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The "inside" of the Paul's Magic 8 Ball costume. I'm super proud of what we made and I especially like how it glows under the black light!
6 hours later, and the liquid is still wet, and will probably stain my sidewalk as well.
What's inside a Magic 8 Ball? Some tools and a broken 8 ball or 2, and here you go.
What's inside a Magic 8 Ball? Close up on the liquid & dice container. After I punched 3 holes in the bottom and a few in the top, it drained nicely (Remember how you had to put 2 holes in a Hi-C container? Same idea), but it did foam up quite a bit.
My daughter's really old Magic 8 Ball says "Most Likely" and "Don't Count On It" today....... I think it's time to get a new Magic 8 Ball! Photo by THunt77
Why rack your brain on those troubling every day decisions,when you can let the Decision Maker do it for you.The magnetic force of this pendulum answers your questions and helps you make decisions. The base is divided by six areas. To begin the game, a chosen player (THE BANKER) will swing the pendulum, which will fall within the force-field of any area. On the front side of the base there are some interesting expression such as 1 to 6 or East, West, North,South, Autumn....(or you may change it to your own logo/expression..). One who wins the game if the pendulum restedover the number/expression he chose. However once the pendulum rarely stopped at the center of the base the banker is declared the winner.
Will I be able to finish this project365? Will all my dreams and wishes come true? Will I have a good day? Oh magic 8-ball that sits on my desk at work. I love you. (Plus I've just really wanted one since I was 8, and I would just never allow myself to spend money on it, till I got one for free.)
I asked it: "Will I see her again soon?" This was it's answer. In five years of "8 Ballin" with this ball, the predictions have always been on the money.
What's inside a Magic 8 Ball? My hands still have a little blue on them, not much though. The sidewalk however, is still bright blue.
What's inside a Magic 8 Ball? After draining the liquid, a hacksaw made easy work of the clear container, revealing my reward.
What's inside a Magic 8 Ball? This is the container that holds the blue stuff, and the 20 sided answer dice. I always assumed that the whole ball was full of liquid, which clearly isn't true.
Dad explaining the secrets of the magic eight ball to me and my cousin at Christmas in San Francisco - 1960. She ain't buying it! Scanned from original black and white photo print. HC Barber photo.
F Family 1960 12 Cheryl Rick Dad San Francisco B&W print HCB 2021 RD 35mmScan251 (Scanned photo file)
The Magic 8-Ball is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel. It is often used in fiction, often for humor related to its giving accurate, inaccurate, or otherwise statistically improbable answers.
An 8-ball was used as a fortune-telling device in the 1940 Three Stooges short, You Nazty Spy!, and called a "magic ball". While Magic 8-Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, inspired by a spirit writing device used by his mother, Mary, a Cincinnati clairvoyant. When Carter approached store owner Max Levinson about stocking the device, Levinson called in his brother-in-law Abe Bookman, a graduate of Ohio Mechanics Institute. In 1944, Carter filed for a patent for the cylindrical device, assigning it in 1946 to Bookman, Levinson, and another partner in what came to be Alabe Crafts, Inc. (Albert and Abe). Alabe marketed and sold the cylinder as The Syco-Seer. Carter died sometime before the patent was granted in 1948. Bookman made improvements to The Syco-Seer, and in 1948, it was encased in an iridescent crystal ball. Though unsuccessful, the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards. In 1950 they commissioned Alabe Crafts to make a version in the form of a traditional black-and-white 8-ball.
The 20 answers inside a standard Magic 8-Ball are:
● It is certain
● It is decidedly so
● Without a doubt
● Yes definitely
● You may rely on it
● As I see it, yes
● Most likely
● Outlook good
● Yes
● Signs point to yes
● Reply hazy try again
● Ask again later
● Better not tell you now
● Cannot predict now
● Concentrate and ask again
● Don't count on it
● My reply is no
● My sources say no
● Outlook not so good
● Very doubtful
So day 3 brings about something controversial. I used to really center my whole life around horoscopes, fortune-telling and predictions and what not. Even a Magic-8 ball seems like a great ball in which to ask questions to.
It's so interesting to want to know what the future holds, is it not? So much so we focus our lives according to "what the fortune teller said...." and bla bla bla.
But have you ever stopped and thought about, if we all knew what each of us had in store for our future, where'd the spontaneity be? Would life be wonderful and happy? Carefree from disaster or back-up-contingency plans?
Even though I'm a Christian, I have to admit sometimes I have the temptation to want to know what will happen. Who doesn't? But where's the fun in life when you know everything about the future? After all, horoscopes aren't 100% true. Just a matter of chance for teaching suckers how to chose something. Likewise, the magic-8 ball is only a matter of probability. No?
So here stands Ansy, about to whack the magic-8 ball with her hammer, after she asked it what she should do for a Day 3 idea for a selfie... And it didn't exactly give her much of an answer... Hum...
But that's just my own view about all this... So keep those voodoo needles to yourselves...
View it large here.
Racine's 2008 public art event is called Sphere Madness. Artist were given a white sphere on a base and a sponsoring company paid for the art supplies to create an original work of art. They were auctioned off in September (2008).
This one is covered with faceted plastic beads of various colors. A window in back shows possible questions and one answer for them all; "My sources say Downtown Racine".
Added to the August Scavenger Hunt #8 - Eight
Andrew was in the front yard sanding his sculpture when I got home from running. She is looking beautiful!
The piece got a lot of attention from passersby. One guy on rollerblades yelled out "We need more nudes in the neighborhood." To which Andrew yelled "Take off your clothes!" I can't stop giggling about that...and I agree with both of them, it was 70 degrees today, everyone could've been nude in the front yard, but hardly anyone would've been as pretty as the sculpture!
Oh Magic Eight Ball, tell me why did she do it? Why??? :(
(The photo was taken 31 hours after my relationship was over...)
Spheres assignment from Active Assignment Weekly
An (magic) 8-ball in a corner of the patio. Conversion to B&W in GIMP.
Thirty Secrets. Thirty Days.
Technically this isn't the usual Magic 8 Ball--It's a Date Ball. So I guess you are sort of bounded by asking questions pertaining to love or matters that resemble it.
The secret part of this is, I sometimes base my choices on what the ball says. Yeah, lame, right? I can see you furrow your eyebrows because I know I just said something stupid. But I assure you, I've done nothing that life-altering and nothing less entertaining--yet.
I'm not about to change careers because of a Magic 8 Ball.
Questions
© 2013 Kristine Jabbour
Imagine if God were a Magic 8 Ball
You could ask anything
Provided it’s a yes or no question
The answer could be vague
Or not to your satisfaction
Still
It’d be nice to get some answers
If only I could figure out
How to pose the questions
I’m chock full
Yet lost to verbalize them
And none of them are Yes/No
Why is beauty so important to us, to me?
Who created units of time
And how did we become enslaved to them?
What do I need to do
To cut through all pretenses
And experience what matters most?
Where are you?
(Please don’t tell me everywhere
I want to *see* you!)
Last but heaviest on my mind
When will all this madness end?
Too many questions
None of them Yes/No
Still
It’d be nice to get some answers
Even if to someone else’s questions
Oracle
© 2013 Kristine Jabbour
You know things are bad
When you consult the Magic 8 Ball for advice.
Even worse when your 8 ball is an asshole like mine.
See for yourself:
Will I quit my job?
– Definitely not
Will I ever make a living from art?
– Outlook not good
Will I ever sell a piece?
– Don’t count on it
Am I wasting my time?
– As I see it, yes
Is my art even any good?
– It could be seen as yes
Are you a #$^&*@%?
– Better not tell you now
I rest my case.
However, it’s not all bad.
When I asked if I was going to be ok
It replied YES.