Re: Childish things was Re: That Age Thing

> stranger wrote:
> > It was actually kinda eary, almost like she read our minds.  No
matter
how
> > we turned, she managed to be there....we finally checked her plots
to
make
> > sure she was doing it right.....and she was....
>
> I read somewhere that wargames and RPGs are excellent
> ways to train young children to use ESP.
>
> The two main ingredients are apparently
> [1] strong emotions
> [2] an overwhelming desire for the result
>
> This is easily seen in RPGs, when one is rolling the
> dice to see if one's cherished player character lives
> or dies a horrible death.
>
> And I'm sure we've all seen people who seem to
> have unnatural influence over the dice in
> such situations...
>

Actually, I think she gets it form my wife, who can call her dice rolls
with
about 90% accuracy...its hell playing Monopoly with her....she says its
her
scotch-Irish background....IN the 15+ years we've been married (and
playing
RPG's) she's only lost like 2 characters....