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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2009-02-05 05:41 pm

His Writing, Incidentally, Looks A Bit Like That Of Someone I Know.

I received a truly amazing card through the post today, apparently from Derren Brown, which means that his psychic powers are even more impressive than I'd realised, because this isn't the address I included with the ukulele. It had me laughing so hard that my housemate thought I had lost my mind, which was an opinion that did not appear to be altered when she actually read it. I wanted to show it to you, but, sadly, not one of the photographs I took with my housemate's extremely blurry digital camera was readable.

Here is a description instead.




The envelope says, WARNING: THIS ENVELOPE CONTAINS MAGIC, SUGGESTION, PSYCHOLOGY, MISDIRECTION & SHOWMANSHIP. (Plus, pure evil + devil beards.)

The inside left: *POST TO YOUR LJ WHEN YOU GET THIS*
(Sometimes I can't be bothered with subtle manipulation. Just do it.)


(And, hey, you don't refuse a request from Derren Brown. You can't refuse a request from Derren Brown.)

The inside right reads as follows:


Dear Harriet,

I hope you don't mind me writing to you like this, but I can't help but be aware of the intense mental energy you've been devoting to me recently.

Seeing as I get many, many lunatics writing to me and proposing marriage (Coops filters them out for me), I thought it was time the tables were turned. Over the next few weeks, I will subliminally manoeuvre you until you end up in a church, where I will be waiting to marry you. At that time, I will of course allow you to choose what you do. Of course, I might manipulate your choice. I'm evil like that. *nod nod nod*

See you soon,
Derren
-x-

P.S. You might want to get your housemates to check their keys and change the code on your burglar alarm, if you have one.

xxx




It strikes the balance between charming and creepy perfectly and I adore it. Thank you so much, 'Derren'; you have completely made my day!


This seems an appropriate time to repost one of my favourite memes: the Hey, Let's Blur The Boundaries Between Fiction And Reality meme (or the informal roleplaying meme, if you prefer).

Ask any character you think I might be able to manage a question, and I'll reply in-character as them with an answer (or possibly reply as myself going 'WHAT THE HELL, I CAN'T DO THIS'). Feel free to ask either as yourself or as another character.

Real people are not out of bounds, but obviously this is just for fun and I am not actually claiming to be any real person. Um, apart from, you know, me. I'm real.

[identity profile] apiphile.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
*cackle* Oh, Dear.

I wish to ask Derren Brown if he has ever considered manipulating Stephen Fry into fomenting a revolution. Because it would succeed. It would succeed.

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[identity profile] the-wanlorn.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
AHAHAHAHA THAT IS HILARIOUS!

[identity profile] serriadh.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Gosh! Derren really is an evil genius isn't he? And I have NO IDEA what you mean about the writing.


I'd like to ask Jeremy Clarkson why his jeans are so tight. I'd also like to ask Stephen Fry why he agreed to have dinner with Derren Brown. Don't you know it's dangerous

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Re: Clarkson

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[identity profile] wanttobeatree.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
How much would it mess with your mind if I asked you to answer question as me?

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[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
It did not occur to me that you could do that! I'm now tempted to try, only I can't think of a question, and if I asked Riona "What question should I have you answer as me?" and she answered as me, it would get needlessly recursive.

[identity profile] thrennion.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to know, from Jessie, whether she knew if James was gay or not. If not, was he into her?

{AND THAT LETTER IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! In a... vaguely creepy and suggestive and ebul way.}

[identity profile] lazaruswakes.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you there God? It's me Dean Winchester.

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[identity profile] littlemoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I should like to ask James May what he's doing with that boxset of Trick of The Mind...

[identity profile] serriadh.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
... and why he's grown a goatee?
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[identity profile] brewsternorth.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Asking the Mister Master what he thinks of Twitter...

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam, Dean, have you heard of a guy called Derren Brown? I think you should investigate him.

[identity profile] lazaruswakes.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't know the guy. What's he been doing?

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Richard Hammond; are you really the only one on Top Gear not plotting to take over England and possibly the world, or are you just the one with the sense not to tell everyone your plans?

Also, would you find it charming or weird if I made and sent you a beadwork picture of Oliver at some point in the future?

Guy on one of Riona's icons who appears to be wearing a blindfold; who are you?

Dean Winchester and Toph; now that you've suddenly met, what do you make of each other?

[identity profile] amy-wolf.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Derren Brown: are your Emergency Backup Dancers ladies, gentlemen, both, or variable depending on the situation? And how do you signal when you need their help?

Also, have you ever considered a career in piracy?

[identity profile] bubl.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Uh May Zing.

So so cool.

Though, now that I put things in context...

[identity profile] draegonhawke.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[I have taken a suspiciously ukulele-shaped package with Derren Brown's name on it to the post office. I have no idea whether it is going to reach him or not. I certainly hope so, because it is quite a nice ukulele and Derren Brown clearly needs one.

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU GUYS. HOW ARE YOU SO PERSUASIVE?
]

this post here (http://rionaleonhart.livejournal.com/178057.html)



[I received a truly amazing card through the post today, apparently from Derren Brown, which means that his psychic powers are even more impressive than I'd realised, because this isn't the address I included with the ukulele.]

[His Writing, Incidentally, Looks A Bit Like That Of Someone I Know.]

this post we're in right now (http://rionaleonhart.livejournal.com/178262.html)



I'm just sayin'.

Maybe he really did want that ukelele. :P

I love this meme so freaking much.

[identity profile] bubbles-san.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You alwys seem to post this meme right around the time I get a new fandom, soooo....

Dr. The Todd: I have been watching you lately, and what I wanna know is, what happened between you and Kelso in Mexico? Cause your eagerness to go just astounds me. I mean, you do realize it's Kelso, right?

And to Dr. Wilson: When are you going to confess your undying love for a certain cranky diagnostician? We all know it's true, we're just waiting for one of you to say something.

Also, to Derren Brown: You've obviously been reading Riona's fangirlings of you; how do you feel about them?

[identity profile] slasherfersure.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I had the weirdest dream last night, involving JD, Turk, and Derren. CAN YOU SAY LMAO?

If When JD and Turk become fans of Derren, and start wearing shirts, pants, hats, shoes, and tattoos with Derren's face all over them, what would Dr. Cox think? o:

It's produced a funny drabble for me, though it's more fun to actually think about.

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[identity profile] saaski-moql.livejournal.com 2009-02-07 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
I am so horribly amused right now, you have no idea XD