You told us about this " magic 8 ball " thing in my Water thread but you didn't come back to tell us Aussies what the heck you are talking about.
I was reminded last night watching tele, that " King of Queens " show, [ very good show too ],anyway that chubby guy pretended to shake something real hard then it was suppose to give him an answer, so i get the drift but whats it got to do with dunnies ????????????????

The magic 8 ball was very popular back in the 1960's. It was a black round thing full of water and had some things floating inside of it. You asked it a question, for example "will I find love?" , you shook it and some little answer thing would float to the surface and it might say "you have a good possibility for that".

Now forgive my bad memory but what is DUNNIES???

MEL

Here is a fascinating photo sequence:

http://8ball.ofb.net/procedure.html

--although, after I read the sequence a second time, I was wondering if it was INTENTIONALLY hilarious.

Honestly, what I posted about reading something through your urine in the bowl was actually said on Oprah.

Oprah was talking to Dr. Oz and she asked him what color urine is supposed to be and he said "you should be able to see through it" So Oprah said "write something on a piece of paper, drop it in the bowl and if you see through it, you're okay"

That is where I got the phrase from. Did you guys think I actually made this up? I'm not that good!!!!
But the Magic 8 ball thing WAS from me. God, I haven't seen one of those things in years.

Melody

melody, my 12 yr old daughter has a pink magic 8 ball and a magic 8 ball telephone. drives me crazy. the base of the phone says the sayings like from the ball when you answer.

this is the phone she has Attachment 728
it's hard to see, but the ball opens in half to talk and dial.

she has an elvis phone too. he sings "ain't nothin' but a hound dog" and dances when it rings. i am sooo thankful she is only allowed to plug her phone in on weekends. and only one at a time.