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From: Barry
Date: Mon Mar 10, 2003 11:42am
Subject: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Version
That taxi driver bit is pure Sherlock Holmes stuff and we're all the
astounded Dr Watsons!
'You know my methods Watson - apply them!'
Barry
--- In a previous message killerb_0187 wrote:
> I don't know about you guys, but the last bit in this article
really
> had an overwhelming effect on me. I started feeling my heart
beating
> quite heavily.
>
> It really goes to show how much we really can learn about people by
> simply watching them.
>
> What I want to know is why Derren even sat in the front seat in the
> first place. I mean he must have dedected something from the cab-
> driver from the start. Simply amazing, that's all I can say.
>
>
> --- In a previous message uberman_21 wrote:
> > Almost complete version. This is the remainder picking up from
the
> > sentence the previous post left off...
> >
> >
> >
> > "I'm not particularly dark you know," he says at one point. I am
> not
> > so sure about this. Behind Brown's carefully erected 'winning
> > manner', there's something eerily detached about him. But then he
> > does lead a strange life: both seeing through people and bending
> > them to his will. That must be pretty isolating. It also hints at
a
> > wish - or compulsion - to make others do his bidding.
> >
> > When i ask Brown if he is a very controlling person, he bends and
> > writhes his neck and steeples his fingers. "I like things around
me
> > to be just how i like them. That doesn't, i hope, extend to
making
> > people behave in a certain way. Not when i'm not performing
anyway.
> > It's more about having my own little corner."
> >
> > "On the other hand, last night I went to the theatre - alone -
and
> > there was someone behind me who was having a banal conversation
> with
> > his wife. Also he was breathing quite heavily. Stuff like that
> > irritates the hell out of me. I suppose I really must be a
control
> > freak if it bugs me that much. You see, what i really would have
> > loved was my own provate performance - that would have been
> perfect."
> >
> > He pauses, then says abruptly and with real passion. "More than
> > anything else, I hate mediocrity. Just loathe it."
> >
> > Although single at the moment, Brown has had girlfriends in the
> > past - and will again soon, he hopes. I imagine that he'd be
quite
> a
> > handful. After asking for the cheese trolley to be moved -
because
> > the smell is affecting his enjoyment of the pudding - he talks
> > fondly about one ex-girlfriend, but then says that what really
> > united them was that she was even more solitary than he is.
> >
> > Afterwards, we get into another mini-cab. Brown sits in front
with
> > the driver, which i think is a little strange, but perhaps he's
> just
> > being friendly. Or else i'm giving off a cheesy aroma.
> >
> > "So, how lucky are you in that betting shop?" he asks the
> > driver. "Eh? How do you know that" says the driver understandably
> > startled. "Because i've seen you coming out of it." "Ah...right."
> > The driver gives a rueful laugh. "Well, not that lucky, frankly."
> >
> > When we get out of the cab, Brown says, "For the record i've
never
> > seen that man coming out of a betting shop." "How did you know
> > then?" "Just a guess. His general demeanour. Also, he's recently
> > been divorced." "Hold on, How the bloody......"
> >
> > "Because there was a mark on his wedding finger where a ring had
> > been. He's been trying to smarten himself up, too. That's why
he's
> > been on a diet - his belt had been taken in by two notches.
> >
> > "So you see," he says, "some of it is just about keeping your
eyes
> > open."
> >
> > End of article.
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| 3264: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | mjm710 | mjm710 | Mon 10/03/2003 | 6 KB |
| 3266: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | Barry | phosjaw | Mon 10/03/2003 | 7 KB |
| 3270: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | Blue Chip | cs_bluechip | Mon 10/03/2003 | 7 KB |
| 3271: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | Blue Chip | cs_bluechip | Mon 10/03/2003 | 7 KB |
| 3274: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | mjm710 | mjm710 | Mon 10/03/2003 | 4 KB |
| 3277: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | killerb_0187 | killerb_0187 | Mon 10/03/2003 | 7 KB |
| 3272: Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Ver | hypersang | hypersang | Mon 10/03/2003 | 7 KB |
