h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

make your predictions for 2003

The Pope is going to die!

More Big Brother.

I shall make some money.

Without being too ambitious, I think we can assume that :

Despite protests, England will play in Zimbabwe in the Cricket World Cup, and lose comprehensively.
House price increases in Thames Valley floodplains will drop below 50%.
Tony Blair will somehow manage to dissociate himself from whatever actually happens in Iraq, while still appearing to be very moral about it.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will consolidate his already burgeoning reputation for being a complete embarrassment.
The Royal Family will get bad press.
Ulrika will run Canterbury a close second.
Some trains will crash, but it won't actually be anyone's fault.
Saddam will do a Bin Laden.
The BBC Special Effects Department will release their new blockbuster project "Walking with Conservatives", and ITV will counter with a series on post-Popstars extinction events.

No, Saddam will sit back, eat some fruit and watch the BBC. That's what Saddam will do.

2003. I dont know, every start of year prediction Ive made has been vastly wrong. Just look at me now compared to last year...

You watch...the Pope is outta here this year...

*psychic eye*

*Andy Serkis will get nominated for an Oscar for his part as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy but will controversially miss out on the golden statue.

*The Press will crucify another politician upon the alter of scandal or miss-magagement (all the better if they can both in the same story.)

*The San Andreas fault will either suffer a major quake or there will be disturbing signs of worse to come. <---pure speculation.

*The world will come perilously close to ending but wont and nobody will notice.

After one to many jokes about them, Canada will succecfully invade the U.S.

and with all the troops abroad they'll be half-way to Washington before anyone notices!!

Wales will release a nuclear bomb, and successfully conquer half of Europe with the vast armies they have hidden under all those slag heaps, and down the mines...



Unfortunately, they'll be rounded up by One Man and His Dog, and sent home with a blue ribbon for tea.

*wonders if she could pass for a canadian*

The U.S. will will first invade New Mexico under the resoning of Bush- "Why do they need two of them?"

Something almost supernatural about his everyready battery bunny pack I predict the continuation of the current blaming society without much healing or healthy solutions to be had I predict people will notice that Central and S America is *slowly dying like much of Africa did quickly the FLIP sidehope) more awareness and good ideas will begin to emerge, because of the unusual opportunities presented

More people will die.

Some UK celebrity will be murdered, or shall die prematurely.

We'll be exposed to MORE Posh and Becks.

Another Pop Idols/Rivals/Stars will happen, due to overwhelming pressure.

Slipknot will split, the kids will go back to their sportsgear, and the alternative scene will breathe a huge sigh of relief. (well, one can dream anyway)

I will make some money!!! And I when I make enough, I'll take over h2g2 and return it to the olden days...

Um. More flooding.

The Simpsons(Matt Greoning) will announce that they do not intend to do another season

Aaaaaaargghh!! The thought!!!!

I know, i couldn't live.. it would be much worse than the cancellation of fututerama...

I reckon Saturnine is spot one with the Pope going to snuff it.

I'll have a good think of some predictions of my own over my week of absence

Our fellow Researcher Croz will mysteriously vanish only to return safe and unharmed.

Well, I predicted 9/11, Princess Diana's death and various other little world events (completely flippantly thought). Got a good feeling about this one. 2 more Pope's to go after this one and then it's bye-bye Catholicism!! Something to do I guess...

Ooh. I know. How about there be a new wave of door-to-door salemen...? That would be fun...