Dowsing

[Nearly Sane]

I cant believe this thread has made this many pages .

To all you doubters ; of course it works . Its results are as reliable as planning a bar-b-q in the middle of a British summer and not getting rained on

and of course the earth is flat and  a fart with a lump in it isn't shit

But big companies, Walter! And lots of them big companies!

[Walter]

The mushrooms and wine are combined outside. Takes a lot of of reducing but it becomes like pate

and when I was a kid pate was called potted meat , we had it at birthday parties along with blancmange . My dad used to send us out in the garden , after he'd had enough of us , with a pair of sticks telling us there was lemonade somewhere under the grass

[Robbie]

The mushrooms and wine are combined outside. Takes a lot of of reducing but it becomes like pate

Oh yum, count me in.
Shaker I used to love Lucozade.

Interesting comments Walter  .

I bin reading about dowsing, apparently is also used to contact spirits on the other side.  Spooky.

[Walter]

But big companies, Walter! And lots of them big companies!

fuck me , it must be true then

btw , big companies are composed of people , some people are cunts . no offence 

[Shaker]

I bin reading about dowsing, apparently is also used to contact spirits on the other side.  Spooky.

Is it? How?

Are you sure you're not thinking of spiritualism - JeremyP I think mentioned that in passing earlier.

[Robbie]

Could be.  I merely googled 'dowsing' and various things came up, apart from water.  Just tried to find one site that I saw half an hour ago and can't see it now. 

There's these:-
http://www.spiritportal.org/dowsing.html
http://theothersidetv.ca/ghost-hunting-resources/ghost-hunting-tips-tricks/dowsing-rods-investigation/

All seems like bunkum to me but then I don't believe in ghosts.

[Walter]

But big companies, Walter! And lots of them big companies!

btw
subterranean Britain is awash with water ,if you dig a hole almost anywhere your gonna find water , that's why divining works .
Also , thats why stinkholes are common , sorry , sinkholes  and of course ,arseholes , they're the ones with the sticks.

Then you've got the fuckholes at the water companies who waste our money  because they havent got the  brains of a rissole to care.

[Walter]

Could be.  I merely googled 'dowsing' and various things came up, apart from water.  Just tried to find one site that I saw half an hour ago and can't see it now. 

There's these:-
http://www.spiritportal.org/dowsing.html
http://theothersidetv.ca/ghost-hunting-resources/ghost-hunting-tips-tricks/dowsing-rods-investigation/

All seems like bunkum to me but then I don't believe in ghosts.

eh, I thought you were a Christian?

[Shaker]

btw
subterranean Britain is awash with water ,if you dig a hole almost anywhere your gonna find water , that's why divining works

That seems to be overreaching - if it was literally the case that wherever you drill a hole there's water, there's be no claims of dowsing and then drilling, just lots of drilling and no claims of dowsing.

[Robbie]

I don't know any Christians who do believe in ghosts, Walter.  Certainly none who believe in actively seeking out the spirits of the departed.  People (of all faiths or none) can be sensitive to atmospheres and have lucid dreams but that is quite different.

[Walter]

I don't know any Christians who do believe in ghosts, Walter.  Certainly none who believe in actively seeking out the spirits of the departed.  People (of all faiths or none) can be sensitive to atmospheres and have lucid dreams but that is quite different.

what about the Holy Ghost? what's all that about then ?

just a brief answer please ,don't want to side track 

[Nearly Sane]

That seems to be overreaching - if it was literally the case that wherever you drill a hole there's water, there's be no claims of dowsing and then drilling, just lots of drilling and no claims of dowsing.

It's the Alan Burns of dowsing.

[Walter]

That seems to be overreaching - if it was literally the case that wherever you drill a hole there's water, there's be no claims of dowsing and then drilling, just lots of drilling and no claims of dowsing.

to be serious for a minute

dowsing has been tested many times scientifically , even on the telly with Mr Dawkins in a live test ,every one fails .
Then they use the excuse they cant work under those conditions , awww what a shame .

[Robbie]

what about the Holy Ghost? what's all that about then ?

just a brief answer please ,don't want to side track

Briefly: I do not believe that the spirits of dead people come back, appear, occupy some buildings and haunt us. The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit as is more commonly called, is not one of those.

I'd never even thought about dowsing before now though I knew people did walk around with rods searching for water.
This is quite interesting:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17532-why-dowsing-makes-perfect-sense/

[Walter]

Briefly: I do not believe that the spirits of dead people come back, appear, occupy some buildings and haunt us. The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit as is more commonly called, is not one of those.

I'd never even thought about dowsing before now though I knew people did walk around with rods searching for water.
This is quite interesting:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17532-why-dowsing-makes-perfect-sense/

The headline is no better than click bait and they must have needed a filler in the mag .

and I think the clue is in the title ;The Holy 'GHOST'

[Robbie]

Well I liked it and the writer had fun.
(I'd be tempted to move the rods.......)

[Walter]

Well I liked it and the writer had fun.
(I'd be tempted to move the rods.......)

oooh Robbie, you are very naughty

[Rhiannon]

Have we stopped planning the picnic? Bugger.

[Robbie]

Nope.  We have your sandwiches & mozarella dish (lots of sun dried tomatoes please), red wine infused mushroom pate in a cob (mouth is watering now), lukewarm Lucozade, mead......what shall I bring?

We ought to bring shovels because if we're very thirsty, someone is bound to find some fresh water - that would be divine!

[SusanDoris]

*heart sinks*
I read the topic title, then the first few posts, then see there are four pages, so I cannot bear to start my day with all that - although no doubt I'll miss a few fun posts along the way!
This subject has come up quite a few times in my dozen or so years on message boards. Dowsing never stands up to proper tests. It is not a science. And the number of anecdotes that say it works is not of course evidence.

*sighs and wanders disconsolately away from the computer)

Cheered slightly by the subject being mentioned on Radio 4 a minute or so ago!

[Gordon]

Have we stopped planning the picnic? Bugger.

I suspect somebody forgot to bring any water to make the tea - and not a tap in sight.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Water divining? How do you think Crop Circles appear?............"Thers water around here somewhere!".

[floo]

Dowsing must have something going for it if the water companies are using it. I must see if my grandchildren have the talent. My father's divining rods were made out of hazel twigs.

[Nearly Sane]

Dowsing must have something going for it if the water companies are using it. I must see if my grandchildren have the talent. My father's divining rods were made out of hazel twigs.

No, companies have used all sorts of useless pseudo science, and continue to do so.

[Owlswing]

This Forum is the antidote to "preaching to the converted" as it is "preaching to the unconvertable", a veritable assault course of terminally entrenched positions.

There are times, like this one when you can predict, with a very fair degree of accuracy, exactly which posters are going to be on which side, pro, con and WUM/troll, and what they are likely to say in regard to the subject "under discussion"!.