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I have to wonder, why is he doing this?  It is completely and thoroughly unimportant, there is no "cause" for him to be subjecting himself, and it's not a very thrilling thing to watch.
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My opinion is that he is trying to gain publicity in Britain. Unfortunately, it is having an adverse effect. Someone tried to hack at his water supply at one point and Blaine had a bit of a shock when people were flashing 'lazer sticks' - He thought a sniper was going to shoot him!

However, for me, the funniest crowd participation occurred when someone attached a hamburger to a remote control helicopter and started flying it around his box, making sure David Blaine could see it.

In a way, I think Blaine got what he deserved. People are genuinely cheering him on but, because he is undergoing a silly stunt, he should expect 'medieval style' ridicule for it.

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It is true that we have a similar mind-set.

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Heh heh! I was trying to find a diplomatic word but I think what you said suits me.

When he gets down from having starved himself for over a month, he is going to be landed with a £100,000 to £150,000 fine because of the increase in policing over the area around this time.

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I won't subject everyone to the Emile Heskey joke... it'd require me to explain who Emile was, right guys?
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Lol. I think I know where this is heading, Bobo. Go on give the joke a blast.  :D

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Lol. I think I know where this is heading, Bobo. Go on give the joke a blast.  :D
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For your benefit or for everybody else's benefit? >grin<

David Blaine has apparently given up his 44 day stunt of doing nothing in a box, as he realises he'll never approach Emile Heskey's record of doing the same thing for the last four years.

Bwahaha.

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Ha ha! Class joke, Bobo!

Now for some explaining: Emile Heskey is a British football (Soccer) player. When we refer to someone 'being in the box' we are talking about a footballer's position in the opponents goalmouth. The joke is saying that Emile Heskey hasn't scored goals for ages.

Very funny.  :D

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Ha ha! Class joke, Bobo!

Now for some explaining: Emile Heskey is a British football (Soccer) player. When we refer to someone 'being in the box' we are talking about a footballer's position in the opponents goalmouth. The joke is saying that Emile Heskey hasn't scored goals for ages.

Very funny.  :D
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Quoting:I wonder how many more days he has left to leave the box so then he can go to The Sizzler and then stuff his face with food? End Quote

I think he has a week or so to go, Howard.

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I think publicity stunts are very stupid. I must admit that I have admired Harry Houdini but he was basically the first doing publicity stunts and many have followed in his footsteps. Like BMG stated, if it was to raise funds that would be one thing but just to get your name in the paper or have your face on t.v. it is just plain STUPID!!!!!!
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It's because he is a celebrity that he can get away with doing stunts. If I stuck myself in a box for 44 days I would get on the news all right. The headlines would just read 'Stupid man sits in a box'.

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I think he has a week or so to go, Howard.
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I hope he can survive another week. :P :D


Howard

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A "magic secrets revealed" type show last year revealed how he did his last "endurance" stunt when he stayed in that block of ice for a long time.  The show even went as far as re-enacting it to show how it was done.

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How did he survive the big block of ice then, 80sRocked?

As for the stunt being highly publicised, let's say that everybody in Britain knows about it.

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How did he survive the big block of ice then, 80sRocked?

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It was really simple, once I saw how it was done.

well, periodically, his "crew" would blast some liquid nitrogen onto the block of ice so "seal the seams" and to refreeze any melting that may have occured throughout the day.  Well, naturally, this substance creates a lot of fog, and when the area would be filled with this fog, Blaine would switch places with a "stand-in" for a few hours until the next time they "re-sealed" the cracks and seams on the block of ice.  Since there was all this fog around and people assumed it was natural, it was a perfect cover for him to switch places.

Here's where it gets cool:  under the ice was a small chamber with food and drinking water.  The floor of the block of ice could be removed just enough allowing him to quickly trade places with the "stand-in".

After I saw all this, David Blaine's "stunts" aren't so amazing anymore.


They also revealed how he did all those "Street Magic" specials.  Lets just say 99% of it was creative post-production editing. ;)

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So anyone know the status of him lately? ???

Howard
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Here's the latest on him Howard

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3189500.stm

I think he only has a few more days to go.

One of the 'comic' newspapers was trying to organise something for today where people stood near him and set their mobile phones off all at the same time.  Then they were going to have a picnic or something.

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David Blaine looks so awful.He really needs to eat something. :(

Howard
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Blaine should have tried this stunt after his near death experience with the block of ice. He must be a masochist or something. :o

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I assume you are being sarcastic. :)

Blaine is a magician.  These "stunts" and "near-death" experiences are nothing more than magic, or if you prefer, illusion.

Blaine's "Block of Ice" trick was revelaed, as said above.  I don't buy this starvation thing in the box for a minute.  Maybe if he was in a glass box on the ground, where every angle could be seen by the public 24/7, I would possibly believe it.

But since he is up in the air where not everyone can see all angles of this box...

Its a long drawn-out magic trick...nothing more.



I will sum up the day he emerges from the box:  He will stumble out of the box and possibly collapse because of his weakness from the starvation, just like all the other "stunts" he has done.  Then he will make his rounds on all the talk-shows describing his "harrowing" experience in the box.  

Puuuuuulease...just as scripted. :) ::)

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Can't we put a certain Mr T. Blair in the box next? (And hopefully forget about him?)
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Stick Gordon Brown in there as well - Both are as bad as each other.  :-/

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A certain Sunday newspaper, after this event, tested Mr. Blaine's urine, the headline being "We take the p*** out of Blaine". Funny stuff.
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...sounds like a start to a "I get a kick out of you" parody, sort of:

We take the pi** out of Blaine
Forty-four days
In a box, if it pays
It's still a stupid thing to do
Blaine, we'll take the pi** out of you

;-)

Phil

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Stick Gordon Brown in there as well - Both are as bad as each other.  :-/
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It would have to be be a darkened box for Blair- (a) to continue the comfort level he feels with his head up his a** (his normal situation), and (b) so we wouldn't have to look at his weasely little face.
As for Brown, I don't find him as repugnant as Blair- I'd imagine the chances of him going without food for any length of time are pretty remote :D
As for Blaine, what a load of old tosh. If he was some yogi doing the fasting for real, then I could see why it would attract attention- I can't see why people are so fascinated by a prolonged conjuring trick. Sadly his little episode has had the desired effect for him, in that he's gained massive publicity & will probabaly gain financially from it. I don't begrudge him this (in fact, I admire his effrontery), am just confused as to why so many people displayed the level of interest they did. Perhaps it's because the media told them to... ???

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...sounds like a start to a "I get a kick out of you" parody, sort of:

We take the pi** out of Blaine
Forty-four days
In a box, if it pays
It's still a stupid thing to do
Blaine, we'll take the pi** out of you
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... in full and unexpurgated here

;-)

Phil

PS Hairspray - is "taking the pi**" really that in need of censorship?

Quoting:PS Hairspray - is "taking the pi**" really that in need of censorship?
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Annoying as it may be to you, you know the drill. Sorry mate.

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His next stunt he says will jump off The brooklyn bridge and land safely somehwere. :o
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Alaska?

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Alaska?
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Maybe he'll catch cold with pneumonia. >:(
stupid idiot! ::)

Howard