Call Cleo now!

[vladmir_illych_lenin]

Has anyone seen these "Tarot reading" commercials? Has anyone been dumb enough to actually call them?

5.99/minute for entertainment only.

It's so funny to watch these commercials because all the people that call in are bimbos and cleo has obviously been hired under minimal wage.

"The spirits are talking to me. I can hear them all talkin' about it---your husband's gay."

 

[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Man, those are on all the time! "I'm hearing spirits...they are saying...they are speaking to me!..."You are on crack. Stop listening to us."...They are saying call me more often and shop at K-Mart for enlightenment!"

It's all crap.

<quote>"The spirits are talking to me. I can hear them all talkin' about it---your husband's gay."</quote>

"No, wait. I hear him in Studio 'B' with my sound technician!"

 

[drake]

Hey, doesnt Johan work for one of those companies

 

[Az]

I would find myself pretty stupid if I wasted my money on those things.

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[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Yeah, but if I won the lottery, I'd be calling up and demanding the most pointless, obscure predictions and then calling back to berate them when they didn't come true

 

[BlueMonday]

It really entertaining to call them up and just answer "no" to every question they ask and then accuse them of not beind Psychic. Don't do it with your own money though, find some geek whose parents gave him a credit card.

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[Az]

Cunobelin Of Hippo

Yeah, but if I won the lottery, I'd be calling up and demanding the most pointless, obscure predictions and then calling back to berate them when they didn't come true

BlueMonday

It really entertaining to call them up and just answer "no" to every question they ask and then accuse them of not beind Psychic. Don't do it with your own money though, find some geek whose parents gave him a credit card.

Hey! I've got a credit card....But still I'll try to find some geek.........

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[dreadhead7]

I don't mess around with those armchair "psychics" like Cleo, et al. Some folks are so desperate that they'll try anything. They don't read the fine print that says, "entertainment purposes only".

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[Az]

s[lU=driginally posted by dreadhead7:
I don't mess around with those armchair "psychics" like Cleo, et al. Some folks are so desperate that they'll try anything. They don't read the fine print that says, "entertainment purposes only".

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Is it obligatory to write "entertainment purposes only" in the US? I didn't know that. In Europe it isn't.

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[dreadhead7]

Yes, I believe it is. I'll bet it's because some wacko would try to sue old Cleo and her buddies because they actually believed the junk that those "psychics" spout.

Now, don't get me wrong. I do believe that there are some folks who have a gift of some sort, but I'll be willing to bet that they are NOT among Cleo and the Gang.

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[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Yeah, if Nostramadus (spelling close, I hope) came back from the dead, and started operating one of those I'd be the first caller!

He got it dead on when he said "In the new millenium, in the greatest house in the world, the village idiot shall arise and become leader", or something to that effect. Can you say George W?

 

[Loaf Warden]

Originally posted by Cunobelin Of Hippo:
He got it dead on when he said "In the new millenium, in the greatest house in the world, the village idiot shall arise and become leader", or something to that effect. Can you say George W? <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/lol.gif" border=0>

Har har. I hope everyone understands that Nostradamus didn't actually say that.

I've never called any of those hotlines, but I did talk to a roadside fortune teller in Rome once just for the hell of it. I don't remember exactly what she said, but it was pretty much everything she imagined I would want to hear. I think it's a real shame that these charlatans insist on doing such things--it detracts from those who may actually have legitimate abilities, and helps to ensure nobody will take this stuff seriously long enough to try to fund some real research.