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IF YOU’RE THE type of person who doesn’t like surprises, keep reading.
Old Moore’s Almanac, which has been around for 254 years, makes predictions for the upcoming 12 months at the end of each year – sometimes they’re incredibly accurate and sometimes… they’re completely off the mark.
Last year, for example, it successfully predicted a number of events, including:
Here are more of its predictions for the year gone by.
So, what’s the first thing the latest Almanac tells us about next year?
“Get your wellies on, it’s going to be a very wet year in Ireland.”
Typical. No surprise there.
Are there any slightly more shocking predictions? Let’s see…
What’s going to happen in politics?
US President Donald Trump has made the predictions list a few times.
Trump’s health will be in the spotlight, according to Almanac.
He’s also going to be more careful with Twitter. We’ll see about that one.
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Melania Trump will “take a back seat, however, she is a slow burner and people grow to admire her”.
Meanwhile, George Clooney “announces his political interests”.
Sport
If you live in Dublin, you’re in for a treat. The Sam Maguire is set to return to the capital, with the county tipped for All-Ireland football success.
Mayo is set to win the women’s football All-Ireland.
Meanwhile, Tipperary is tipped to win the hurling All-Ireland.
Celebrity news
It looks like we’re heading back to 2016. Almanac is predicting that “there will be a lot of well-known people who will die suddenly”.
Hollywood will have a problem with movie funding, risking a total collapse in 2018.
Meanwhile, a famous person will have a “shock” gender change, which will “lead to endless debate about transgender issues”.
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As we already know, Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their third child, Almanac says it’ll be a boy.
Irish news
Almanac has a ton of predictions for Ireland in 2018.
Moving back to celebrity news for a moment, it predicts that an Irish celebrity will die, making “big news”.
Irish millennials will move abroad in increasing numbers.
The Irish presidential election is going to be the “most boring ever”.
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Ireland will also see some minor seismic action.
Technology
Apparently, 2018 is going to be the year of the cryptocurrency and that physical money will be no more.
Africa will talk about having a common currency by 2021, Almanac predicts.
Drone deliveries for fast food and groceries will come fully online in 2018.
Meanwhile, there will be an “ad-apocalypse”, in which many companies will pull their advertising from online media sites.
Keeping with media, fake pools and fake protestor scandals will make headlines. Fake numbers, fake news and other fake drama will continue to be a problem, prompting new kinds of “verified news” sites.
Many complex surgeries will be performed by robots, or so Almanac says.
Other predictions
Almanac also predictions a number of terror attacks for 2018.
It predicts terrorism in Canada and an Eastern nation.
It claims there will be more transport terrorism, on transport types not used before.
Meanwhile, China “announces the creation of the largest city in human history”.
Finally, and unusually… Almanac is warning everyone to keep an eye on their granny… pensioner crime waves are expected for 2018.
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So it’s gonna be a wet, boring and tragic year. Thanks almanac:(
No lotto numbers………….anywhere?
@Paul Furey: you need a membership to get lotto numbers
@Paul Furey: I got mine. No.3 will come out for me.
There are already endless debates about transgender issues.
I predict a significant drop in the number of people commenting on the journal after being paid to operate multiple fake accounts without disclosing who’s paying you becomes a criminal offence
@Anne Marie Devlin: You’re goosed so Anne Marie
1. Old Moore is going to sell well.
2. Shergar is not going to appear on the Curragh reincarnated as a sheep.
3. It’s going to rain quite a lot of days, including the summer.
4. President Trump will say some strange things.
5. Kim Jong-un will send a rocket to Samoa, but it will run out of fuel and land nowhere.
6. Economy: There will be strong growth in the spring if you plant snowdrop and daffodil bulbs early.
7. Technology: You will save on electricity costs by using a typewriter instead of a laptop.
8. Farming: A proposed Zebra farm will be shot down by objections from Bord na gCapall.
9. An Post: Some local post offices will be saved from closure when locals post thousands of handwritten protest letters instead of sending e-mails.
10. Cavan will not win the All-Ireland hurling championship.
So what about all the ones they got wrong last year.. this is some bollox
No end of the world / WW3 ?
@John Judd: Wouldn’t do much for 2018′s pre-orders if they predicted that…
Libtards will finally realise President Trump is here to stay and stop childishly slagging him off for every little utterance.Ah wait…..
@Kieran Conroy: is it you? will you become Kira Conroy?
@Kieran Conroy: that’s a bit of a b!tchy response. I’ll take that as a yes.
What I was interested in is what is N Korea going to do ?
@Alan Scott: they’ll do nuttin’
@Alan Scott: Kim will pass the HIV test, he will get HIV+
Hardly a prediction, mostly continuation of what’s already going on.
So a suicide bomber jumps onto someone’s brand new flying carpet and does the necessary….grand so.
The same as this year but worse???
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