Psychic - Unforseen Part 3

I didn't really have any questions for 'my psychic' so I asked her

1. Does she get a lot of Mickey takers?
2. And is that why she is so suspicious?


My questions were not listened to. Because I am interested in 'method'
not icing. And she didn't seem to like me.

I had a similar problem going to an acupuncture workshop in Camden
where a London theatre director brought his 10 year old son. I didn't
mind the floppy haired director going to acupuncture but I thought
bringing his son to a treatment that essentially has no effect was
negligent. Some would call it abuse. Unintentional, of course. But
ignorance of the law and child-rearing is a poor excuse.

To get past 'my psychic' I might have worked harder on my disguise -
dirt under the fingernails, more paint on the shoes. More swarfega and
less L'Oreal.
I should have put on a dirty wig and blacked out a tooth.


The moral is familiar but unexpected: You get what you pay for.

It was too easy to see the artifice. Too lazy.
If Derren Brown was doing your reading and you didn't know he was a
conjuror, you'd believe in the supernatural. I did the first time I
saw him. Seriously. The first time I saw John Edward on TV, I knew,
KNEW, he was speaking to the dead. I didn't have the points of
reference to refute a highly, highly accomplished performance. And it
took me some time to work out the power of a TV edit, to work out what
exactly I was seeing. A year, perhaps. The main reason why I
eventually worked it out was it was so popular that they made lots of
programmes and the quality dropped.

When things are poor you can see the cracks, the joins. The jokes of a
sad clown. The truth in the ticket stubs of a man or woman who lies
about their other two spouses. We are slaves to good performers. And
that is a scary though intermittently fun place to be. Ask any
psychopath.

The quality of the finish on a product can hide all sorts of lies.
Ask any rogue builder or Harley Street physician.
Or don't.

But rated..as what...entertainment?
"If I could have given less than one star ...."