As it's been quite quiet on the SOCREL list recently, I thought I would pass
the following item on, if only as light entertainment.
Wayne Spencer
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Tuesday July 9, 8:30 PM
'Blind German psychic gropes buttocks to see future'
By Nick Tattersall
BERLIN (Reuters) - Forget palm-reading. A blind German psychic claimed on
Tuesday he could read people's futures by feeling their naked buttocks.
Clairvoyant Ulf Buck, 39, claims that people's backsides have lines like those
on the palm of the hand, which can be read to reveal much about their character
and destiny.
"The bottom is much more intense -- it has a much stronger power of expression
than the hand in my experience," Buck told Reuters. "It goes on developing
throughout your life."
By running his fingers along a number of lines on the surface of a client's
posterior, he says he can tell them about their future monetary success, family
life, health and happiness.
He says lines representing success, career and artistic ability extend inwards
from the outer extremities of the buttocks, while a further five lines radiate
outwards.
"I began on a circle of friends and the circle grew," Buck said. "I am not a
new-age freak. I treat people with great care and conscientiousness."
Buck, who lives in the northern village of Meldorf, northwest of Hamburg, says
all types come to him to have their bottoms read.
He sees his blindness as a great asset, not least because it means customers do
not risk having their identities revealed.
"All sorts come, from cleaning ladies and secretaries to prominent members of
the community. For them, my being blind is an advantage because I can do it
without recognising them again in the future." Buck has been blind since the
age of three.
Although he claims to have spent many years training his fingers, with his
index and middle fingers the most sensitive, Buck says even amateur buttock
readers can make a broad-brush assessment of people's personalities.
"An apple-shaped, muscular bottom indicates someone who is charismatic,
dynamic, very confident and often creative. A person who enjoys life," he said.
"A pear-shaped bottom suggests someone very steadfast, patient and
down-to-earth."
He is quick to shoot down any suggestion that his buttock groping might be
motivated by anything other than a genuine desire to probe people's futures.
"I do not need to feel bottoms for my own pleasure. My wife is quite beautiful
enough for me," he said.
Buck is reluctant to speak about his successes, but says he correctly predicted
an actress from a popular German soap-opera was going to write a book, and says
a stockbroker has been using his services for over two years.
"No stockbroker would keep asking a blind clairvoyant to tell them about future
stock prices if they didn't believe I could to it," he said.
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