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From: mjm710
Date: Mon Mar 10, 2003 3:48pm
Subject: [Derren Brown] Re: Sunday Telegraph 9/03/03 Can this man read minds? - Complete Version
--- In a previous message Blue Chip wrote:
> Ahhh, the one at the end of the Telegraph article? no?
>
> >Im missing something here - WHAT Taxi Driver??
> >
Yup - sorry I was replying to the previous poster ("That taxi driver
bit is pure Sherlock Holmes stuff etc"). I should have done a bit of
snipping to set it in context.
Mind you I do think we should have more taxi drivers on this board -
they know everything about everything and have an opinion on
it..... "That mind control geezer is an effin' mentalist"
/mike
> > >Hmmmm ... all his brilliant deductions are when he is outside
the cab
> > >where they can't be verified. The interviewer can't check
> > >these "facts". Db even admits the betting shop is a guess.
> > >
> > >I think db likes to take risks and if they come off then he can
> > >embellish it with his Sherlock Holmes bit. If they don't they get
> > >quickly forgotten. If the taxi driver had said he didn't go into
that
> > >betting shop would the interviewer even remember the comment had
been
> > >made?
> > >
> > >We'll never really know.....unless the taxi driver was impressed
> > >enough by db to join this group!
> > >
> > >/mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--- In a previous message Barry wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > > > 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."
