[James]

SPECULATING ON NEW YEAR


11:00 - 02 January 2004

1/2 Lord of the Rings to win Best Picture Oscar; 8/11 Male to win Big Brother;

1/3 Pop Idol Alex Parks to have the most number one singles in 2004;

Evens Girl to win Big Brother;

2/1 Curly Watts to return to live permanently in Coronation Street;

3/1 Westlife to disband;

4/1 Rod Stewart to be knighted;

5/1 George Best to remarry;

5/1 New series of The Office to be screened;

6/1 White Christmas in London, Cardiff, Glasgow;

8/1 Prince Charles and Camilla to marry;

8/1 Gordon Brown to become Prime Minister;

8/1 Completely dry fortnight at Wimbledon;

9/1 Hillary Clinton to become US President;

10/1 Spice Girls to have a number one single;

10/1 Jordan to win I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!;

10/1 Roy and Hayley Cropper to become landlords of The Rovers Return;

12/1 M1 to become a toll road;

12/1 New UK record high temperature to be set;

14/1 Prince Andrew to marry;

14/1 General Election to take place;

20/1 Mick Jagger to leave the Rolling Stones;

25/1 Rain every day at Wimbledon;

25/1 Transvestite/cross dresser to win Big Brother;

33/1 Queen to abdicate,

40/1 Keith Richards to accept a knighthood;

66/1 Anita Dobson to return to EastEnders;

100/1 Confirmation of current existence of intelligent extra terrestrial life by UK Prime Minister or US President;

100/1 Votes for 16-year-olds to be introduced;

100/1 Concorde to resume passenger service;

100/1 Fred Elliott to become vegetarian;

100/1 Les Battersby to become teetotal for at least six months;

100/1 British Open to be washed out by rain;

125/1 Coronation Street to end permanently;

150/1 EastEnders to end permanently;

500/1 Loch Ness Monster to be proved to exist - confirmed by Natural History Museum;

500/1 Elvis Presley to be proved to be alive;

1000/1 Archbishop of Canterbury to confirm the Second Coming.

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[sweetlittlesara]

3/1 Westlife to disband;

Oh dear Lord Please!!!

150/1 EastEnders to end permanently;

NEVER!!!


...ok you can tell that I am bored.

[Sticks]

But what were last year's predictions and how accurate were they

[Kaz]

1/3 Pop Idol Alex Parks to have the most number one singles in 2004

Pop Idol??? Don't they mean Fame Academy? And I think 1/3 odds is a bit optimistic myself!

3/1 Westlife to disband

Can they just hurry up and do it before they release their next cover version? PLEASE!!!!!

[Romantic Old Bird]

May I just echo my friends sentiments re: Westlife disbanding.

I really couldn't stand them ruining very much else.

Their destruction of songs I previously enjoyed has only been bettered by Mick Hucknall's awful rendition of:

'You make me feel brand new' - originally by the Stylistics.

He makes me feel homicidal. Perhaps he and Westlife could set off on a joint tour to entertain newly discovered life forms on Mars.

[Janette]

8/1 Gordon Brown to be next Prime Minister!


That is a cracking bet, get your money on that one guys, it's a dead cert!