Topical Guide 933
Mark Dorset
Folly, Hoaxes: Doomsday Cults
Leaving Small’s Hotel, Chapter 20:
LIZA THE REALTOR brought another flock of mixed nuts to the island. Like the earlier shoppers who had come to kick the tires, these people were not interested in running a hotel. Their shepherd announced, after shaking my hand and introducing his followers, “We are seeking a suitable place to welcome the millennium. . . . on that day, the great day, everything that is will cease to be what it has been, and everything that never yet has been will become what it will be.”
Beyond the Fringe, “The End of the World”:
Spying
Leaving Small’s Hotel, Chapter 20:
“Can you tell what they’re saying?” she asked.
“No, but I think they’re engaged in a heated debate of some kind.”
“Yeah, it looks that way.”
“I was thinking of getting the big ear out.”
“Yes, yes. Quick.”
The “big ear” is part of my eavesdropper’s gear. It’s a microphone mounted at the focus of a parabolic reflector, with an amplifier and an earphone. With the big ear pointed at the group on the dock, I was able to hear them quite clearly.
Share the experience!
Sound Shark Long-Range Parabolic Microphone
See also:
Folly TG 28, TG 545, TG 767, TG 913
Hoaxes TG 889
Credulity versus Skepticism TG 889; Credulousness TG 905
Audio Equipment: “Unbreakable” Records TG 115; Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder TG 883
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