BS: Spells that work

Subject: BS: Spells that work
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:38 PM

Do you know any spells that really work? If so please share. I'm putting together a chapbook of such things. They have to work though. For instance, these do:

A spell to kill spiders - Draw a pentangle on the ledge of your hand. Whisper the word 'begone' thrice to the pentangle. Curl hand into a fist and bang the pentangle down hard on the spider.

A spell to cheer someone up - Take three of four different kinds of flowers, greenery, etc. and form into a bunch. Wrap the bunch in gay-coloured paper and present it to the person you want to cheer up.

Your spell must work within a year and a day of being cast, and must be testable.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:43 PM

Here

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Bert
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:44 PM

To stop a spider in its tracks. Blow down gently on it. It will scrunch down and keep still, allowing you to pick it up and evict it.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:47 PM

If you find any, call James Randi... he's got a million bucks with your name on it...

Spells... pffft!

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: GUEST,Guest (dyslecik - whatever)
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:56 PM

Nun ov dem evver werk fore mi!

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 02:56 PM

Try Spell Check..

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: skipy
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 03:54 PM

Work - spelt correctly - yes that seems to work!
Skipy
but there again if you spelt "work" "correctly" it word not work as you would write such things as "I'm off to correctly now, see you later"

Skipy (aka wrong - thats "skipy" spelt "wrong")

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:13 PM

"spelt",by the way, is a grain, not the past tense of "to spell"

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:20 PM

it's both, Uncle Dave ...

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:27 PM

An' 'ere I thought 'spelt was wot a beaver wears t' keep from freezin' 'is arse off.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Teresa
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:30 PM

From American Heritage Dictionary:
spelt. verb. A past tense and a past participle of spell

:)

Teresa

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Layah
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:33 PM

What is the difference in meaning between spelt and spelled then? "Was that word spelt correctly?" "Was that word spelled correcly?" Are those both good sentences? When do I use one and not the other?

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: GUEST,observer
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 04:40 PM

Here is a list of all of them that work.








And that's it.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: skipy
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:56 AM

Triticum spelta!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: GUEST,Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 06:18 AM

One meaning of "spell" is "a period spent in a job or occupation", so that would be a spell that works.

But another meaning is "a period of rest from work", so that would be a spell that doesn't work.

Now I'm even more confused than usual.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 07:24 AM

I once got a spell in my finger, if it was supposed to hurt it worked pretty good.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:18 AM

There's the trees that were planted that spell "Studebaker" in Bendix Woods Park just west of South Bend, Indiana.

Oh, I thought this was a thread on "Works that spell!" Sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Spells that work
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:50 PM

I had a dog that I worked an obedience spell on...I'd hold my arms out, bent at the elbow, shrug, and say in exasperation "sit up--or won't you?" and he either sat up or he didn't!