Very Doubtful
by Elizabeth McTaggart
Title
Very Doubtful
Artist
Elizabeth McTaggart
Medium
Digital Art - Fractal Art And Digital Collage
Description
Very Doubtful::...
The Magic 8 Ball is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, manufactured by Mattel.
The Magic 8 Ball is a hollow plastic sphere resembling an over-sized, black and white 8-ball. Inside is a cylindrical reservoir containing a white, plastic, icosahedral die floating in alcohol with dissolved dark blue dye. Each of the 20 faces of the die has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed on it in raised letters. There is a transparent window on the bottom of the Magic 8 Ball through which these messages can be read.
To use the ball, it must be held at the window initially facing down. After "asking the ball" a yes-no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces him, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one of its faces is pressed against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background.
The 20 answers inside a Magic 8 Ball are:
.. It is certain
.. It is decidedly so
.. Without a doubt
.. Yes � definitely
.. You may rely on it
.. As I see it, yes
.. Most likely
.. Outlook good
.. Yes
.. Signs point to yes
.. Reply hazy, try again
.. Ask again later
.. Better not tell you now
.. Cannot predict now
.. Concentrate and ask again
.. Don't count on it
.. My reply is no
.. My sources say no
.. Outlook not so good
.. Very doubtful
10 of the possible answers are affirmative , 5 are negative and 5 are non-committal .
[source: Wikipedia]
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March 31st, 2013
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Comments (7)
Elizabeth McTaggart
LOL! That 's awesome idea!!!! If I knew he would get them - I'd send them to him! You're a lot fun Olaf ~~ I love your comments and compliments! Thank you!
Olaf Del Gaizo
Heavy palette for a heavy 8-ball. Spielberg should buy honking huge prints of every 8 ball in this series, hang each one in a different production office... that would be an inspirational workplace! vf
Elizabeth McTaggart
WOW! What an awesome compliment, Steven! Thank you so much for your wonderful, kind words ~ they are very inspiring for me ~ thank you!