TelBoy

Latest (attention/money-seeking) stunt - to be suspended without food, communication or distraction over the River Thames for 44 days, with just one tube for urinating and another for waste products. To be shown live on telly.

"We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe" said the 30 year old New Yorker.

Aren't there old ladies' gardens this bloke could be digging??

LG John

I heard about this - thats some pretty crazy ****. Proper 'bo' as they say

sexy wrx69

oh god...theyre not gonna be clear tubes are they??!??!!?!


i dont know about anyone else...but theres nothing magic about watching some loon crap and pi55!!

TelBoy

Hacktually, i meant one tube for water, and the other for waste products. No news as to whether thy'll be clear or not Sooz!! And hopefully they won't get them mixed up like i just did!!

ozzy

IIRC, the average human body can last for just over a week without water, but 6 or 7 weeks without any food.

Is this a new take on the Atkins plan?

Stefan

what would scooby do

Hope it doesn't get too cold, he could get chill-blaines..

ozzy

taxi for what would scooby do

[shakes head]

Stefan

Tiggs

hope hes not to high or he could get hit by air blaines.



taxi.......

WRX Wannabe

It's all a con

The last trick they did inside the ice block was a fix also

It was sprayed with C02(to make the ice refreeze) at which point inside they swapped over with a look a like who was under the ice block all nice and warm with food water and a tv

There was a remote link video which poeple on the outside could see into the cube and this was just put on a loop sequence when it was time for change over

It has all been on SKY 1 to show how these TRICKS are done

NeilT

WRX Wannabe - totally agree, hes a con artist but be interested to see how he does this one...

Neil

chiark

Not sure the ice was a con in the way you suggest it was... Look at his setup and compare it to the "exposed" way it was done - it couldn't have been done as the expose suggests.

Read his book, it's superb... And gives a good insight into him

supertouring

All Magic is a con or a trick or a not what it appears to be, but the fun it trying to work out HOW they did it.
As for Blaine, I used to think he was good but now I am not so sure, its all getting a little too much like what he has done before. Now, if he could get 30mpg out of a scooby, then that would be a trick worth seeing! (I know, not even funny!!)

Tiggs

it may have been nice and warm in the ice "igloo style" but he was there....i was in NY when he did it and saw him in the ice.

NeilT

the Ice trick was a con no doubt about it, the Sky One expose was pretty much spot on AFAIK

He's a very clever guy and I wouldnt mind a read of his book, its all a con.......but a very good one!

midget1500

chiark - of course it was a trick (shown on sky1)

there is no such thing as magic

LG John

ROTFLMAO @ Ozzy, "Taxi for..." is such an old school phrase

ozzy

aye, you can't beat the classics

Poor Guy

my dad gets 30mpg.

P1Fanatic

At the end of the day none of us know for sure whether the ice trick was real or not. We arent talking magic in the usual sense, whereby you know it didnt really happen but you dont know how they did it. His trick was a test of physical and mental endurance - nothing really magical about that is there?

Ive no doubt someone could do what he did so why would he bother faking it? His other trick was standing on that pole for a couple of days - Id like to see how he faked that one. Let me guess he got Captain Kirk to beam him up whilst projecting a holographic image of himself

Simon.

Beer Good

I thought your kidneys failed if without water for 3 days. Or is that beer. Hmm must go drink in case the last 5 minutes were really 3 days...........

fuz

he will hav water a **** tube and nappies

Turbohot

This Blain bloke looks like a bit of a psycho! Have you noticed how he stares at his spectators? May be,it is his hypnotising technique.My daughter is saying he is cool!this is th's lil girl saying"david blain is AMAZING! he is like Houdini!he is one ov da best magicians EVER!"

paulr

If you just think of him as an entertainer,in a broad sense,then you have to give him credit.
He gets everyone talking about him.

MadGrip

OK then....


Who's up for a convoy down to london with air rifles for when this Pr**k suspends himself..

Gordo

God you're a miserable bunch!

Good on him - and he should be welcomed to the UK, not derided for his entertaining publicity stunts. So what if they might be faked, bloody impressive either way.

G

Luke

he's nearly as good a "Bush & Blair"

davegtt

P1Fanatic hit the nail on the head, none of what hes doing at the minute is magic or tricks. its a physically demanding stunt. he his trying to take his body to the extreme and show people what can be done. and the ICE trick was not a fake, it was doumented for hours of telvision him sitting in baths filled to the brim in Ice to get his body used to low temperature, people watched him constantly. and as said b4, standing on a pole, lt me guess he hid inside the pole whilst they put a dummy up there.

the guy should be respected. even his magic/tricks are amazing to watch...