2012 Predictions?

**snapper** · 26 Dec 11,, 22:06

Care to chance your crystal ball?

Will the Euro survive? Will the the Chinese economic 'bubble' burst? Will the world economy enter another 'Great Depression' or will everything muddle through?

Will we have civil war in Iraq?

Maybe another Falklands war?

Will Iran be bombed/close the Straits etc?

Will North Korea have a civil war (as forecast by OOE)?

What will happen in the Arab countries? Will they turn to radical Islam? Will Assad be toppled in Syria?

Will they find the Higgs Boson?

Will the aliens land (or governments admit that they've landed as some would have it)?

Just some suggested 'maybes' but I'm sure you can think of others.

**BD1** · 26 Dec 11,, 22:29

will i ever find out why there´s always one sock less when the laundry comes out of the washing machine?

euro will survive, world economy too, although the recovery will be painfully slow, there will be no new ground war for western countries, no civil war in n.korea

hough to be honest, year ago nobody would have guessed that this year would be the fall for Gaddafi,Osama, death for Kim, Arab Springs. has been an interesting year

**Parihaka** · 26 Dec 11,, 22:32

Yellow Fever will be elected moderator to universal acclaim.
Tankie will come out of the closet.
Julie will give up her poker fetish and take up knitting.
S2 will discover a deep passion for Justin Beber's music.
Woglin will move to the anthropogenic climate change camp.
Troung will announce he's actually from Canada.
Canada will announce it's actually from Troung.
Zraver will prove that Stalin was a conservative and member of the GOP.
Bluesman will make a brief appearance to confirm he's voting for Obama this time round.
Oh, and the world will end whenever it is the mayan calender supposedly says it will

**Wayfarer** · 26 Dec 11,, 22:37

Originally Posted by snapper

Care to chance your crystal ball?

Will the Euro survive? Will the the Chinese economic 'bubble' burst? Will the world economy enter another 'Great Depression' or will everything muddle through?

Will we have civil war in Iraq?

Maybe another Falklands war?

Will Iran be bombed/close the Straits etc?

Will North Korea have a civil war (as forecast by OOE)?

What will happen in the Arab countries? Will they turn to radical Islam? Will Assad be toppled in Syria?

Will they find the Higgs Boson?

Will the aliens land (or governments admit that they've landed as some would have it)?

Just some suggested 'maybes' but I'm sure you can think of others.

The only good thing we can hope for. Lets hope its a successful year for entrepreneurs. It wouldn't hurt to have a modern day Tesla or Edison appear

**YellowFever** · 27 Dec 11,, 01:06

Originally Posted by Parihaka

Yellow Fever will be elected moderator to universal acclaim.
Tankie will come out of the closet.
Julie will give up her poker fetish and take up knitting.
S2 will discover a deep passion for Justin Beber's music.
Woglin will move to the anthropogenic climate change camp.
Troung will announce he's actually from Canada.
Canada will announce it's actually from Troung.
Zraver will prove that Stalin was a conservative and member of the GOP.
Bluesman will make a brief appearance to confirm he's voting for Obama this time round.
Oh, and the world will end whenever it is the mayan calender supposedly says it will

Chances of the highlighted items happening are about zero.

I will not be elected moderator because that is a colossal waste of my awesome talents and I refuse to take the job.

S2 is beginning to form a deep passion for SNSD (the chicks Gunny keeps posting on the "what are you listening to" thread) so Justin Bieber will have to wait till 2013.

Troung would rather slit his throat with a thick ball point pen rather than admit he's from Canada.

**bonehead** · 27 Dec 11,, 03:59

Originally Posted by Parihaka

Yellow Fever will be elected moderator to universal acclaim.
Tankie will come out of the closet.
Julie will give up her poker fetish and take up knitting.
S2 will discover a deep passion for Justin Beber's music.
Woglin will move to the anthropogenic climate change camp.
Troung will announce he's actually from Canada.
Canada will announce it's actually from Troung.
Zraver will prove that Stalin was a conservative and member of the GOP.
Bluesman will make a brief appearance to confirm he's voting for Obama this time round.
Oh, and the world will end whenever it is the mayan calender supposedly says it will

I don't know what your drinking Pari but I bet you had a lot of it.

**bonehead** · 27 Dec 11,, 04:19

I predict a lot of disappointment come next Nov.
More craziness like Y2K.
I ran will finally cross the line and invite an international response.
Julie and Yellow will bury the hatchet.
The economy will show some real improvement.
There will be open warfare between mexican drug lords and Americans.....on American soil.
A wabber will make a pilgrimage to Vegas to see Celine in concert. That wabber will be from Canada.

**YellowFever** · 27 Dec 11,, 05:45

Originally Posted by bonehead

Julie and Yellow will bury the hatchet.

The problem is she might bury it....in my back.

There will be open warfare between mexican drug lords and Americans.....on American soil.

And the drug lords will have sanctuaries they can fight out of. The biggest one being L.A.

A wabber will make a pilgrimage to Vegas to see Celine in concert. That wabber will be from Canada.

Oh.....no......you didn't.

**tim52** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:03

Originally Posted by BD1

will i ever find out why there´s always one sock less when the laundry comes out of the washing machine?

There's a Jules Feiffer cartoon that answers that.

"I go to the laundry. With the laundry, I wash six pairs of socks. When the laundry is done, I find four pairs of socks plus one red sock and one yellow sock.

I do the laundry, along with the laundry, I wash four pairs of socks. I get back two pairs of socks plus one black sock and one argyle sock.

I do the laundry, with the laundry I wash the two pairs of socks. I get back one pair of socks, the other pair are never seen again.

I do the laundry. As a test, I wash nothing but the one pair of socks. I get back a body stocking. In the body stocking is a note;

'Don't toy with the laws of nature... and feed the machine more socks!' "

**tim52** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:09

Originally Posted by Parihaka

Bluesman will make a brief appearance to confirm he's voting for Obama this time round.

I always knew Bluesman was a closet Democrat.

**USSWisconsin** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:17

Wiskey will learn to play the accordian
There will be a general outpouring of annoyance and distain due to #1 - which will acheive its full and impressive magnitude when a sound clip is posted

**bonehead** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:42

Originally Posted by USSWisconsin

Wiskey will learn to play the accordian
There will be a general outpouring of annoyance and distain due to #1 - which will acheive its full and impressive magnitude when a sound clip is posted

Learn a polka and hang out at a beer hall. Most will be too drunk to complain. If you wear the right "uniform" you might even get some tips. FYI don't be tempted to pick up that dollar that was intentionally tossed on the floor.

**bonehead** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:44

Tim, Pari, There is a special circle of hell that bluesman sends people that uses his name and democrats in the same sentence.

**Parihaka** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:46

Originally Posted by bonehead

Tim, Pari, There is a special circle of hell that bluesman sends people that uses his name and democrats in the same sentence.

Even though he has access to predator drones I'm relying on the fact Americans can't find New Zealand on a map.

**bonehead** · 27 Dec 11,, 18:47

Originally Posted by YellowFever

The problem is she might bury it....in my back.

And the drug lords will have sanctuaries they can fight out of. The biggest one being L.A.

Oh.....no......you didn't.

Yellow. I wouldn't give Julie any ideas. Secondly, when making predictions, go big or go home. Some WABer from Canada will make a pilgrimage to one of her concerts................