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Can we have a top ten canards list?

Missed some recent classics:
15. Randi is not a magician. He has paranormal powers and knows it. He uses them to stop anyone from winning.

16. The tests are rigged (again). Randi has a tremendous media and church backing and can cover up any legitimate challenges. (Yes this was used)
 
Variation of #1: The prize isn't in cash, it's in bonds! You don't get cash, you get bonds! What if the companies go bankrupt, huh? You'll win worthless paper bonds!
 
Jackalgirl said:
Variation of #1: The prize isn't in cash, it's in bonds! You don't get cash, you get bonds! What if the companies go bankrupt, huh? You'll win worthless paper bonds!
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Yes, bonds are quite worthless. That's why on Wall Street, the bond market involves only a few dollars per day:D
 
Well, I think that the funniest one is this one someone told me on a forum from another website

It went something like this:

"I think that Randi has psychic powers and it is very clear that he's using them to make everyone else loose"


Well get a load of that one, huh?
 
Calling every decline of a challenge a 'chickening out' has gotta be some new fallacy.
 
18) I am psychic enough to see I can't win.

19) Randi is an Anti-psychic, and when a psychic and an anti-psychic come in contact with each other it is the woohoo equivalent to matter and antimatter coming in contact with each other, and I don't wanna clean up the mess.
 
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Fixed it for you.

13. I CANOT CO
UNT... I CANOT EVEN RAISIN PROPRELY... ORS PEL... I CAN ONLY TROo3LL!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT I STILL HAVE PWOERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Fixed it for you.

13. I CANOT CO
UNT... I CANOT EVEN RAISIN PROPRELY... ORS PEL... I CAN ONLY TROo3LL!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT I STILL HAVE PWOERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks. Good one. Mind you, reality is even better. See below
pavel_do said:
well i undarstood you, and that is a good idea with sealed envelope, than it should be 25 envelopes or 50 (25 -50cards).. but would be better if envelope would be opne after my gues, or my gues would be writen on top of the envelope and remaine in same room and then opened infront of all of us...

regarding my friend to be involved as i explaned it is more as a person that i feel comfortable with and trust and as a support as well.. still its my claim and my abiliti to be tested...
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Georg said:
8. My powers don´t work in the presence of skeptics.

A8: If you are able to tell if skeptics are there as observers while you can´t see them, that alone would earn you the million.
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How would you then demonstrate this ability in the presence of sceptics?
 
Say your ability is guessing Zener cards. Here is the protocol:

For each trial:

You sit at a table with a tester who is an avowed believer in ESP. He shuffles the deck and deals the cards face down, one at a time and you guess each card, then he turns it over. Meanwhile, there is a skeptic or non-skeptic (randomly chosen) watching the test from a position where you cannot see them.

Based on your good or bad results you determine whether the skeptic or the non-skeptic was watching.

Pass 10 out of 10 trials and you have passed the preliminary test.

IXP
 
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New canard: "I was scheduled to take the challenge, but they were afraid that I would win, so they canceled the whole offer."
 
20) My claim is a paranormal claim, and by definition is outside the realm of science. Your materailstic logic and science is not up to the task of testing my spiritual powers. Likewise, Randi and other scientists are too spiritually bankrupt to understand, let alone verify my abilities.
 
You'd think that, even if there really wasn't any money in the 'jackpot', TRUE paranormal people would still try for it, if for no other reason, than bragging rights that they beat Randi.

That in itself, would be 'money in the bank', you'd think.
 
Just had a thought...

Wonder how many people are going to come out of the woodwork, immediately after the Challenge is officially over with, and claim "I was *just* going to apply! See? They're AFRAID of my powers! HA!"

Or, if someone's going to claim that they predicted the Challenge would be canceled, and therefor they're entitled to the Prize...
 
Temporal Renegade said:
Wonder how many people are going to come out of the woodwork, immediately after the Challenge is officially over with, and claim "I was *just* going to apply! See? They're AFRAID of my powers! HA!"
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I nominate edge for the front line of El Coro di Burro:

(...)They are running scared.

(...)Some one is lying.
If it’s a time issue LMAO, then the Old man and Spectator have figured a way around that issue, so I feel that it’s JREF that’s running scared now…(...)
 
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Wonder how many people are going to come out of the woodwork, immediately after the Challenge is officially over with, and claim "I was *just* going to apply! See? They're AFRAID of my powers! HA!"
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We point them at one of the many other skeptical challenges available for them to take. Sure, none of them are $1,000,000, but still...
 
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