Has anyone ever used these boards.

MadYaker

I've never used one, but I think there is a paranormal forum or something that has a few threads on this.

Peregrine

I'm disappointed. I thought this would be about some paranormal version of boards.ie

Canis Lupus

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Im watching keith barry on tv and he was using one. Its all a bit of fun with keith barry, its what he does.

I've never used one, but my god, my mother freaked out saying its bad luck, she went on and on and it came from nowhere. I never asked her to freak out and give out to me over a stupid board. My point being it was a bit of fun with keith barry, how the fcuk did I bring this crap on for thinking its fun.
They can be bought on Amazon, I told her so and she thought I was in the process of buying one and freaked out some more and told me "it wont be used in this house". I think she watched too many horror movies really.

Is she freaking out over nothing? Has anyone ever used these boards.

Maybe you should explain it's a board game, was invented as such.

RoundBox11

They're made in a factory, same as a snakes & ladders or monopoly board.

They're just a board, it's the individuals imagination that makes them "dangerous" or whatever you want to think. Some people are living in the stone age with things like this. Just like people who are afraid of saying bloody mary in the mirror

Ziphius

It's a game made by Hasbro. You can buy it in toy shops. This one even glows in the dark. Spooky. http://www.toysrus.com/buy/games-puzzles/board-games/kids/favorite-tv-movie-book/ouija-board-glow-in-the-dark-0600s5-2266493

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My name is URL

To be fair, if you live with someone who believes they actually work then you probably are in danger.

SEPT 23 1989

ZOZO

Ruu

Is that 6th fella still around? Used to be into that sort of thing.

I messed about with homemade ouija board in my youth. Got really freaked one night and we tried to break the glass. The glass would not break, no matter how many times we hit it off a brick wall.

Scared the sh1te out of me. Never again!

Duggy747

Jumanji is the board you should be scared of.

TheUsual

K_I_L_L_J_E_D_W_A_R_D

WoollyRedHat

Duggy747 wrote: »

Jumanji is the board you should be scared of.

Those poor kids in the Middle East, I often often wondered what fate befell them

KamiKazeKitten

Keith Barry used to be dead against psychics/cold readers and all that stuff, pretty bad to see him stoop that low for publicity tbh.

OP imo it's just a game.

Ruu

Duggy747 wrote: »

Jumanji is the board you should be scared of.

Saw that documentary as well, mad stuff!

OneArt

RoundBox11 wrote: »

They're made in a factory, same as a snakes & ladders or monopoly board.

They're just a board, it's the individuals imagination that makes them "dangerous" or whatever you want to think. Some people are living in the stone age with things like this. Just like people who are afraid of saying bloody mary in the mirror

In fairness, monopoly is dangerous as well. It has been tearing families apart, ruining friendships and bringing people to their graves for many years. More dangerous than a ouija board I think.

Sofaspud

As has been said, it's just a board with letters on it, and people subconsciously move the planchette themselves with what's called the ideomotor response, unconscious movements that the person doesn't know they're responsible for. It usually starts off at random letters, and then when people see a pattern they recognise, they fill in the rest of the pattern (so if it goes to J then O, people would subconsciously move it to H then N).
It's an interesting look into the human brain, and the game was originally developed as a way of tapping into your subconscious, but people prefer to think of it as dead folk or satan or whoever they want to conjure up.

Wade in the Sea

My suggestion is steer clear of these. Me and some mates had a rough experience with one of these as youngsters. It was all a bit of a laugh when the answers turned to insults and several things happened in the house that convinced us to stop messing with something we didn't understand. I am more inclined to look for reasonable explanations but there weren't any.

Peregrine

Wade in the Sea wrote: »

My suggestion is steer clear of these. Me and some mates had a rough experience with one of these as youngsters. It was all a bit of a laugh when the answers turned to insults and several things happened in the house that convinced us to stop messing with something we didn't understand. I am more inclined to look for reasonable explanations but there weren't any.

What's so hard to understand? It's a board..made in a factory by a company. Reasonable explanation would be that you got freaked out because you expected to.

I had a friend who found a ouija board in his house, didn't have a clue what it was (we were children). He messed around with in for weeks and then eventually when we saw it we told him it was a ouija board and one of our parents found out and had it put away. He didn't die..nothing happened to him cos he only knew it for what it was, a board.

p_o_s_t_y

My friends and I used 1 when we were 15/16,we had it on an old oak tree stump in the woods,we asked to speak to someone but the glass was movin spelling 'SATAN',my friend was the only person with his finger on the glass,he asked to leave repeatedly and the glass kept spelling 'NO' faster and faster,he took his finger off the glass and the glass moved off the oak tree stump and into the grass,it moved 3-4 metres away,he picked up the glass again and it happened again,he ran from the woods to the local church,we burned the board that day and never used one since.

Pumpkinseeds

I'd stay away from the things. Nothing good comes from messing around with things like that, whether you believe in them or not.

SilverScreen

Wade in the Sea wrote: »

My suggestion is steer clear of these. Me and some mates had a rough experience with one of these as youngsters. It was all a bit of a laugh when the answers turned to insults and several things happened in the house that convinced us to stop messing with something we didn't understand. I am more inclined to look for reasonable explanations but there weren't any.

Sounds like the games of Frustration we used to play when we were small. The fights me and my sisters used to get into over that game. It was dangerous I tell you.

I don't get the deal with Ouija boards, only kids board games and superstitious people don't mix.

kylith

The only thing you get in contact with, using a ouija board, is your own subconscious. They're made by Hasbro, ffs!

ScumLord

You can blame the church for your mothers reaction. As a young lad I did it in school with a few friends. We got caught and the priest was called in, it was taken very seriously. We used to like doing it in the old overrun graveyard on Halloween just to scare ourselves more.

Its just a stupid game.

hfallada

I used to be scared of them until I discovered your can get a hello kitty ouija board

Fr_Dougal

I did the Ouija board once.

Everybody died...everybody...

c_man

Just think how ridiculous it would sound if you heard grown adults expressing their fear of Ludo...

kfallon

Me and a Ouija Board:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgHwVUHRS44

Nonsense. Only drunk teens and gullible adults need apply.

Sofaspud

c_man wrote: »

Just think how ridiculous it would sound if you heard grown adults expressing their fear of Ludo...

But what if the Ludo board was . . . . . . . . . haunted!!


Then people would have (or claim) the same "board flew off the table and the curtains blew even though the window was closed and I heard a sound from the corner when there was nobody there" experiences. Peoples minds fill in blanks and exaggerate memories and experiences to suit their beliefs.

Napper Hawkins

People are idiots.

Stereomaniac

Yes but that does not mean that they are consciously trying to do that, or that they are trying to tell people lies. People genuinely believe that something bad will happen with a ouija board, so that has to be viewed sympathetically. Personally, I don't care for them. It's fun.

The_Gatsby

This one time, at band camp...

ilovesleep

I watched the Keith Barry too on and tv and I must admit I'm tempted to play around with one of these boards just to see if it works. Mr Barry said that you can make one yourself out of paper and googled it. I'm very tempted. I also read the paranormal forum here on boards on these ouija boards and there's conflicting opinions of them. Some of the stories I read are well fcuked up.

Brain Stroking

Anyone ever do the "Sex Ouija Board" game?

I did and best advice is to steer clear. I went to my priest after it and my willy was a bloody stump for weeks after that.

indy_man

I believe Ouija boards are dangerous and Satanic (yes some of us believe there is spiritual evil). Doing this can lead to possession, mental illness and all sorts of trouble. I can not believe he was given a slot on national television.

I have past experience with Ouija boards and trust me its not worth it, stay away.

AnonoBoy

indy_man wrote: »

Doing this can lead to possession, mental illness and all sorts of trouble.

No it can't. You're being silly you silly indy_man.

TeddyTedson

Religion I seriously see as evil. That looks like a trolls comment but it seriously isn't. This belief in spiritual evil is a form of mental self torture.
People should be more direct with they're thoughts when coming to conclusions about such things.

When i was a kid i thought it was called a Luigi board. Thought i was missing out big time.

TeddyTedson

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

People are idiots.

Not really, the mind plays tricks. It can be difficult to tame your own mind. Once you do that it can be hard to keep control of too. I've entered the Zen at times and at other times been at the gates of heaven, so to speak.
I doubt anyone will have any idea what I'm talking about though.

bigroad

I used one before and i thought it was great fun.Then a week later i won on the lotto and now i am a millionare.I would recomend using one if you want to be very rich and enjoy a top end lifestyle.

humberklog

indy_man wrote: »

I have past experience with Ouija boards and trust me its not worth it, stay away.

1st post on Boards and you're asking to be trusted on a matter on nonsense?

Your problems might be bigger than worrying your head about satan.

indy_man

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Religion I seriously see as evil. That looks like a trolls comment but it seriously isn't. This belief in spiritual evil is a form of mental self torture.
People should be more direct with they're thoughts when coming to conclusions about such things.

If you don't believe in evil, evil can do what ever it wants to you. You believe there is night and day, a magnetic north and south no doubt, hot and cold, then how about good and evil which are complete opposites.

Saying "Religion I seriously see as evil" is a complete oxymoron.

Hownowcow

ScumLord wrote: »

You can blame the church for your mothers reaction. As a young lad I did it in school with a few friends. We got caught and the priest was called in, it was taken very seriously. We used to like doing it in the old overrun graveyard on Halloween just to scare ourselves more.

Its just a stupid game.

Just to be clear, when you say "it" you mean?

Stella Virgo

go on, click on it ya wimpy tosser ha,ha,ha,
http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/ouija/

TeddyTedson

indy_man wrote: »

If you don't believe in evil, evil can do what ever it wants to you. You believe there is night and day, a magnetic north and south no doubt, hot and cold, then how about good and evil which are complete opposites.

Saying "Religion I seriously see as evil" is a complete oxymoron.

Now that's just ridiculous. You're making no sense. Believe in evil? Evil is an act. A descriptive word. Nothing to do with spirits. Well at least not the spirits you're referring too.

Religion is not synonymous with evil.

FYI
oxymoron |ˌäksəˈmôrˌän|
noun
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).

Wise Old Elf

Stella Virgo wrote: »

go on, click on it ya wimpy tosser ha,ha,ha,
http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/ouija/

Ha, I asked it "U OK hun" and it said "cannot say"!
I think it's channelling facebook...

Thwip!

cisk wrote: »

When i was a kid i thought it was called a Luigi board. Thought i was missing out big time.

"I'm getting an M....is there a Mario in the room?"

"It'sa me, Mario"

"Ok Mario, I'm sensing....I'm sensing you've recently suffered a loss in your life"

"Yes that'sa true"

"I see a P, Mario. Does that make sense?"

"Yes"

"Was her name Peach?"

"That'sa yes"

"Ok Mario, I'm getting a message here for you now...it says....Your princess is in another castle"

Stella Virgo

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Im watching keith barry on tv and he was using one. Its all a bit of fun with keith barry, its what he does.

I've never used one, but my god, my mother freaked out saying its bad luck, she went on and on and it came from nowhere. I never asked her to freak out and give out to me over a stupid board. My point being it was a bit of fun with keith barry, how the fcuk did I bring this crap on for thinking its fun.
They can be bought on Amazon, I told her so and she thought I was in the process of buying one and freaked out some more and told me "it wont be used in this house". I think she watched too many horror movies really.

Is she freaking out over nothing? Has anyone ever used these boards.

go on, use it i dare ya ...........
http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/ouija/
ask it will ya win the lotto

ilovesleep

Sat in front of a homemade one made out of paper for about 20mins tonight. Said my prayers for protection and all. Nothing happened.

Napper Hawkins

ilovesleep wrote: »

Sat in front of a homemade one made out of paper for about 20s tonight. Said my prayers for protection and all. Nothing happened.

Can't imagine why. Must've been the prayers.