At the beginning of this year, I laid out 5 guaranteed events that will definitely happen before the year is out. Let's see how right I've been:
1. Fashion: big ass cell phones are coming back. Status: Well on the way.
2. Business: two major US airlines will merge. Status: Say goodbye to America West.
3. Entertainment: Star Wars won't be as cool as you thought it would be. Status: Well? What do you think?
3b. Entertainment: Chapelle's show "won't be as good as we all hope." Status: Sadly, I was right on the money here. Chapelle's Show is so bad they're not even filming it any more.
4. Obit: The Pope will finally step down. Status: I didn't hear anything about this. Was anyone watching TV at all in the month of April? Oh, wait, I was totally right. Again.
5. Terrorism: Unicron will attempt to eat Earth, but the Autobots will save us. Status: Autobots, transform and roll out.
So, it looks like 2005 isn't even halfway over and I'm 4/5 so far. Just waiting for the brick cell phones to appear in a nightclub near me. We'll be sure to keep you posted here at The Most Important Blog... Ever.*
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1. Fashion: big ass cell phones are coming back. Status: Well on the way.
2. Business: two major US airlines will merge. Status: Say goodbye to America West.
3. Entertainment: Star Wars won't be as cool as you thought it would be. Status: Well? What do you think?
3b. Entertainment: Chapelle's show "won't be as good as we all hope." Status: Sadly, I was right on the money here. Chapelle's Show is so bad they're not even filming it any more.
4. Obit: The Pope will finally step down. Status: I didn't hear anything about this. Was anyone watching TV at all in the month of April? Oh, wait, I was totally right. Again.
5. Terrorism: Unicron will attempt to eat Earth, but the Autobots will save us. Status: Autobots, transform and roll out.
So, it looks like 2005 isn't even halfway over and I'm 4/5 so far. Just waiting for the brick cell phones to appear in a nightclub near me. We'll be sure to keep you posted here at The Most Important Blog... Ever.*
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you're like the republicans erik. even when you're wrong, you think that all you have to do is stick your fingers in your ears and scream "i'm still right!" when someone points out that you're wrong, and you think that somehow makes your right.
1) a couple of silly ebay auctions doesn't show that big ass cell phones are on the way back. i have yet to see one in public. not a single one. surely if they are coming back, i would have seen one somewhere? just one shred of proof is all we're asking here erik, just one.
2) america west is hardly a major airlines you ignorant slut.
3) 3a is completely subjective, and i'll grant you 3b, although you really won that on a technicality, rather than getting the spirit of the prediction right. besides, all of the gossip mills say that what they've taped so far is brilliant and that chappelle is just being a psycho about it. matter of fact, you have yet to confirm this one. there's still hope that chapelle's show might get on in 2005 (although admittedly smil), but i'm not going to give you this one until jan 1, 2006.
4) again, prediciting that the pope was going to die, is like predicting that you are going to go bald. not a real prediction, not a real prediction, not a real prediction.
5) well, that's the only one you've seem to have really gotten correct.
so it seems that so far, you are really 1.5 out of 4. which is a 40 percent, which in the classes that i teach, unless i get a handjob, that's a F-.
You're such a democrat, Erik. You predict that things will go one way, and when they go the exact opposite of the way you predicted you look for ways to be right.
Well...
1. There's no practical reason to want a big, clunky cell phone, and if they ever make a comeback it won't be this year.
2. You're a little harsh, Bob. On Erik I mean. He's sometimes ignorant and only occasionally a slut. Still, America West is classified as a major airline since its annual revenue exceeds $1 billion.
3. Star Wars is actually cooler than I, and many other people, thought it would be. Hence, the record-breaking numbers. This should settle our debate that has raged since middle school over which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek.
You're not credited with the Chapelle prediction because the show isn't on anymore. The absence of a show doesn't equate with a lack in the show's quality were it to air. Hence, no points for you.
4. The Pope died, he didn't step down. Huge difference. If you predicted that Shaq would retire by the end of the year, and he DIED in the middle of the season, you wouldn't count that as a retirement.
5.Unicron will not attempt to eat the earth. I promise you.
One for five, Erik. Kind of reminds me of Dwyane Wade's shooting line against the Pistons Monday night. Better luck next year.
Ian
Erik, you sound like third-rate political commentator, constantly making wrong predictions, relentlessly defending them, and using subjective or crappy evidence to back them up.
Star Wars was better than I thought it would be, so I'm giving you one less than Bob did. You said that the new season won't be as good as we hope, but absent seeing the shows recorded already, I don't think you get a point for this until the end of the year.
As for the airlines, neither America West nor US Airways are that major based on fleet size. In fact, the combined fleets of the two carriers barely rank in the top five out of 14 nationally. They are "mid-size" at best, which takes away the 1 point Ian gave you.
Finally, Unicron is going to try and eat Cybertron, not Earth. Until I see a giant planet eating robot in the sky battling a sports car, you don't get points for this one.
Don't worry, though, Erik, you still have another 6 months for your predictions to come true...or at least, some of them.
-Dave