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The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is manufactured by Mattel. [1] The user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer that floats up into a window.
In that simpler time, we asked the all-knowing orb simple questions such as if a girl in history class go out with us, or if our brother would find out we Top 25 "It" products of all time: #23 ...
Jimmy shows some celebrity Twitter replies to (fake) fan questions, and then reveals the original question. (e.g. Dalai Lama's reply: "Bountiful, rich, and abundant." Follower's question: "Describe your ideal guacamole.") The sketch is also similar in spirit to Johnny Carson's "Carnac the Magnificent" bits on The Tonight Show.
Magic 8-Ball → Magic 8 Ball — Relisted. Vegaswikian 01:28, 7 January 2011 (UTC) This is the correct name for the product. To effect the move, the redirect page with the name Magic 8 Ball needs to be renamed as well. User:Snorkelman 21:42, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
The Charlie Charlie challenge is a divination game in which the putative answer to a yes–no question is found by waiting for a balanced pencil to point towards the word "Yes" or "No" written on a sheet of paper. As with a Magic 8 Ball, most players, typically
A specialized icosahedron die provides the answers of the Magic 8 Ball, conventionally used to provide answers to yes-or-no questions. Dice can be used to generate random numbers for use in passwords and cryptography applications. The Electronic Frontier Foundation describes a method by which dice can be used to generate passphrases. [39]
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William Serrano-Franklin questions the investment that he and other Georgia State students are being asked to make in the team when the payoff, if any, will come long after they have graduated. “It’s like throwing your chips down on a roulette game and leaving before the ball stops rolling.” Dustin Chambers for The Huffington Post