Wednesday, January 02, 2008
No, No, Nostradamus
Just in case you're not in New England, I'll fill you in: it's cold outside. How cold? Cold enough that , upon opening my front door, I had almost no choice but to unleash a random string of profanity.
Today, I'll be discussing some terrible predictions throughout history. Okay, I'm actually going to narrow the scope to...
Terrible Predictions Made by People I Know
3."What the Patriots need to do is trade Tom Brady and put Bledsoe back in." -Irfan Rizvi, 2001
I think we all know what happened here. Irf would like to forget this ever happened, but I won't let him.
2."The XFL won't fail. It can't fail. There's just too much money behind it." -Ryan Baker, 2000
My old fraternity brother was so convinced that he almost made me forget the fact that people don't want to pay to watch 5th string NFL guys with stage names like "He Hate Me". Surprisingly, there is a website devoted to commemorating the demise of the XFL.
1. "The Red Sox need to string a bunch of wins together so they can make the playoffs, but they don't have the team to do that." -Jack Oolders, 2004
This quote not only preceded the first Red Sox World Series title in many moons, but came just days before the Red Sox went on lengthy winning streak to set them up for a playoff berth and, ultimately, a championship.
What made me select this topic, you ask? I came up with the idea shortly after I came up with another idea that might someday deserve to be firmly planted on this very list.
Here is my prediction (if you have a blog some day, and you choose to write about the same topic, you can simply cut and paste the paragraph below)...
American Gladiators is going to be a runaway hit. I was initially excited to see this series come back and when I mentioned it at work, every single guy in my department quickly chimed in with their favorite event...
"I like the joust!"
"No, the eliminator is the best!"
"I'm sorry, but the human cannonball cannot be beat."
This unbridled enthusiasm, coupled with the current writer's strike, leads me to believe NBC has a hit on their hands here.
Of course, there is the possibility that things I liked when I watched when I was 12 are no longer entertaining to me. That seems hard to believe, though, especially for a guy who still likes to eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch. So that's it, I'm sticking with it...American Gladiators will be the biggest post-writer's strike hit.
If anybody still reads this, feel free to chime in with any of your predictions for 2008 and beyond. C'mon, you know you want to.
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Today, I'll be discussing some terrible predictions throughout history. Okay, I'm actually going to narrow the scope to...
Terrible Predictions Made by People I Know
3."What the Patriots need to do is trade Tom Brady and put Bledsoe back in." -Irfan Rizvi, 2001
I think we all know what happened here. Irf would like to forget this ever happened, but I won't let him.
2."The XFL won't fail. It can't fail. There's just too much money behind it." -Ryan Baker, 2000
My old fraternity brother was so convinced that he almost made me forget the fact that people don't want to pay to watch 5th string NFL guys with stage names like "He Hate Me". Surprisingly, there is a website devoted to commemorating the demise of the XFL.
1. "The Red Sox need to string a bunch of wins together so they can make the playoffs, but they don't have the team to do that." -Jack Oolders, 2004
This quote not only preceded the first Red Sox World Series title in many moons, but came just days before the Red Sox went on lengthy winning streak to set them up for a playoff berth and, ultimately, a championship.
What made me select this topic, you ask? I came up with the idea shortly after I came up with another idea that might someday deserve to be firmly planted on this very list.
Here is my prediction (if you have a blog some day, and you choose to write about the same topic, you can simply cut and paste the paragraph below)...
American Gladiators is going to be a runaway hit. I was initially excited to see this series come back and when I mentioned it at work, every single guy in my department quickly chimed in with their favorite event...
"I like the joust!"
"No, the eliminator is the best!"
"I'm sorry, but the human cannonball cannot be beat."
This unbridled enthusiasm, coupled with the current writer's strike, leads me to believe NBC has a hit on their hands here.
Of course, there is the possibility that things I liked when I watched when I was 12 are no longer entertaining to me. That seems hard to believe, though, especially for a guy who still likes to eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch. So that's it, I'm sticking with it...American Gladiators will be the biggest post-writer's strike hit.If anybody still reads this, feel free to chime in with any of your predictions for 2008 and beyond. C'mon, you know you want to.
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