David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 8/15/06 | Jane Sutton

[My2Cents]

David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth
By Jane Sutton Tue Aug 15

The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles.

Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million (26.4 million pounds).

One of his islands in the Exuma chain, Musha Cay, is a private resort that rents for up to $300,000 a week and the other islands serve as buffers to keep prying eyes away from celebrity guests on the white sand beaches.

Copperfield is coy about his reasons for the Fountain of Youth claim, but the man best known for entertaining with grand deception insists his archipelago also contains the legendary waters that bestow perpetual youth. Seriously.

"I've discovered a true phenomenon," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "You can take dead leaves, they come in contact with the water, they become full of life again. ... Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting."

Copperfield, who turns 50 next month, said he had hired biologists and geologists to examine its potential effect on humans but he's not inviting visitors to swim in or drink from it just yet.

[My2Cents]

Let me guess....In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottled water.

[Suzy Quzy]

He thinks he's found a Fountain of Dumbasses to buy his crap.

[jw777]

the fact that he had $50million is disturbing.

[jdm]

"David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth"

What's its name and how long has he been banging it?

[peyton randolph]

In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottled water urine.

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There. Messianic fix.

 

[Names Ash Housewares]

From a magician?? nah.

[Callahan]

Fountain of Ambiguously Gay Magicians who once hired Claudia Schiffer is more like it.

[Millee]

Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting."

After quenching their thirsts, bugs fly away? Woop-de-doo. I've got a puddle in the back yard where you can see the same phenomenon.

[TXBubba]

Bugs or insects that are near death

How does one know if a bug or insect is near death?

[BigFinn]

Abbra-Kadabra Nip & Tuck snakeoil juice.

[Riley]

He thinks he's found a Fountain of Dumbasses to buy his crap.

I'd bet on him finding a Fountain of Dumbasses. There never seems to be any shortage.

[My2Cents]

How does one know if a bug or insect is near death?

From the little tiny insect voice: "Help me! Help me!"

[Suzy Quzy]

We have at LEAST 33% of our population that are dumbasses.

[Suzy Quzy]

We have at LEAST 33% of our population that are dumbasses.

[Chena]

Let ME guess.....it's magic. ;)

[Riley]

The 'Puddle of Youth' doesn't quite have the same ring to it. :-)

[Republicus2001]

Let me guess....In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottled water

I always thought if one rented a hotel room in Beverly Hills, and started bottling the sink water, people would pay top $ for BH Tap.

[TXBubba]

I guess I always miss that part while stomping on them.

[Reily]

David Copperfield....hmmm
I am waiting for a similar claim by Miles Cupperwith !