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runn1ng on Sept 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dave The Incredible Mindreader – How Does He Do It...

I don't think he is actually breaking into mailboxes/cracking passwords. That seems really beyond the scope of what bank marketing would do.

padolsey on Sept 30, 2012 [–]

You're assuming the whole thing isn't staged.

jerf on Sept 30, 2012 | [–]

Yes, it probably was. It is a PSA and not a documentary.

But it didn't have to be. What I said would work often enough. It really could be done on the fly, even if it wasn't.

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