Boris Johnson, “Mayor” of London, will be run over by one of his new double-decker buses. Following the outcry over the lack of bus-seat places now available, Bendy-buses will be reintroduced. Boris will hail this as a triumph from his hospital bed. The “ghost bycycle” used to mark the spot of a cycling accident will be painted pale blue, despite, or perhaps to indicate, the fact that Boris’s accident was not fatal. 7,000,000 Londoners cross their fingers, but not all for the same reason.
London’s Olympic Games Opening Ceremony will be greeted by a stunned silence, followed by incredulous laughter.
Greece secedes from the EU, and, in a shock move, reintroduces slavery. This is apparently popular with immigrant groups, as the conditions are better than before.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension will finally get its due as one of the alltime great movies. John will be the most popular boys’ name. John will be the most popular girls’ name. John will be the most popular dogs’ name (male and female). John will be the most popular cats’ name (male and female). John Whorfin will be the most popular name for rats and piranhas (male only). People with the surname Bigboote will start pronouncing it Bigboo-TAY.
I officially predict mass suicides and possibly even suicide cults springing up because of the Mayan calendar. Also, war with Iran, and maybe even another east coast quake.
But on a happier note, iPad 3 and a pregnant Kate Middleton!
Everyone will move to Cincinnati because everything comes here 10 years later (see the quote often attributed to - falsely - Mark Twain). So if the world ends on December 21, 2012, it won’t end here until December 21, 2022.
I have an extra bedroom for rent. Comes with it’s own private bath.
Across much of the world people will remove 2011 calendars and replace them with 2012 calendars. Aliens again perplexed by this behavior hold off invasion for another of our solar cycles.
A famous Hollywood couple will divorce.
The sun will shine in California.
The surf will be large and consistant.
New whistles will be purchaced.
Everyone who practices music will improve their ablity.
Polititians will remain factually challenged.
So says the maki,
And BTW; Love and joy will happen, peace to you all!
The following people will die:
Nick Nolte
Betty White
Dick Cheney
The following people will continue to live:
Sophia Loren
Bill Gates
Fidel Castro
The following people will be born:
Adrian Lewis
Mirriam Galgocci
Renaldo Puddlejumper
Furthermore:
“Community” will get cancelled and picked up by Netflix.
“Hot in Cleveland” will continue to be aired and picked up by sad men in bars.
Cars will continue to fly in the exact way that bricks don’t.
AT&T will merge with no one.
A Douglas Adams reference. Probably a mangled one.
The way bricks fly is: not at all.
BTW, I didn’t forget Ng Ng, but I consider anyone
born on the leap day to be in their own special year.
This time around that year will be called “Old Spice”.
(Sponsorship for the 2016 leap day year is available.)