Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version VT2.2 2/15/84; site vortex.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: ESP Message-ID: <258@vortex.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:39:47 EST Article-I.D.: vortex.258 Posted: Sat Feb 18 04:39:47 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:38:20 EST Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 27 There are many situations where ESP seems to come into play, but PROBABLY didn't. One that bothered me for quite a while ran something like this: A friend and I were cleaning up the kitchen after eating. Neither of us were talking to each other at that moment. Then suddenly, for no reason that I could understand, I jokingly said, "Bipitty, Bopitty, Boo!" (words from an old Disney jingle). My friend almost dropped the dish she was holding. Apparently she had been thinking about that song/jingle, and had just mentally gotten to the point where the "Bipitty, Bopitty, Boo!" would go when I suddenly blurted it out. There are three possible explanations for this event: 1) ESP 2) Coincidence (rather low probability!) 3) Even though she didn't think that she was vocally humming or singing the tune, and even though I didn't remember hearing her hum or sing any tune, she actually was and I actually did hear it. This event still bothers me from time to time, but, even though it doesn't mesh with our conscious memory of the event, I must assume that (3) was the actual cause. --Lauren--