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David Blaine does a Benito Mussolini

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Tom

Further proof... 

That hanging's to good for this fool!

Anonymous Coward

Tit 

Stop

That is all.

Jolyon Ralph

For his greatest challenge yet... 

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I wonder if he can survive for 2 weeks without ANY publicity?

Unlikely.

Anonymous Coward

I don't get it.... 

Why is he always referred to as an illusionist, He just does really uninteresting stunts or am I missing something????

As for why he gets so much publicity and "adoring fans", I really am missing something!

Anonymous Coward

Well duh 

"The illusionist described the challenge as "the most difficult for sure" of all his high-profile escapades."

He's hardly going to say "actually, this'll be a piece of cake. Easier than the box thing, with all those Brits flying burgers up at me on RC helicoptors", is he? ;)

david

Gitwizard 

That's all...

Benny

OK.... 

Dead Vulture

So hes hanging upside down, but can move his head up when he feels like it.....ok....and the point of this is? Id be more impressed if he fell and went splat on the icerink below.

Sorry, but I really am bored of his 'amazing stunts'

Anonymous Coward

a catheter? 

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Why?

Surely he's aware that eminent physicist Richard Feynman postulated gravitic and muscular mechanisms and then verified the muscle hypothesis experimentally by peeing upside down.

Matt Bradley

Google Adsense 

I notice that Google Adsense is currently punting "2008 Diet Of The Year" next this article.

Nice

Simon Riley

It bears repeating: a complete arse! 

OK I'm repeating what's been said above but the man's a complete arse!

Sceptical Bastard

No wonder... 

... the British satirical stand-up Marcus Brigstock dismisses Blaine as 'the Git Wizard' and rants against him at every opportunity.

I'm with Brigstock; Blaine is a hateful mistake by god, a catheterised egregious show-off, a zit on the face of humanity. He should be removed from the gene pool immediately. He and his meretricious stunts should be terminated forthwith.

Nurse! My sedative please!

TheHempKnight

subtitle... 

IT Angle

until I saw the subtitle, I had hope on this one...

Ash

David Blaine 

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Attention Whore.

That guy must have ADD.

Secretgeek

Disappointed. 

Flame

Seriously hoping that his head would literally explode. Unfortunately looks like his inverse-stork shenanigans have put paid to that.

Maybe we should just light a fier under him and see how long he lasts then.

Thomas

<Insert publicity seeking title here> 

Coat

Batty stunt.

'Nuff said.

Alex Coxall

Pinniata 

Happy

Let's all get some sticks and see if sweets come out.

Anonymous Coward

With any luck... 

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...somebody will forget to cut him down afterward!

Michael McLean

RE: TIT 

Coat

QUOT: That is all.

AGREED

mines is the one with the upside down pockets

M

I was ecstatic when I read this headline... 

Pirate

because I genuinely thought he was dead. Imagine my disappointment when I read the rest.

Snake Plissken

Anyone can do this... 

Paris Hilton

Seriously. 72 hours in ice. Easy, if you have an understanding of basic science.

And 44 days in a box without food? Sure he did that. And when they covered the sides it was, er, for cleaning or something. Riiiiiight.

Paris - because she's good at getting publicity for sod all as well.

dervheid

I'd be more impressed... 

Paris Hilton

with this waste of air if he did replicated another 'stunt' -

Glenn Miller's Last Flight!

David. FUCK OFF and quit bothering us, you WANKER!

Paris, as she may be able to help relieve his blood engorged head.

Anonymous Coward

Twat Dangle Pt 2 

Marcus Brigstock also got it spot on when he labelled the box stunt a "Twat dangle"

Ralph B

Git Wizard 

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Another freakdangle by the Git Wizard. Marcus Brigstocke will be pleased.

adnim

How, 

does this article fit under the category of entertainment?

The only entertainment I shall get out of this illusionist, no, dillusionists pointless exercise is writing this comment.

Rik Hemsley

"egregious" 

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He may be a 'git wizard', but use of the term 'egregious' causes me greater pain than having to spend fourteen nanoseconds about a man in a box / upside down / on fire every couple of years.

Rick Eastwood

Impressed 

Happy

Am i the only person here who never ceases to be amazed by the ever more impressive stunts this incredible man can do ?

He sat down for several days .........in..............ice...............

Then he sat down for even more days..................in....................a......................box.................

Then he even lay down in..............a......................different....................box.

Now hes inverse....................standing.................up.................... WITHOUT A BOX.

Has this man no fear ??????????

Now come on thats just genius.

Bassey

Re I don't get it.... 

IT Angle

Because, before he decided to go on a major ego trip and try to become the next Houdini (and I think we're all hoping he repeats Houdini's last stunt sooner rather than later) he was actually a very good close-up magician. In fact, according to a recent piece in one of the UK papers, he still is. He largely pays his bills by doing private performances for the rich and/or obnoxious.

Basically, if you've got lots of money, you can pay a fortune to watch him perform some seriously impressive close-up magic.

If you're poor and retarded, you can watch him sitting, standing, hanging upside down or whatever for free.

Anonymous Coward

A small child wanting attention... 

Coat

...is what he reminds me of.

"Look at me! look at me! Look what I can do!"

Nemo Metis

RE: Tit 

Flame

That about sums it up for this pointless waste of resources.

Flames, because his next trick should be showing us all how the Salem Witch trials ended, people stood in fire till they're burnt to a crisp.

bluesxman

Just can't stop smiling at "twat dangle" 

Happy

That is all.

James Green

Not just Rc helicopters 

From what I recall, as well as the helicopters people were hitting his glass box with golf balls. If they do that again they'll get to hit him, which has to be a bonus. Perhaps this is why he's doing this "stunt" in the states rather than London.

Nebulo

Why's this under 'Entertainment'? 

Happy

Is someone planning to cut the ropes holding him up?

Anonymous Coward

Another cunning stunt 

Happy

by a stunning.....

twat dangle, love it!!

Chris

RE: Nemu Metis 

Heh, witches weren't actually burned in Salem. They were hung. Witches were only burned in europe.

theotherone

what if 

Unhappy

what if he has to do number 2?

Sceptical Bastard

@ Rik Helmsley 

What's wrong with 'egregious' in this context? The modern usage of the word means '...conspicuously, outstandingly bad....ridiculous to an extraordinary degree'

In which case, it seems a very apt description of the Git Wizzard.

But why are we wasting so many keystrokes on him? He should just FOAD.

M

My remarkable feat of endurance? 

Happy

I managed to show an interest in a David Blaine stunt for an amazing ten seconds.

Anonymous Coward

Idiot 

Black Helicopters

What an idiot - he can't even commit suicide correctly...

Shame...

Matt

David who? 

IT Angle

Now if he dangled himself by his bollocks for 70 hours, I'd be impressed, as it would probably take him that long to find them.

Twat.

Paul

Hanging upside-down, albeit alive 

Pirate

Shame, I'd like to see him stung up by partisans and shot.

Chris G

In love with himself? 

Does that make this a Cupid Stunt?

Fraser

Grr... 

Freak-dangle 2, the gitwizard strikes back.

Anonymous Coward

And if he needs a shit? 

How's he gonna empty his colon? Will that be by catheter too? Could get messy. :/

NukEvil

Git Gizzard 

Paris Hilton

...because I hope he falls and splatters himself.

In other news, I hope someone laces his water intakes with LOTS OF LAXATIVE...

Paris, because we'd all love to see her do it while hanging upside down...

Anonymous Coward

wait a minute.. 

Paris Hilton

Hold on, this twat is still around???? I would have thought he would have gotten a clue by now and either attempted to pick up the art of magic again or gone back to his night job at McDonalds. Yet here he is still attempting to inflict these non events on the public. Oh well could be worse, could be a double bill with david blaine and criss angel.

paris, cos she has more talent in her..... well you get the idea.

Charlie Griffith

Left Dangling? 

Black Helicopters

I laughed out loud at the Mussolini reference. Someone else will have to do the explaining, I won't spoil it here. One clue...you have to be a certain age to remember that event.

Andraž Levstik

Who? 

Whatever another nobody...

Anonymous Coward

Bo Selecta 

I think the Bo Selecta David Blaine had him to a T!

Anonymous Coward

LOL 

Happy

I am glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that this time its indoors and not in London.

And t was RC helis, golfballs, laser pointers, and fog horns

The best bit of that stunt was the british publics response :)

jeffrey

Shame 

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I had hoped he was hanging from his neck, not his feet

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