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Sorry, i haven't looked past page 2 for a thread on this. But anywho, David blaine is on ABC trying to hold his breath for 9 mins...its a 2 hr program...wow...why david blaine, Why?

Meh, they already exposed this trick on that show on Fox a while back. You know, the one with the masked magician etc. Really not much of a trick once you know how it's done.

Meh, they already exposed this trick on that show on Fox a while back. You know, the one with the masked magician etc. Really not much of a trick once you know how it's done.


Yeah, but he is the son of satan, twah.

Only 9 mins?

The world record is 15 mins.

Yeah, but he is the son of satan, twah.

Wait... I thought Charles Manson claimed to be the Son of Satan.

David could be the son of Satin.

It's on right now, jess ta let ya know.

It's on right now, jess ta let ya know.

Why would anyone want to watch a two hour program where the main event is suspose to only be about 9 minutes? Lotsa fillers there.

It's also a show with his street magic.

Why would anyone want to watch a two hour program where the main event is suspose to only be about 9 minutes? Lotsa fillers there.
Well I'm watching it.

But also stoned.. hmmmm.

Only 9 mins?

The world record is 15 mins.


:eek: hmm..was that under water?

Well I'm watching it.

But also stoned.. hmmmm.

Hell even Martha Stewart Living looks good when high.

:eek: hmm..was that under water?
Is there a difference?

Hell even Martha Stewart Living looks good when high.
She makes me hungry with her kinky.. er.. cakey goodness.

Yes, cakey goodness.

She makes me hungry with her kinky.. er.. cakey goodness.

Yes, cakey goodness.

Mmmm I would like a taste of her cakes.

:eek: hmm..was that under water?
There was a 14 min one that was underwater.

i just started watching it...


Only 9 mins?

The world record is 15 mins.


is it really 15 minutes??? :eek:

that is a LONG time...

Mmmm I would like a taste of her cakes.
Mmmmmm!

Once, in an indoor pool, I held my breath for 10 seconds.:eek: :eek:

i just started watching it...





is it really 15 minutes??? :eek:

that is a LONG time...
nice music

*starts yelling "hisstass tu miss"

The 15 minute record was made by a person who was breathing pure oxygen beforehand. The record for longest time holding breath and breathing normal air beforehand is 8 minutes 58 seconds. I think Blaine has been breathing pure oxygen.

Once, in an indoor pool, I held my breath for 10 seconds.:eek: :eek:

:eek: holy snikes...

Why would anyone want to watch a two hour program where the main event is suspose to only be about 9 minutes? Lotsa fillers there.


Well, he's in a glass globe filled with water. Guess he IS breathing pure oxygen.

did u see what he did with that girls teeth??? holy crap! :eek:

I think David's gonna play the son of Houdini.

Only 9 mins?

The world record is 15 mins.

I don't know how people do that. I can't even make a minute.

I just hope he Blaneologists can't get tax exemption status. Then it will be the end of the world.

I don't know how people do that. I can't even make a minute.


i can go about 4 mins...then things go bad.

oh, my, of fuck this.

GUYS! He's goin' for the world record! IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know how people do that. I can't even make a minute.
The ppl able to go so long are able to drop their heart rate way down - some of them can drop it down to below 10 bpm.

gah they took him out!

He Failed! Hahahahahahahahahahahahah:d :d :d :d

The ppl able to go so long are able to drop their heart rate way down - some of them can drop it down to below 10 bpm.


There was a fakir named Kuda Bux who could:

Stop his own heart

read through a blindfold
and
walk through searing coals.
It's faith that allows him to do these things.

There was a fakir named Kuda Bux who could:

Stop his own heart

read through a blindfold
and
walk through searing coals.
It's faith that allows him to do these things.
There was an experiment done a few years ago with an Indian Swami guy who claimed he could control his body functions to an incredible degree.
To verify his claim, they stuck him in an airtight chamber that had less than the equivalent of 10 minutes of air.
He comfortably stayed in there for over 1/2 an hour. During that time, he was monitored - his heart rate went down to 8 bpm, his breathing dropped from 20 (average is 22 /min) to 4, and brain activity shut down to equivalent of a coma patient (the brain uses up most oxygen).

Another Indian Swami claimed he hadn't had drunken anything in decades. Once again, researchers wanted to see if he was telling the truth, so stuck him in a sealed hospital room for more than a week. Only water he got was a few mls to wash himself and clean his teeth, which he spat back out.
Amazingly, what was happening was that his bladder would fill up as normal, but then the liquid would be reabsorbed back into his body.

Then there's some monks who live high up in the Himalayas. They put cold wet sheets over themselves and direct their body heat out to dry them. They also go out some evenings dressed only in a thin robe and sit in the snow all night meditating. Come morning they get up, shake the snow off and head back to the monastry, none the worse for wear. No frostbite or anything.


The mind's control over the body is bloody amazing.

There was an experiment done a few years ago with an Indian Swami guy who claimed he could control his body functions to an incredible degree.
To verify his claim, they stuck him in an airtight chamber that had less than the equivalent of 10 minutes of air.
He comfortably stayed in there for over 1/2 an hour. During that time, he was monitored - his heart rate went down to 8 bpm, his breathing dropped from 20 (average is 22 /min) to 4, and brain activity shut down to equivalent of a coma patient (the brain uses up most oxygen).

Another Indian Swami claimed he hadn't had drunken anything in decades. Once again, researchers wanted to see if he was telling the truth, so stuck him in a sealed hospital room for more than a week. Only water he got was a few mls to wash himself and clean his teeth, which he spat back out.
Amazingly, what was happening was that his bladder would fill up as normal, but then the liquid would be reabsorbed back into his body.

Then there's some monks who live high up in the Himalayas. They put cold wet sheets over themselves and direct their body heat out to dry them. They also go out some evenings dressed only in a thin robe and sit in the snow all night meditating. Come morning they get up, shake the snow off and head back to the monastry, none the worse for wear. No frostbite or anything.


The mind's control over the body is bloody amazing.

Wow, WOW, and WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!