P.K.E meter from Ghostbusters (1984)
For an example of credulity and clever marketing we need look no further than the case of the Quadro QRS 250G Detector and the Psi-Tronics Super-Sensor Dowsing Rod.
This pair of quasi-spiritual detection units fooled people into parting with thousands of taxpayer dollars, based on no laboratory evidence of their efficacy whatsoever. A company called DK Labs are selling similar snake oil devices, which have all been showered with testimonials.
It's a depressing vista. And we wonder why the Garda sub-aqua unit takes instructions from psychics.
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I swear by the one I have at home. It's the delux model, which whistles and sends me an email when it detects stuff.
Testimonals said that it,
" Detects whiter then white", and that "I'll never go back to my old dectecter". And how true.
I found a revision to the Book of Kells on the long pavement dump with mine recently( at a low power setting ). Oh, and one of DoDo Reddin's prams as well.
Sniffle: Haven't heard mention of Dodo in years. That tracking device is the biz!
You need none of that fancy shmancy crap. A good forked hazel stick has always worked for me. I finds the witches every time, then I burns them good
Thriftcriminal: Hazel? The druids made their wands out of ash. If it's good enough for a hurley, it's good enough to beat a witch to death with.
I have one myself, and it's pointing me home, back to Limerick and pints with Darwin himself. Are you up for a few scoops?
Gar: Sure thing. Contact me on the private line.
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