Hanttula » Inside the Magic 8-Ball http://www.hanttula.com Unmitigated Brilliant Magnificence Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:09:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Plate #6: The Final Secret? http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/8ball/6-the-final-secret/ http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/8ball/6-the-final-secret/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:48:02 +0000 Mike Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com/2008/?p=2587

Finally revealed, for all the world to see.
The previously clandestine mechanics of the magic 8-ball. If you’re wondering what the blue fluid inside the cylinder is, well, we’re sorry to report that our tests have found it to be nothing more than water with blue dye.

But, you may be asking yourself, “How can these simple plastic forms have so ingeniously guided my most important life decisions?”
Yes, it’s true. Much of the magic 8-ball’s power remains a mystery even after this in-depth exploration. But, at the very least, you have come a step closer to the truth of the power that is “the magic 8-ball.”

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But, what is inside, you ask? What is inside?

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