Before reading this post, you need to set aside all judgments you have about psychics, paranormal activity, spirits, and Langhorne, PA. Keep an open mind, as we take a trip into The Land of That Which Cannot Be Explained But Neither Can Anything Else.
Now Husband Dan and I spent the weekend visiting my cousin and her husband in Langhorne. They live in a brand spanking new “Over 55” Community. No creepy old houses anywhere. “Tidy” is the operative word. Except for Steven Spielberg movies, ghosts don’t like tidy spaces. After dinner, my cousin pulled out the Ouija Board. I hadn’t set eyes on a Ouija Board since the late sixties, and I couldn’t tell you if either the board or I was coherent enough back then to ask or answer any actual questions.
I placed my fingers so lightly on the pointer that they almost weren’t touching. And I kept closing my eyes. I wanted to have zero input on the outcome. My cousin did the same. I’ll skip over the first five minutes, when the pointer refused to move. No matter what we asked, it just sat there. My cousin finally said “Well, nothing’s happening this evening.” At that moment, the pointer started to move. Let’s write this again: The pointer started to move.
For the next two hours, we asked questions, and the pointer zipped all over the board, answering. After about an hour, it even identified itself: my deceased cousin Ben, who I never think about unless I am eating a sour pickle (He owned a deli). NHD and Linda’s husband sat and watched. It was pretty astonishing.
In case you are wondering what two intelligent, politically aware women do when the answers to anything in the world are literally at the tips of their fingers, provided by a deceased all-knowing pastrami slinging spirit from Philly, here is the answer: They ask relatively meaningless questions. I asked a lot of questions about my kids. Linda did the same, but also added several questions about a kitchen renovation project she was considering. Ben seemed as knowledgeable about countertops as he was about how many grandchildren I would ultimately have.
During the entire two hours, we asked Ben the Chopped Liver King, only two questions of interest to anyone in the outside world: Would the EU break up (Of all the questions in the world, this is what NHD asked). Answer: Yes. I asked if Obama will be re-elected. I’m proud of having asked the Obama question because Linda was, at that very moment, ready to grill Ben about cabinet choices, having by then covered countertops and flooring.
Ben gave the answer about Obama twice (I asked twice, just to make absolutely sure he wasn’t screwing around with me). I won’t reveal the answer here, because it would have profound implications for the fate of the entire world, and even more so for my fate as a potential political prognosticator.
Keep your eyes peeled for the EU thing. And after the presidential election, I’ll let you know if Ben was right about Obama’s future. Then I’ll let you know again in another 10 years if the grandchildren thing has worked out. But if you want to know about Linda’s kitchen or if you have any opinions about cabinets, you’ll have to contact her directly.
Life in the Boomer Lane 
carldagostino
April 11, 2011
Send one of these to Sara Palin. She needs a lot of answers. Actually she should read a second grade history book for starters. Obama will win because the GOP has no credible alternative( I voted McCain). My father remains stubborn on this and will continue to write in Franklin Roosevelt for whom has voted since 1932.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
I love your dad.
BarbaraZ
April 15, 2011
LOL! Still laughing…. 😀 My grandfather would probably be doing the same thing if he were alive.
Good post, btw! I’m in the philly area and have seen some hauntings. I never tried to get any practical advice from the “other side” though…. hmmm…. My kitchen needs some work but I never liked my grandfather’s taste.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
I was born in Philly, but no ghosts ever chased me there.
Another Boomer Blog
September 1, 2011
If FDR actually won, would we have to get a psychic-in-chief in the WH in order to have him be able to run the country? Or just teams of OUIJA board operators 24×7? Do ghosts sleep? Would he be willing to serve? Inquiring minds, etc.
lifeintheboomerlane
September 1, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane, AB. Maybe we should be looking at the qualifications of psychics, rather than the candidates.
Lisa
April 11, 2011
The last time I used a Ouija bored (in the 70s) we talked to my Grandmother. “Where’s Grandpa?” we asked. “Out dancing,” was the answer. “What kind of dance?” The board named something, I don’t remember what.
We told my Mom. She said, “Your grandfather used to do that every Wednesday night.” I would never have known that. SPOOKY!
So, here’s hoping that the answer to the Obama question was a good one.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Oooooh, that’s a good one. I would have seriously continued to use the Ouija after that. Woo woo.
Lisa
April 11, 2011
I think I was too freaked out. But I am a serious paranormal addict. 😉
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
We’ll have to trade stories.
SciPhile
April 17, 2011
I can’t tell if you guys are being sarcastic or not, but I think that there is a much more reasonable explanation to these “messages”.
The Ouija board relies on something called the idiomotor effect, which is the effect that nuanced and even subconscious thoughts have on muscle movement. The concept is that you can never really stop your muscles from moving completely, and that subconscious thoughts can influence subtle movements in said muscles, even when you think that you are remaining still.
In the case of the Ouija board, this effect leads the user to personally determine where the indicator moves, whether he/she is aware of it or not.
A psychological tendency to want to see something “weird” or “spooky” happen, or to want to talk with a loved one influences this effect, and subsequently your hand moves to the letters appropriately, and again, you may not even be aware of this.
An experiment to prove this effect is easily done. Tie a thin piece of string to a metal hux nut, or something suitably small and relatively heavy. Now hold the string between your fingers and out stretch your arm in front of you (with the nut hanging down from the string). Now make you arm as still as possible, until you are satisfied that your arm is not moving. If you then imagine the hex nut moving in a circle, and concentrate, the nut will indeed begin to move in a circle, even though you do not consider you arm to be moving.
What is happening is that small, subconscious, movements in your arm, influenced by your intentions and the idiomotor effect, are being translated through the string and down to the hex nut. Once you get the idea of how this works, the same logic can be easily applied to the Ouija board.
By definition, a natural explanation for a certain phenomenon is more likely than a supernatural one. The Ouija board is a great psychological comforter, or a great party trick, but it is certainly not other-worldly. We can appreciate the imagined commune it may give with deceased loved ones or spirits etc. but it is more intellectually honest to recognize what is really happening.
And I think you can take something away from this. You may not be interacting with the spirit world via wooden board, but you are coming to terms with conflicts inside yourself that want to be resolved. A Ouija board may be facilitating this conflict resolution, but it is internal, and natural.
This kind of skepticism will surely be met with something close to “you’re not open minded” or “it cannot be explained”. I disagree with both of those statements. You can still have an open mind while evaluating evidence that is in congruence with everything that we know about the world. The key is to not be so open minded that you accept any idea or theory, to be so open minded that your brain falls out. With our psychological tendencies and our subconscious, thought-determined, muscle movements (confirmed by science), I consider the Ouija board phenomena thoroughly explainable.
I understand that you may have a problem with this sort of skepticism, so please, engage me on my blog sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com, or continuing in this thread. I would be happy to answer any and all contentions.
SciPhile
April 18, 2011
Forgive my spelling, for reference, I am referring to the ideomotor effect.
Amanda Hoving
April 11, 2011
Oh, that is freaky. I can’t do any of that Ouija board stuff — I’m too impressionable. But, really, when I (rarely) happen to read disturbing, supernatural-type books, they must spend the night locked in my car in the garage. Somehow this keeps me from staying awake and thinking that a ghost is about to emerge from the pages. Because, you know, that could really happen. 😉
Can I have Linda’s direct line?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
But then you have to eventually get in your car to go somewhere and you have released all those spirits in the car. Sorry, for saything that. Now you will have to take public transportation everywhere.
Stacy
April 15, 2011
No, no, she needn’t be consigned to public transport.
All she has to do is make sure she puts the ghost-y books in Ziplok bags before she locks them in her car.
The Ziploks are magical shields in the same way bed sheets are against monsters and ass-vampires under the bed.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
I am blown away by this new use for Ziplock baga!
Spectra
April 15, 2011
Hey, just wondering…have any of you guys ever heard of the Native American term ‘skin walking’?
It describes when someones spirit leaves itself (in part) and can see and/or communicate thru another life form, usually an animal.
I had this experience when my Puppy of 15 years died…she came back as a rabbit 4 days later… I KNOW it was her. I will not go into details, but our spirits seem not to be so contained by our bodies…
My theory/emotion around this is currently best expressed in my recent posts about trying to safe-catch and release mice in my home. I will not kill a bug or a mouse – I have no idea what grand spirit resides there, assuming we are all equally grand.
Then there is Jerry. The pregnant dude-mouse who has evaded every trap I set -pictures at eleven! LOL
visit my site for a laugh, or whatever.
I am not so much freaked out by this post as I am intrigued. Congrats WordPress for showing some balls and posting this to Freshly Pressed!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for your comments! My dog visited me after I had to put her down. That was pretty amazing.
Alex
April 18, 2011
Forgive me if you have already posted about it, but can you tell me how that was/what happened?
I just recently lost my dog in March :-\ and i keep having really vivid dreams about him
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane, Larry. We finally put Larry (female–another story!) down, years after we should have. But, because she wasn’t in any discomfort (She was just totally incontinent) I still felt terrible guilt. I brought her home and we buried her in the backyard. That night or the next, I was reading in bed as usual and I heard the scrable, scrabble sound of her nails hitting the hardwood stairs as she came up. I kept reading. Then I felt the usual bounce, as she jumped on the bed. I kept reading. Then I felt her doing her usual nesting on the blanket on the bed. That’s when it suddenly hit me, and I slowing lowered the book. Of course she wasn’t there. But she was telling me it was OK. She forgave me and she would be with me forever. Your dog will always be a part of your life. I think messages take many forms. All the best to you.
Alex
April 20, 2011
ahh, this brought a tear to my eye. I hope Buster visits me sometime :-\. I didn’t put him down, but he passed away hours before I would have taken him to the vet to do so 😦 (his story is on my page) because he was in so much pain..
peoplingplaces
April 15, 2011
Last time I used an Ouija board was IN the garage. We were seeking a dark place to play it during the daytime. After some moving around and a pointed question, the garage door opened by itself. We were all spooked and ran for the inside of the house.
It was just my mom coming home :D.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
And usually, things people thing are ghosts or whatever do turn out to be ordinary things.
36x37
April 11, 2011
Wait. No. You don’t get off that easy. I need to know if Obama will be re-elected, because if Donald Trump and his hair take the seat, I will off myself, and that’s something I need to prepare for.
Another question…when you were finished with the Ouija, did you play “Light as a feather, stiff as a board” to see if Linda could levitate?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Re Obama: My lips are sealed. I will only tell you that after Ben told us the answer, NHD said, “Obviously, your cousin is a right wing fanatic.”
Ooooh, I love the seated version of levitation. I am a great subject. I’ll go right up to the ceiling. No snide remarks about “airhead” here.
Lisa
April 11, 2011
Based on that reply, I am going to choose to believe that an ability to communicate from beyond does not mean that your cousin also has the ability to see the future. 😀 I have to keep my hope alive that sanity will eventually prevail in this country . . . despite all evidence to the contrary.
Spectra
April 15, 2011
I do not see Obama being re-elected, myself. WHO replaces him is my only area of real concern – there is no precedent. We have NO IDEA at the moment. Not Trump, I am guessing. Though he looks like a logical front-runner, based on business acumen only.
People vote with their wallets.
Catherine
April 15, 2011
I too thought about the “ligh as a feather, stiff as a board.” I remember this working when I was a kid. I think I’m a little too scared of this stuff to try it as an adult – I had a very scary Bloody Mary episode as a kid that scarred me for life. I’m willing to just live vicariously through Freshly Pressed bloggers 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for being brave enough to read my post, Catherine!
varalidaine
April 17, 2011
Oooh, now I’m really intrigued. What happened with the Bloody Mary thing, if you don’t mind me asking?
Catherine
April 19, 2011
I lived in Germany, and I had a sleepover where we did the whole Bloody Mary thing in the upstairs bathroom. We did the whole thing – dolls, pretending they were Bloody Mary’s children, candles, etc. Right when we said the last of the three “Bloody Mary”s, the power went out. To be funny, one of my friends blew out the candles. It was pitch black and we were standing in front of the large mirror. I doubt (now) that it was real, but I swore that I saw Bloody Mary in the mirror. It was probably of my friend’s reflections. I lost it, and tried to run out of the bathroom. But the door would not open! The knob wouldn’t turn! I was trapped. It was extremely scary. Turns out – it was my Dad on the other side of the door, trying to get in. We were turning the knob at the same time, and neither of us could get in or out. He was responding to all of our screams, especially since the power was out. It was definitely strange the way everything went down, and I really freaked me out. I never went into that bathroom at nightime again!
pearlsandprose
April 11, 2011
Now why didn’t I think of using a Ouija Board when we were renovating our kitchen? Could have saved myself so much stress!
The last time I saw a Ouija Board, I was a teen-ager at a slumber party where we also played “Light as a Feather.” 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
I love the levitation game where a person is seated in a chair. Never ceases to amaze me.
Todd Pack
April 11, 2011
My older cousin and I played with her Ouija board when I was about 8. I totally moved the pointer around. Freaked her a little, too.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
You are very bad. You probably ruined her for life. Try it now and be honest.
Todd Pack
April 15, 2011
Hey, just noticed that you’re Freshly Pressed! Nice job!
Amy
April 11, 2011
My mom got one of these years ago to communicate with the ghost that we all suspected haunted our house. Seriously creepy things would happen all the time. She thought the best place to “talk” would be the windowless hallway with all the bedroom doors closed. It was pitch black, so she lit a candle. I was just a kid and completely creeped out. I don’t even remember if we “conntected” with the ghost or not I was so scared.
Glad your experience was a lot less traumatic!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
(Imagine scary music in the background) That’s pretty wild. I watched my mom do “automatic writing.” There was no explation for what I saw.
Alaina Mabaso
April 11, 2011
CREEP-O-RAMA.
I’m skeptical though.
I worked for years at a large American historic site that was purportedly very haunted. Part of my job was to supervise paranormal investigations until three in the morning. I used to be really into ghosts and all that. But you can only watch the filming of so many ghost-hunt TV shows before you go totally sour on the ghosties (as I called them), real or imagined. “Investigators” would do everything from fling marbles down hallways to yell obscenities to “provoke” the ghosts to discharge tasers into the air so the ghosts would “use the electricity to manifest”. Alas, none ever did.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
I’m a total skeptic about things like that. My mantra has always been: If it happened to me, I believe it. That doesn’t mean I know what it means, but simply that I believe it happened. And I can’t deny various things that have happened to me over the years. NHD has a story about what happened on the day his father died. It is WILD. I believe him also.
jacquelincangro
April 11, 2011
Can’t say I ever had much luck at the Ouija Board. But I did have my aura read once. The woman stared at me for a little while and then told me that she couldn’t get a read on me. What’s up with that?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
You are a Rainbow Child. I just made that up. But it sounds good, right?
Kathryn McCullough
April 11, 2011
This one made me laugh out loud, Renee! And I hope Obama gets another chance to change this crazy country. Just sayin’.
Kathy
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
AMEN!!!
Elly Lou
April 11, 2011
And you didn’t ask how many more kids Rod Stewart is going to sire? He’s going to be able to start his own race if we don’t keep an eye on him.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Shit. I totally forgot. Next time I’m within striking distance of a Ouija Board, I’ll make amends.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Whoops, I should add, thank goodness he’s not schtupping Michelle Duggar.
omawarisan
April 12, 2011
Ok, now there’s someone who shoots kids out like pez.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 12, 2011
And, like pez, they all look prtty much alike.
Dana
April 11, 2011
Hahaha! All of life’s important questions– ANSWERED. Quite the accomplishment for one blog post and an afternoon with Sir Ouija, methinks. 😉
Don’t tell anybody, but I *love love love love* new-agey things of all types– tarot cards, psychic readings, numerology, etc. Why shut yourself off from the potential wisdom (and/or sheer comic gold of the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” variety)?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Me too. I just think most of it is poo poo. But when it’s real, oh boy. I just watched Oprah interviewing Shirley Maclaine. I believe everything she says. Oh yes.
TexasTrailerParkTrash
April 11, 2011
Okay, now you HAVE to tell us NHD’s story about the day his father passed away!
When I was in junior high my best friend had a Ouija board. We asked it, of course, whom we would marry. For me, the board kept saying “Rick.” The only Rick I knew at the time was a guy named Ricky who was a head shorter than me and not my type at all, so we pretty much laughed that one off. The board also said I would be married three times during my lifetime.
Fast forward to when I was 28 and newly divorced after 11 years of marriage to a Michael. Whom did I meet and marry? A guy named Rick. We’ve been married for 34 years. As for the third marriage…maybe when I’m a widow of 95 and in a nursing home I might hook up with a “young” guy of 80. 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
That story is totally woo-woo. I love it. NHD’s dad had an old ship’s clock from his time in the Navy. It hadn’t worked for many years and the last attempt to fix it broke the main spring, rendering it totally dead. After NHD returned from the hospital where his dad had just died, he walked into his dad’s house and at 10PM poured a glass of Scotch in his dad’s honor (His dad had a glass of Scotch every evening at 10). NHD held the glass up, toasted his dad, then brought the glass to his lips. At that second, the hands on the ship’s clock started spinning around wildly, the clock started clanging, and the hands finally came to rest on 8:35, the exact time of his dad’s death.
TexasTrailerParkTrash
April 11, 2011
That is such a fantastic story! Thanks for sharing it with us.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 12, 2011
You are welcome. There’s actually more to it. Amazing.
TexasTrailerParkTrash
April 12, 2011
Oooh, email me the rest if you have the time. I’d love to hear it. (Nothing is too “woo woo” for me, as you must know by now!)
Tyla
April 16, 2011
I just got cold chills. That is such an amazing story!
The last time I played with a ouija board I was in like fourth grade at a sleepover where we obviously weren’t supposed to play with a ouija board. The host’s big sister told us that if the board was ever mistreated, spirits would come out and kill us in our sleep. No joke. But of course, we played with it anyway, and when we heard their mom coming down the hall, we threw the board under the bed. Oh god. We mistreated the board. Let’s just say I ended up calling my mom by about 10 pm.
Carole
April 11, 2011
You know those retirement communities remind me of Disneyland,obsessively clean and full of weird characters, are you sure you hadn’t wandered into Fantasyland by mistake?
Please tell me you are not going to be reading Ron L Hubbard next?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 11, 2011
Haha. I actually tried to read LRH many years ago when I was bored at an open house and the homeowners had lots of LRH books. I couldn’t understand one thing that man was saying.
writerwoman61
April 12, 2011
I was about 12 the last time I had my hands on a Ouija board…we couldn’t get ours to do anything though…maybe it’s because I didn’t know anybody who owned a deli?
Fun post, Renée!
Wendy
lifeintheboomerlane
April 12, 2011
Thanks, Wendy. I’m thinking about Ben in a whole new way now.
writerwoman61
April 15, 2011
Just found out you were FP’d again! Congratulations, my friend!
Wendy
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
So funny. Twice I’ve been out of town when it happened, and once I left the following day.
Amiable Amiable
April 12, 2011
I never knew we could ask the spirits about the future. Dang! I probably could have skipped over a few boyfriends. And, now, if I used the Ouija board, I’d probably connect with my mother who never had any good advice in real time. Yeah, I’d better just step away from the board.
That’s crazy about the ship’s clock. Woo-Woo is right! When my mother passed away, my uncle’s eulogy was about how she was the “wing beneath our wings.” When I moved the last items from her apartment, closed the door, packed up the car, and backed out of the driveway, I turned the radio on and Bette Midler was singing that song. That’s the only woo-woo I’ve ever had … so far.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 12, 2011
That was a good story. Yeah, had I consulted Ouija, I might have avoided some stellar mistakes as well.
Tori Nelson
April 12, 2011
The Ouija board lost its appeal when I realized my brother was manipulating the game to tell me I was really a boy and adopted. I bet it would be a whole different story if he weren’t there to cheat 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 12, 2011
Wow, good thing you didn’t base the rest of your life on that.
territerri
April 13, 2011
I work with a bunch of women who spend exorbitant amounts of money on a monthly basis to ask questions of a $90/hour psychic. I think I’ll invest the… what?… $19.95?… it will cost for an Ouija board and make some money on the side!
p.s. Next time you’re in contact with Cousin Ben, can you ask where I can find the best deal on one of those outdoor canopies for my deck?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 13, 2011
$90 an hour? Yikes, I’m in the wrong profession. Let’s join forces: You spend the $19.95 and I’ll provide Ben. We’ll clean up. And you ask can him yourself about the canopy.
merrilymarylee
April 13, 2011
Given the current slate of Republican wannabes, SURELY Ben gave an answer which will not keep you awake at night.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 13, 2011
Now Husband Dan has accused Ben of being a Facist.
Lunar Euphoria
April 15, 2011
I’ve never used a Ouiji board. I did have a random person come up to me and ask if I knew I had a vibrating blue aura once though.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Wow, I don’t think I have an aura.
dennisfinocchiaro
April 15, 2011
Wow congrats on being Freshly pressed! I can now say “I knew her blog BEFORE it was big.”
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, Dennis. Funny!
Tori Nelson
April 15, 2011
FRESHLY PRESSEDDDDDDDD. You are my hero.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, Tori. These FPs are very exciting and very short-lived!
forageporage
April 15, 2011
Hope you protect yourself while you play in the abyss. Ouiji boards are very dangerous.
Jackson Rodgers
April 15, 2011
My brother-in-law used the Ouija Board back in the early 70’s. It totally freaked him out. I used to kid him that I would buy him one for Christmas.
pegoleg
April 15, 2011
Hey, you did it again! Did Ben see this coming? (congrats!)
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
I think Ben was busy slicing the pastrami.
andreeadestiny
April 15, 2011
this ouija board thingie sounds kinda spooky..!! never heard of such stuff…bt if this thing realy works that way..i wud love to
lay my hands on it..!! i have always been very much into mystic stuff and supernatural phenomenons…if u could provide me wd more inputs in ths regard..it wud be realy helpful… thnx ;))
David Dierking
April 15, 2011
Wow, I haven’t used a Ouiji board since I was in college. I didn’t get some actual answers from it but I doubt they’ll come true.
The Good Greatsby
April 15, 2011
You’ve done it again! Did the ouija board make that prediction?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
No, but I am awaiting my Nobel Prize at any moment.
teamjonny7
April 15, 2011
It was really lovely reading this blog……
Great Blog
Vishal Sharma
Amy
April 15, 2011
Freshly Pressed again! Did you get help from “the other side?”
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
My lips are sealed.
Kathryn McCullough
April 15, 2011
Wow, Renee, you have been FP-ed! Congrats to you, my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kathy
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, Kathy!
corzgalore
April 15, 2011
Creepy. I don’t touch that stuff. It would be just my luck to get Hitler or something.
Plus, I’ve been in a haunted house (Not the Disneyland kind, but a real one) and let me tell you, I’m not about to try to contact the great beyone after that one.
Sister Earth Organics
April 15, 2011
Interesting story! I also had a Oiuja board experience that was not so nice….I always have to tell people :this really isn’t a “game”. It’s like talking to someone on the internet. You don’t know their motives or who they really are.
The man who invented the Ouija Board ended up jumping from a skyrise to his death, and he was using it to gain fame. I ended up tossing mine in the dumpster.
It definitely opens your mind to other things that we can’t see, doesn’t it?
walkingthepattern
April 15, 2011
If you mean William Fuld, I’m afraid the “jump” is a myth. You can read about what really happened on his official site.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Wow, I’m relieved.
Miss Substitute Teacher
April 15, 2011
First off – congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
I’ve always wondered about Ouija boards. I’ve never had them work for me, but family has enough other types of encounters with the supernatural without using one it seems. Some of my friends though swear by them though – they’ve done the whole thing with candles at midnight and what have you.
Sharp
April 15, 2011
kinda.. creepy .. to be honest
luwakcoffe
April 15, 2011
ouija board!! well,..it’s between mystic and psychology.
i’m not practicioner about this. may be it’s only game.
i’m sory to say that i do not want to try it.
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Gian Ramos
April 15, 2011
That was a nice and interesting experience. Most of the stories I heard from people who used the Oiuja board are not as pleasant as yours. I’ve always been curious but I never got around to trying it because I am afraid of awakening bad spirits.. Anyway, I hope that you will continue sharing your stories about your encounters with spirits using the Oiuja board 😉
Sir Real
April 15, 2011
I wouldn’t mind playing with one, but if I actually started getting answers, I think I would be too afraid to ask important questions. Things like when i will die or where will i work in the future. What if I get an answer I don’t like? Then i spend the rest of my life worrying bout it lol. Better some things stay a mystery for me. Good post though, I liked it a lot.
Will Night
April 15, 2011
I have had many strange experiences with the “talking board” in my years. My parents were devoutly religious so, of course, no such oracles were aloud in our household, and of course I myself was under the impression that the watchful eye of the eternal god was baring down on me, waiting for that pivotal moment when my delicate christian fingers would touch the plastic “indicator” so he could finally kick my sinful butt into the fiery pits of hell like he likes to do. When I finally had the courage to turn around and look into that watchful eye, it seemed of more of a detached bemusement than of wrathful damnation and the world of Ouija and sorts of other explorations were open to me.
I have even had occasion of it moving of its own (or rather some unseen someone’s) volition. I have determined completely concretely that I have no earthly idea what to think about the thing, but it still, to this day, confounds, compels, and mystifies, just as well as it ever did all those many years ago when Parker Bros. brought it once again into the public eye.
Where is it now I wonder? Still sitting comfortably in the attic? In a worn cardboard box on the shelf of a neighbor, biding, waiting for rediscovery and to answer those hard boiled questions of the teenage mind of dating, marriage, grandchildren, and, of course, counter tops? Then again, hasn’t it always been there, waiting in the attic, sense time immemorial, for the curious fingers of astounded young and old to look, and ask, and wonder? I don’t think we’ll ever completely be rid it. Then again why would we want to? How else would we now the outcome of the next presidential election?
ournote2self
April 15, 2011
I haven’t seen one of those since middle school. Do they still make them?
charlywalker
April 15, 2011
WOW..you are Psychic! I just came across a Ouiji board and was ready to send it off to the giant garage sale in the sky….
Now I’m having seconds thoughts and want to have friends over and drink Cosmo’s until the Spirits move us….
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Jennifer Avventura
April 15, 2011
I used to sleep with my Ouija board under my bed. Great post. Congrats on Freshly Pressed.
emjayandthem
April 15, 2011
Only played with an Oiuji board once .. in a darkened basement with my cousins. Freaked me out enough that I never touched it again.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane 🙂
Cheers, MJ
Karyn
April 15, 2011
Man, oh man, I remember playing that thing in my 20s and talking to my grandmother. Yes it was spooky but it was great at the same time.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
I would have no hesitation to try it again. I don’t get creeped out very easily.
beyondanomie
April 15, 2011
I don’t believe in Ouija boards, but I do have a story about them.
Many years ago when I was either 17 or 18, me and a few mates played with one. Being a budding scientist at the time, I insisted we at least try to do it in a controlled fashion. Everyone closed their eyes, and we had another friend observe proceedings independently, to ensure we didn’t “cheat”.
Remarkably, we still managed to “summon” a demon who identified himself as “Vedrak” and got some sensible, multi-word responses to various questions we posed him.
The independent observer was adamant that we had all kept our eyes closed throughout, and yet all the answers were still spelled correctly. I put it down to residual memory of where all the letters were, plus people inadvertantly blinking, etc, and so seeing the board layout while not being noticed. Mind you, despite my skepticism, I haven’t wanted to play with a Ouija board in since! 😀
sixthirtythree
April 15, 2011
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
Fun read!
So, glad you didn’t reveal the election answer on Obama. The last time someone predicted on a political celebrity, Hilary Clinton in this case as having health problems as the reason she wouldn’t win the presidential election, I worried about her health for months. Even though she was a challenger to Obama, I still liked her, as a strong contender.
All County Insurance - Brea, California
April 15, 2011
I want to know about Obama!!!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 16, 2011
As do many others. I’ll accept a lot of cash in unmarked bills, and the answer will be yours.
The Movie Brothers
April 15, 2011
What a charming post! Excellent work!
mrscummingsrx
April 15, 2011
good for you! I love crazy shit like this 🙂 haha sounds like you had a fun experience. I bought a board but my hubby threw it away and said he “forbid” it…..some people just can’t handle it!
forceinvisible
April 15, 2011
That’s hysterical.. I loved it. Felt like I was back in he 7th grade.
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Thomas
April 15, 2011
Did Ben happen to mention that granite countertops are now passe? They are being replaced by quartz. You might mention this to your cousin. I’m glad we stuck to Formica.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Ben was always behind the curve on the interior decorating thing.
Laurie Holman
April 15, 2011
I used a Ouija board with my sister when we were kids. My brain-motor connection must have been stronger than hers, because when she asked it how old she would be when she got married, I apparently mentally manipulated it to answer “56.”
Of course, the irony is that she married when she was 22, and I was 33 when I married (and 34 when I divorced). So much for psychic spirits.
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
savesprinkles1234
April 15, 2011
I’m not gonna lie; I’m a pointer mover! Cute post :)!
gejapa
April 15, 2011
Becareful with Ouija Board, please read first the spirits book by allan Kardec and mediuns book the same author.
Evie Garone
April 15, 2011
Oooohhhhh, that sounds like such fun, and to get results on the Ouija Board, cool. I have one I bought a few years ago and haven’t even had the impetus to use. . .thanks for the motivation. Maybe I can get a friend or my husband to try it with me? My teenage boys have both “borrowed” it to try with their friends, but to no avail, no real stirrings in the planchette from the spirits . . . Congrats on being FP’d . . .
bevysthots
April 15, 2011
I played with a Quigi board once with my friend Katrina and I can tell you it was the most frightening few minutes of my short life. I said to her when it started moving across the board as we touched it – “you moved it!” She said – “no, you moved it!” And we tried it one more time and I said – “I am NEVER touching that thing again!” And that was the end of that.
Why would I have to set aside my mind to read your post.
You are cavorting with demons …
wittybizgal
April 15, 2011
I had one of these in the 70’s–got it for Christmas one year. I will never forget the time my friend and I, at about 14 used it and “contacted” a departed soul named “Peter Howard” who had become a departed soul via a motorcycle crash. It shook us to the core! Hmmmm…or maybe it only really shook ME, because I’m connected with my pal on FB now and she is definitely a motorcycle enthusiast…the world may never know. 😉
daeja's view
April 15, 2011
Wow, time trip!! First we used to take all the glow-in-the dark playing pieces from the Green Ghost game and set them near the Ouija board for effect. Then we would ask it questions and all look at each other with suspicion because it would move so quickly. After that we would levitate one of us!
Personally, I am a big fan of The Magic Eight Ball.
I come from a family of card readers. That’s a whole other story…..loved your post….
daeja
http://daejasview.wordpress.com/
Cassie
April 15, 2011
That. Is. Awesome.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Hey, thanks Cassie!
ALIVEalways
April 15, 2011
I had never heard of Ouija Board before, may I have not seen many ghost movies. The closest I come to ghosts now a days is through Supernatural – TV series.
From the last minute research, I found that people into science don’t believe it, those who felt something ran out as fast as they could out of the concussion. In a video, a man claims to have recorded a E.V.P from a analog tape recorder as he was using the Ouija Board, he bolted out and that was it, never returned back to the same spot. On the other hand, a person claims to have felt it all, the selfishness, fellowship of Satan. Some say it’s a good money making trick.
The subject I find quite interesting, scary but then again, worth exploring. I bet I’ll get a Ouija board game.
opheliadear
April 15, 2011
haha! (: Yes! Ouija Boards…
Jess Witkins
April 15, 2011
Love this story! I used a oujia board several times but stopped after an all too creepy night. But before that we had fun connecting to ghosts and made a good connection with a friend’s aunt that brought her to tears. I’m not sure if I would use a oujia board again, you just never know WHO you’re gonna get. Great post!
lovelyshadesofnostalgia
April 15, 2011
Great post! I also just saw the comment with the story of NHD’s dad. Wow, what an amazing story. Gave me chills.
Colin L Beadon
April 15, 2011
I had an experience with a Ouija Board back about 1973. It’s a bit long to detail here. I have always been into the reading of science, as a hobby of interest, and have read and own, and reread, many of the great books written by world renowned scientists.
If you delve into quantum physics, deeply enough, you begin to fully appreciate how much we don’t know, or understand. There is a possibility, the world is just a deep spiritual dimension of energy, and really nothing more, so that anything is indeed possible, if we permit our minds to acknowledge it.
I hope you understand what I have written here, at age 76.
Cayenne
April 16, 2011
I commend your quest for knowledge to this day 🙂
My grandfather always tells me “learning is lifelong,” and I do so believe that keeps the mind young and invigorated.
I do hope to understand some of the more complex things in life some day.
Mikey
April 15, 2011
I’ve never touched a Ouija Board in my life and really have no interest in doing so; but they certainly intrigue the hell out of me. It is always fascinating to hear about peoples’ experiences using the boards and the strange and sometimes freaking experiences they come up with. I am sure that there are a lot of stories that are full-on bollocks, but some may hold some merit, who knows?
REALLY interested in what was said about Obama though…Will have to check back and find out!
Dana
April 15, 2011
Yay for Freshly Pressed– you are a FP veteran! My heroine!! 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, Dana! This seems to happen every time I leave town.
alecohr
April 16, 2011
cooL!!!
fragileswan
April 16, 2011
I’ve now seen proof that the human race is committing genocide against itself. This should wind your clocks:
http://wp.me/pqsM2-1t
Jess
April 16, 2011
Great post! I’m terrified of Ouija boards, but I might just pull out the Tarot cards now.
Josh
April 16, 2011
Where abouts is this “Langhorne” you mentioned?
wigirl1974
April 16, 2011
Talk about a trip down memory lane… I haven’t played with my Ouija board in years. Methinks it might be time to haul it out again for old times sake. 🙂
Elizabeth Godwin Sayle
April 16, 2011
I absolutely love this post. I’ve been sitting here grinning from ear to ear for several minutes, reading through all of the comments. Love it, love it. Signed- one who plays with the ouija board for a living. Well not exactly, lol, but close!
opheliajasmin
April 16, 2011
A friend once told me about a ghost who kept emptying their cutlery drawers onto a heap on the floor. I can’t say I’d been asking it for any complex political prognostication …
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. That ghost sure had something against cutlery.
mcsnitches
April 16, 2011
Tale of My Heart
April 16, 2011
Great post, very interesting due to the fact i am gonna be reading regulary. 🙂
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
brandonwritez
April 16, 2011
Careful, though that was a good read, I was kinda expecting a ‘spooky’ part. Ouija or Spirit of Glass boards are usually dangerous, since it is unpredictable that you are calling a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ spirit. It is usually not wise to play with these stuff since they are unpredictable. Perhaps u were lucky…
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. I don’t believe in “bad” spirits, so the Ouija Board isn’t spooky to me.
stellycious stella
April 16, 2011
The last time I did it when I was at elementary during the class. So horrible and freaking since we were not able to send the ghost back. 😦
lostbutf0und
April 16, 2011
However funny I found this post funny, I still find it disturbing too. You shouldn’t open that door. But hey, that’s just my opinion. You never who will come in. Being a cousin can might as well be a disguise.
Anyway, still congrats on being freshly pressed.
Greg
April 16, 2011
Hi…My name is Greg and I used to have a blog here on wordpress about the paranormal. I’ve been researching the paranormal for as long as I can remember. I had to shut down my blog due to certain demonic activities that had started taking place in my house and also took a toll on my family.
What you have here is a very interesting experience, but what I want to ask you is that, how can you be sure that this was your cousin Ben? Usually Ouija boards attract entities from the demonic realm. That is to say, entities that were never human. I am not trying to contradict your point, but this is what my experience in this field has taught me. I would love to hear a lot more about your experiences. Also, have you and your family had any experiences post the Ouija board experience? Please do let me know.
I am subscribing to your blog with a hope to get some more great info like this.
Best
Greg
http://doubtscleared.wordpress.com
lifeintheboomerlane
April 16, 2011
Thanks for visiting my universe, Greg. I don’t know what’s real and what’s not. I only know what has happened to me, and a lot has happened. Luckily, I don’t belive demons, so these kinds of things don’t scare me.
花蓮民宿特惠網
April 16, 2011
when I (rarely) happen to read disturbing, supernatural-type books, they must spend the night locked in my car in the garage.
Howlin'
April 16, 2011
My foks bought a board in the 70s, probably because it was the cool thing to do rather than having any belief in the possiblity that it could be for real. After a few Ouija parties the board was consigned to the cupboard where all the other five minute novelties languished, so me and my brothers dug it out and had hours of scary fun calling up the dead with our friends. Of course we believed it was all for real. Who’s to say it wasn’t? Actually, I’d love another board just for decoration or maybe….
J DUBBS
April 16, 2011
Oh man, Ouija Boards were SO in back when I was a kid. Can’t wait to hear if your deceased cousin Ben is right/wrong about Obama!
l0velyjune
April 16, 2011
This brought back great memories of my college dorm days up in Caldwell, NJ. On late nights in October we used to break out the Ouija board and meet the most bizarre spirits who’d come to visit. SOme were good, others pure evil. On those particular nights, Hope, who owned the board, refused to take it back to her room. Instead, she’d keep it out in the second floor lounge and we all kinda knew to avoid it for weeks.
Let’s hope Ben knows his stuff for the 2012 election.
funnyinnews
April 16, 2011
Nice story!
bellab85
April 16, 2011
A few years back, we did a ouija board at a dinner with my husband, sister in law and brother in law.
We were joking around at first, until it worked. We were all adamant that none of us were pushing it. For the next few hours, we had a conversation with a lovely lady (for the life of me, I cant remember what her name was again)
After, there was much shaking smoking going on outside, as we sat in silence, shaking our heads in disbelief, and maintaining that none of us were pushing the pointer.
We had even made this stupid little poem up if an evil presence came through to help get rid of them. We still laugh about it to this day, as it really was quite lame, and the “ghost” had said it wouldnt have done us much good! lol
Since then, I have purchased our own ouija board and use it quite regularly, even shocking some of my family members with information I had no idea about!
This was a a great post that brought back many great memories!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 19, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane, Bella, and for commenting! Great story.
Jenn
April 16, 2011
I giggled when I’ve read you only remember Ben when you’re eating a sour pickle.
So… the dead people are all-knowing? Cool.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. I don’t think dead people are all-knowing. I think they are just plugged into some greater consciousness. Or something like that.
Desolation Yes!
April 16, 2011
You should have made a video!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 16, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. And that would have been great, had we thought of it.
The Compulsive Writer
April 16, 2011
Thinking about getting the crew together for a little ouija board action tonight. Get out the black cat candle and put it on the table! Ching-Gow! Nothing like a little possession to get the night rolling. Is it too much to put the Exorcist on? Ya, your right, grandma can handle it. ha!
Great post!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane! How did you Ouija party go?
pattyabr
April 16, 2011
My middle-school, on-the-cutting-edge-of-cool, friend Mary was all into the ouija board. Last time I saw one was in the 70s. LOL
Byron MacLymont
April 16, 2011
The mundane questions make sense to me – if you suddenly had the ear of the after-world, you might suddenly think, ‘Hm, maybe there are some questions I’d rather not have answered. I’ll stick with cabinetry.’ Seems like that “knowledge of the world invisible” stuff didn’t work out so well for Faust.
Manu
April 16, 2011
Never ever EVER use a ouija-board, people. There are a lotta evil meaning spirits out there who just want a body they can use. Don’t open up for them. This is not kids play. Seriously!
Ava Aston's Muckery
April 16, 2011
I totally believe. This entire post made me smile. Great writing.
A couple of days ago I saw my first UFO. Here is all about it
http://avaaston.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/i-saw-my-first-ufo-today/
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed.
Blessings,
Ava
xox
sortofpsychic
April 16, 2011
Personally, I would think that if you actually managed to contact a dead deli owner, he wouldn’t know any more about the fate of the EU than you would. Being dead doesn’t make you all-knowing. At least I don’t think so.
sketchjay
April 16, 2011
We had a few great sleepovers with the Ouiji board as our only form of entertainment – fond memories!
Thanks for sharing.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
And thanks for reading and commenting!
Jill H
April 16, 2011
Great memories. I actually have a Ouija board, but am too afraid to use it, although I certainly did as a teenager. Still never really believed what it was telling me (but that might be because I had very dishonest friends – lovely, but…dishonest) I DO remember doing “Stiff as a board, light as a feather” and levitating someone who whould NOT have been able to be lifted by the fingertips of 6 girls.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. I love to do seated levitation. I’m always amazed that it works.
OuijiBoardPostFan
April 16, 2011
First off, congrats on being freshly pressed. This was a very intriguing, interesting and very well written post. I have always had a fascination with the spirit world, but never got quite the courage to explore the possibilities. The Ouiji board was a concept that was introduced to me by a friend last year, and it freaked me out to say the least. The only way I would utilize one is if: 1.) There was a pastor in the room. 2.)I was certain that Jesus would be making his second coming, immediately after the experience. I would be too paranoid thereafter.
Great read! Keep up the good work.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 19, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane and for commenting!
mark brown
April 16, 2011
I tried this once it scared me to death when it started to spell my dead nans name ……. REST IN PEACE
I Made You A Mixtape
April 16, 2011
Will EU break up??? What a random question….lol!! Unless you work in Brussels….Well, uhm… being from EU, not sure if that is good news or bad….
Thomas
April 16, 2011
Last time you got on Freshly Pressed I said one more time and you will officially be a pundit. Well you have and now you are one. But seriously, how do you do it? The odds are astronomical to get on even once.
jule1
April 16, 2011
I used the Ouija board almost when you did, back in the early 70’s, with a girlfriend. We got together almost every weekend and used the darn thing. She and I put our fingers on it really lightly, too! One summer I “tracked” a ‘boyfriend’ (read: crush but not a real boyfriend) as he traveled with his family. Do I know if it was accurate or not? No, but the Ouija board told us he was in Holland, then Greece, then Italy, etc. (probably not in that order). I never got confirmation, but it was still fun and we half believed the O. b. was telling the truth.
I don’t know why we stopped or when, but by mid-High School we didn’t pull it out or consult it any more. I think it was my Ouija board. Wonder what happened to it? Probably discarded by my mother after all the kids moved out. Oh well. Maybe it ended up at a Salvation Army or something, and perhaps other adolescent girls got some use (and fun) out of it. I’d like to think so. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
halfwayto50
April 17, 2011
I did this when I was about 10 at a sleepover and it scared the crap out of me. More than likely, one of the obnoxious little girls I was friends with probably pushed it around to get a rise out of us. But still, no thank you. I’ll stick with my fortune cookies.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane. Fortune cookies can also tell the future, but if they don’t you can eat them. You can’t do that with a Ouija Board.
panda1961
April 17, 2011
Great story, I dont live far from Langhorne.
More Paranormal items on my blog…
http://coffeebreak101.wordpress.com
Cherszy
April 17, 2011
I’ve never used an Ouija board, but I was always curious as to it being real. It always creeps me out a bit, but I always have this desire to try it at least once. Anyway, I love this post of yours, and I’d really love to know if the thing about Obama is a yes or a no. I think everybody here is curious about that. 😉
Karya hari ini
April 17, 2011
in Indonesia, when i was child, we have “jelangkung”. it seems similar game like yours. invite the spirit (or genie) then asked it some question. u can use pen or compass or needle as pointing equipment. when starting the game you should sing mantra ” Jelangkung, jelangkung, di sini ada pesta kecil-kecilan, datang tak dijemput, pulang tak diantar / Jelangkung, jelangkung, here are a small feast, came not picked up, returned not escorted” 3 times. Not more. It was fun, but dont play it without the expert 🙂
scottcarberry
April 17, 2011
Ouija board…invented in Baltimore. More proof that Baltimore is the center of the universe.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 19, 2011
So my Baltimorian friends tell me.
achilliad
April 17, 2011
I remember the Ouija board and always thought it “bogus” and like maybe your kenetic energy and tat of all in attendance made it do what is “does”…my Boomerdar goes darker on these things, however and evokes a movie starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee called “Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors” where riders on a train are subjected to one man’s Tarot Cards and the ensuing “predictions”. P.S. Obama will have a much tougher time…next time if he keeps it up like he is currently – I got that from the “eight ball cube”…lol
fornormalstepfathers
April 17, 2011
I sometimes go to http://www.osho.com
Zen Tarot cards – you click on one (there are several choices and combination, my favorite is “card of the day”) and it shows a beautiful card, and explanations. They always seem to be exactly what I feel that day 🙂
Fun post!
artmeandyou
April 17, 2011
Still laughing
frogypaul
April 17, 2011
Used one once. It moved on its own and I never touched one again. Too creepy. When you read a fortune cookie you need to add 2 words at the end of the fortune. These 2 words always fit. They are “In Bed”. Next time you read a fortune end it with “in bed”, and it will be a totally different meaning.
mypeaceofheaven
April 17, 2011
Wow, I did try something like the Ouija board when I was little, except that my friend and I held a pencil and was asking the ‘pencil spirit’ questions.
The pencil really moved along a map to self-written numbers and alphabets when asked a question! Both my friend and I swore that we didn’t move the pencil one bit!
Spooky, never tried it ever again.
Nice read!! 🙂
Scott
April 17, 2011
Fascinating post–I especially enjoy the antique advertisement featured! As for the pointer moving on its own–there could be another explanation: telekinesis. You or your cousin could have made the pointer move, by unusually intense concentration, the “answers” pointed out as you expected them to be. I suspect many supposedly ghostly encounters can be explained this way–especially alleged poltergeist activity. There really are people in this world with highly advanced telekinetic abilities–and when things move, and even fly around them, they mistakenly assume the force comes from outside of themselves.
tech
April 17, 2011
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Manu
April 17, 2011
really sad of you when you don’t allow my comment when i advise people not to use a ouija-board. I guess you only allow them when we say: ‘ooh, how wonderful, thank you for this interesting post. You really touched me etc..’.
Bakbakee
April 17, 2011
😀 HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
I’ve been wanting to try the Ouija board. But everybody so far has dissuaded me from doing the same. Bad spirits, will come back and haunt you and la la la la. This is like a ghost story gone bad. But funny. Love this post!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks for visiting my alternate universe. I don’t believe in bad spirits, only bad IRS agents.
4theluvofabby
April 17, 2011
Very funny, loved your writing!!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, and thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
Alannah Murphy
April 17, 2011
Hope he’s right about the EU thing, either that, or I hope we in the UK get the hell out of it…and leave it to them pesky Euros 😉
Congrats for making it onto Freshly Pressed.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
Thanks, Alannah, and thanks for visiting my alternate universe.
robind333
April 17, 2011
Just curious, was there ANY misspellings in ANY of the words?
valentinedee
April 17, 2011
My mother used to tell me this story repeatedly. When she was a young teenager, her aunt took out a Ouija board and they used it. But when the table, with the board on it, flew across the room, she never wanted to hang out with her aunt again.
My mom has passed, but I believe her story, because now I’ve got some serious paranormal stories of my own.
great blog
valentine defrancis
lifeintheboomerlane
April 17, 2011
I think I would have fled the room at that point. I’ve had many inexplicable experiences, but nothing close to that. Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
terraspencer
April 17, 2011
Totally love your post!
Terra Spencer
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks, Terra, and thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
JohnathanYMac
April 17, 2011
I am aware this might be off topic, but I am wondering if anybody in this forum has any experiance with electronic cigarettes?
I’ve been planning to quit smoking for 3 years and have tried everything from the patch to drugs. I am desparate, I have cancer and I don’t feel like getting scammed or tricked into trying somthing worse. E-cigarettes look like an interesting way to stop smoking tobacco, but would they work? And how do I know which one to get, most seem to be big money and I can’t just afford to toss money away. I have treatments to pay for.
If anybody has any experiance with this I’d really apreciate some advice.
Thanks.
varalidaine
April 17, 2011
Very interesting post. I’ve always wanted to try a ouija board but I’m part of the Pagan Society of my university and the more advanced members are all super against using ouija boards. They say it’s kind of like living in a shady part of New York City, opening all your doors and windows, putting beer and valuables on your kitchen table, turning up music so it’s booming and lastly putting a neon sign over your door inviting people to come and party. You never know who you’re going to get and you don’t know if someone’s going to decide that they want to sleep in your closet.
I am glad you had a safe and good experience
Jackie Paulson 1966
April 17, 2011
I read this with curiosity. I never did do this ever. Interesting read.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane Jackie., and thanks for your comment!
richy
April 17, 2011
So Many have had Experiences with Ouija boards I had No Idea!! Great Blog!!
Cheri Sundra
April 17, 2011
Great post! I can completely relate….During the 70s, my friends and I would hang out in a basement with a Ouija board…the only thing we could EVER think to ask it was if George Washington could stop by and chatter his wooden teeth….we were around 8 or 9 and scared to death that something may ACTUALLY happen!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer lane, Cheri. I’m sure Geore was gratified that you chose to ask him to rattle his teeth over a visit from whoever was the teeny bopper heartthrob back then.
pearlsandprose
April 18, 2011
Hey, congrats on getting Freshly Pressed!
megumiwasframed
April 18, 2011
Nice post. I’m very curious to know whether or not these predictions will come true. When it comes to things like Ouija boards, I don’t know whether I’m skeptical or not. I’ve only attempted it once myself, and at the time I’d been in the middle of my teenage years, so you can imagine how unimportant the questions had been.
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
The problem with a lot of this for me is that sometimes years have to go by until I know if things have come true. And by then I might have forgotten what I asked. Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
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April 18, 2011
Thanks for visiting my alternate universe. I don’t believe in bad spirits, only bad IRS agents.
may
April 18, 2011
nice post, and nice picture. My question is- what on earth is that spiky thing at the edge of the picture?? A pot plant, firework…mysterious magic?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Funny. I think it’s a palm plant. But I can ask Ben what he thinks. Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
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April 18, 2011
Wow, Renee, you have been FP-ed! Congrats to you, my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks! I am honored.
ลดความอ้วน
April 18, 2011
Totally love your post!
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Estelle Kiora
April 18, 2011
Don’t like seance but loved this post! So well written, I could not imagine writing it any better myself! 😀
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
Thanks Estelle, and thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane!
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April 18, 2011
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Excessive Excursionist
April 18, 2011
Love it. Thanks for the early morning laugh!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 18, 2011
And thanks for visiting my alternate universe!
gokonnect
April 18, 2011
haha good one!!!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 19, 2011
Thanks!
neuo8324
April 18, 2011
We,You and I, and every living person is a spirit attached to a body. You see yourself as a human. What you see and hear is all in the mind – you are spiritual – the body is material and you give it life.
The brain carries out instructions given to it by a spirit with a mind. We are spirits and we communicate with spirits.
The voice we hear is from the vocal cords and is operated by nerves from the brain. The message is from a spirit.
Please have a look at http://soulbodyreality.wordpress.com/
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April 19, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane! How did you Ouija party go?
beckyspringer
April 19, 2011
I’m a little afraid to try a Ouija board now, especially since I live in an old neighborhood! Maybe I’ll take my board to the food court in the new mall and see what that does for me. Haha, great post!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 20, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane, Becky. Funny comment!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 20, 2011
Hilarious! Thanks for stopping by!
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April 22, 2011
I wish I had limited TV more with my kids when they were little. One of my fondest memories is when they were about 7 and 9 and we had just moved, so we had to wait a few days for cable. One evening we got home and just lay on my bed for about 20 minutes before dinner, talking about nothing in particular. Also happy is a memory of coming home from the beach and playing the card game War for a couple of hours instead of automatically turning on the TV,
TV is such a time-sucker. I get so much more done when I don’t watch. Can’t really even sort laundry!
lifeintheboomerlane
April 22, 2011
Agreed!
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April 23, 2011
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April 25, 2011
Oooohhhhh, that sounds like such fun, and to get results on the Ouija Board, cool. I have one I bought a few years ago and haven’t even had the impetus to use. . .thanks for the motivation. Maybe I can get a friend or my husband to try it with me? My teenage boys have both “borrowed” it to try with their friends, but to no avail, no real stirrings in the planchette from the spirits . . . Congrats on being FP’d . . .
lifeintheboomerlane
April 25, 2011
Thanks for visiting Life in the Boomer Lane! I’m now thinking of getting into the Ouija Board business, based on the reaction to the post.
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April 26, 2011
Can’t say I ever had much luck at the Ouija Board. But I did have my aura read once. The woman stared at me for a little while and then told me that she couldn’t get a read on me. What’s up with that?
lifeintheboomerlane
April 26, 2011
Sounds like something that would have happened to me. I once had a hypnotherapist tell me that he was always exhausted after sessions with people. But in my case, he was energized. Doesn’t that mean the energy was flowing the wrong way?
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May 26, 2011
I think I was too freaked out. But I am a serious paranormal addict.
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October 3, 2014
The other day, while I was at work, my cousin stole my
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